Missoula, MT – Portland State Golf wrapped up its fall season on a high note, placing second at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate, hosted by Montana at The Ranch Club. It was PSU's best team finish in six years and featured top-10 individual results from Payten Shimizu and Cynthia Valerie Ong.
 
The Vikings entered the final round of the 54-hole event just one stroke behind leader Weber State. The Wildcats surged in the final round, posting a tournament-best 290, while the Vikings came in at 295. PSU outlasted Idaho in a battle for second place. The teams flipped back and forth between second and third most of the round before the Vikings wrapped up second by a single stroke on the final hole.
 
PSU shot 294-297-295=886 overall. It was the best tournament score by a Viking team since the 2018 Big Sky Championship. Weber State came in at 294-296-290=880. Idaho was third with 297-295-295=887.
 
Weber State's Braylyn Bayer captured the individual title after carding a three-under par 69 in the final round. Bayer shot a two-under par total of 73-72-69=214.
 
Shimizu, a Viking senior, entered the final round tied for second and finished alone in fifth place. It was the first top-10 of her career as she posted 74-70-74=218. That also matched her career-low tournament score as a Viking.
 
Ong earned a top-10 as well, tying for seventh among 41 golfers at 72-75-73=220, the third-best score of her three-year career.
 
Junior Momo Udom also matched her career-best tournament score as a Viking. Udom tied for 15^th with 73-76-75=224.
 
Bayler Brundage had her best tournament score of the fall. The Viking senior posted 75-76-77=228 to tie for 22^nd place. Sophomore Maddie Dustin scored for the Vikings on Tuesday, matching Ong with a team-best one-over par 73. Dustin's 229 total was good for 26^th place.
 

TAP-INS

• BIRDIE WATCHING (54 holes): Payten Shimizu, 12; Cynthia Valerie Ong, 7; Momo Udom, 6; Maddie Duston, 4; Bayler Brundage, 3.
• SCORING AVERAGES (4 tournaments, average/rounds): Payten Shimizu, 75.22/9; Cynthia Valerie Ong, 75.42/12; Momo Udom, 75.66/6; Maddie Dustin, 76.00/12; Caithlyn Ong, 77.50/6; Francesca Tomp, 78.00/6; Bayler Brundage, 78.91/12.
• The last time a Viking team posted a better round than 294 was a 292 on April 8, 2023 at the Bobcat Desert Classic… the last time PSU posted a better tournament score than 886 was an 879 total at the 2018 Big Sky Conference Championship. The 886 total ties for 12th-best in school history.
• The Vikings have completed competition for the fall season. They will return to action on Feb. 10-11 at the Bowling Green Intercollegiate at Wigwam Golf Club in Litchfield, AZ.

 

Sun Mountain Intercollegiate
Hosted by Montana
The Ranch Club, Missoula, MT
Oct. 6-7, 2025
Par 72, 6,187 yards
6 teams/41 players

 
TEAM SCORES
1. Weber State, 294-296-290=880
2. Portland State, 294-297-295=886
3. Idaho, 297-295-295=887   
4. Idaho State, 300-306-298=904
5. Eastern Washington, 304-302-302=908
6. Montana, 319-305-304=928
 
TOP 10 PLAYERS
1. Braylyn Bayer, Weber State, 73-72-69=214
t2. Emily Song, Weber State, 72-71-74=217
t2. Ashleigh Wilson, Montana State, 74-72-71=217
t2. Zoe Newell, Idaho, 73-71-73=217
5. Payten Shimizu, Portland State, 74-70-74=218
6. Jade Gruher, Weber State, 72-75-72=219
t7. Bella Johnson, Montana, 76-72-72=220
t7. Cynthia Valerie Ong, Portland State, 72-75-73=220
t9. Cala Korman, Weber State, 75-73-73=221
t9. Berkley Ledesma, Eastern Washington, 71-74-76=221
t9. Andrea Chin, Idaho State, 73-72-76=221
 
PORTLAND STATE SCORES
5. Payten Shimizu, 74-70-74=218
t7. Cynthia Valerie Ong, 72-75-73=220
t15. Momo Udom, 73-76-75=224
t22. Bayler Brundage, 75-76-77=228
26. Maddie Dustin, 78-78-73=229