Complete tournament scoring in pdf

Chandler, AZ - For the second day in a row a Portland State golfer fired a two-under par 70 as Tiffany Schoning led the Vikings to a third-place finish at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic. On Tuesday, it was Britney Yada who shot 70 as PSU made a big climb on the leaderboard. Schoning followed with her own round of 70 on Wednesday.

Portland State finished the tournament at 303-394-304=901, easily its best performance in nine events this year. The Vikings came in 17 shots behind champion Iowa (289-301-294=884) and 11 shots back of second-place Colorado State (292-292-306=890) at Ocotillo Golf Resort.

In addition, the Vikings beat the other seven Big Sky Conference schools participating at Ocotillo on the same site that will host the Big Sky Championship, April 22-24. PSU also placed ahead of eight schools previously ranked higher in the golfstat.com rankings.

Brianna Espinoza of Colorado State won the Cowgirl Classic with a stellar eight-under par total of 68-68-72=208. Second place Kristi Cardwell of Iowa was at three-under par 213.

Schoning climbed all the way to fourth place with a final round that included four birdies. The Viking senior got better every day, shooting 75-73-70=218. That two-over par total tied her career-best score at Portland State. It was also her third top-five finish of the season.

Yada came in at even-par 72 on Wednesday and placed fifth overall. She posted 77-70-72=219.

Loren Forney tied for 58th among the 128 golfers competing. The sophomore posted 74-75-84=233.

Freshman Kelly Miller shot 78 on Wednesday, improving her position 15 spots on the leaderboard. Miller came in at 77-82-78=237 to tie for 75th.

Samantha Webb tied for 106th in at the Cowgirl Classic, shooting 83-76-87=246.

TAP-INS
• Tiffany Schoning's 218 total ties for the sixth-best 54-hole score in PSU history. Britney Yada's 219 ties for 10th-best ever… Schoning finished a remarkable two-under par on the par fours for the week.
• PSU has finished seventh, fifth, first and third over the past four years at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic. Britney Yada won the individual title in 2011.
• Yada loves playing the Ocotillo Resort Course and has proven in with two wins and five top-five finishes. Over the last two years, she has played 15 rounds in five tournaments at Ocotillo, finishing 2nd, t3rd, 1st, 1st and 5th. Her scoring average has been 72.13 with 10 rounds of par or better. Yada owns the Big Sky Championship scoring record (six-under par 210) playing at Ocotillo.
• Despite a final-round 84, Loren Forney matched her career-best 54-hole total at Portland State with 233… Kelly Miller's 237 total was nine shots better than her previous best at PSU (246).
• Portland State's second-round 294 was easily a season best, beating the previous best of 303 set in the first round.
• The six-time Big Sky Conference Champion Vikings (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011) will defend their title at Ocotillo on April 22-24… PSU has won its last three events at Ocotillo. The 2011 Cowgirl Classic, the Vikings and the 2010 and 2011 Big Sky Conference Championships.
• Viking scoring averages this season: Britney Yada (76.76), Tiffany Schoning (77.07), Samantha Webb (81.00), Loren Forney (82.11), Kelly Miller (82.56), Katie Ortman (87.28).


Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
hosted by the University of Wyoming
at Ocotillo Golf Resort
April 9-11, 2012
par 72, 6,184 yards
24 teams/128 players

Team Scores (includes golfstat ranking)
1. Iowa (87), 289-301-294=884
2. Colorado State (89), 292-292-306=890
3. Portland State (140), 303-294-304=901
4. UTEP (94), 301-300-304=905
5. Sacramento State (122), 293-310-303=907
6. Xavier (115), 298-304-307=909
t7. Wichita State (137), 304-296-311=911
t7. Montana (133), 310-306-295=911
9. Santa Clara (161), 311-302-300=913
t10. Nevada (107), 295-309-311=915
t10. Southern Utah (180), 300-307-308=915
12. New Mexico State (111), 305-306-307=918
13. Weber State (185), 313-300-309=922
14. Northern Arizona (143), 309-294-320=923
15. Boise State (160), 305-307312=924
16. Seattle (123), 298-315-315=928
17. Wyoming (142), 309-304-318=931
18. Northern Colorado (175), 306-309-318=933
19. UC Riverside (148), 317-314-307=938
20. Montana State (176), 312-313-323=948
21. South Dakota State (195), 317-318-317=952
23. Utah Valley (194), 326-312-325=963
23. Eastern Washington (207), 320-317-327=964
24. Creighton (220), 343-322-334=999

Individual Scores
1. Brianna Espinoza, Colorado State, 68-68-72=208
2. Kristi Cardwell, Iowa, 68-70-75=213
3. Julie Shutler, Sacramento State, 74-72-71=217
4. Tiffany Schoning, Portland State, 75-73-70=218
5. Britney Yada, Portland State, 77-70-72=219
6. Tara Green, Montana, 74-73-73=220
t7. Daniela Rugeles, Wichita State, 69-73-79=221
t7. Nikki Pritchard, Nevada, 72-75-74=221
t9. Demi Mak, New Mexico State, 74-75-73=222
t9. Kaitlen Parsons, Northern Arizona, 77-70-75=222
t9. Shelby Phillips, Iowa, 73-77-72=222

Portland State Scores
4. Tiffany Schoning, 75-73-70=218
5. Britney Yada, 77-70-72=219
t58. Loren Forney, 74-75-84=233
t75. Kelly Miller, 77-82-78=237
t106. Samantha Webb, 83-76-87=246
NA. Katie Ortman, 82-85-DQ (playing as an individual)