Scottsdale, AZ – Northern Arizona came away with the Big Sky Conference Golf Championship on Wednesday at Talking Stick Golf Club after posting an eight-over par 872 total over three days. The Lumberjacks beat second-place Sacramento State (878) by six shots.
 
Portland State placed 11^th in the Championship with a three-day total of 312-300-309=921.
 
Senior Windy Huang posted the best score of the day for the Vikings with a 76 on Wednesday. McKenna Maser, also a senior, shot a 78. Those two were playing their final round as Vikings.
 
Also scoring for the Vikings in the final round were Mariana Garcia Rosette with a 77 and Katie Harris with 78. Mari Nakamura shot 80 and led the Vikings with four birdies in the final round.
 
Playing in her first Big Sky Conference Championship, Garcia Rosette was the Vikings top finisher in the tournament with 73-75-77=225. The sophomore placed in a tie for 18^th among 55 golfers.
 
Harris, also a sophomore, finished at 78-70-78=226. She placed in a tie for 21^st.
 
Maser finished the tournament at 233 and in a tie for 39th. Huang was tied for 47th with a 238 total. Nakamura placed in a tie for 53^rd with 244.
 
Ekaterina Malakhova of Northern Arizona won the individual title shooting a five-under par 211 total. She posted 68-69-74 over three days. Malakhova and her NAU teammates now advance to the NCAA West Regional Championship.

TAP-INS

• BIRDIE WATCHING (54 holes): Mariana Garcia Rosette 11, Katie Harris 8, McKenna Maser 6, Mari Nakamura 5, Windy Huang 3
• Windy Huang finished her career having played 107 career rounds for Portland State, seventh-most in school history. She ranks eighth in career scoring average at 76.95.

Big Sky Conference Championship
Talking Stick Golf Club, O'odham Course, Scottsdale, AZ
Apr. 18-20, 2022
Par 72, 6,277 yards
11 teams/55 players

 
TEAM SCORES
1. Northern Arizona, 288-287-297=872
2. Sacramento State, 286-304-288=878
3. Weber State, 293-297-296=886
4. Idaho, 299-291-303=893
5. Eastern Washington, 301-300-303=904
t6. Southern Utah, 309-300-303=912
t6. Northern Colorado, 312-301-299=912
8. Montana, 309-305-300=914
9. Montana State, 304-302-312=918
10. Idaho State, 308-297-314=919
11. Portland State, 312-300-309=921
 
Top 10 Players
1. Ekaterina Malakhova, Northern Arizona, 68-69-74=211
t2. Jennifer Koga, Sacramento State, 68-76-72=216
t2. Yvonne Vinceri, Idaho, 74-70-73=217
t4. Lorel Hayward, Northern Arizona, 73-72-74=219
t4. Pluem Yongyuan, Southern Utah, 76-71-72=219
t6. Jessica Ponce, Montana, 72-75-73=220
t6. Caitlin Maurice, Sacramento State, 74-75-71=220
t6. Taitum Beck, Weber State, 73-76-71=220
t9. Isabel Gutierrez, Weber State, 69-76-76=221
t9. Jaelin Ishikawa, Eastern Washington, 78-73-70=221
t9. Valeria Patino, Idaho, 72-75-74=221
t9. Sydney Smith, Sacramento State, 73-76-72=221
t9. Eliska Kocourkova, Northern Arizona, 74-75-72=221
 
PORTLAND STATE PLAYERS
t18. Mariana Garcia Rosette, 73-75-77=225
t21. Katie Harris, 78-70-78=226
t39. McKenna Maser, 80-75-78=233
t47. Windy Huang, 81-81-76=238
t53. Mari Nakamura, 84-80-80=244