Palm Desert, CA – Avery Kageyama shot her best score as a Portland State Viking this season with a three-over par 74 in the final round of the Alice and John Walker Women's Golf Classic at Monterey Country Club. She was matched by teammate Cynthia Valerie Ong, who also shot a 74 for the Vikings.
 
Kageyama, a graduate transfer, and Ong, a sophomore, also led the team with three-day totals of 233 over 54 holes. They led Portland State to its best score of the tournament, as the Vikings finished 21st with 313-316-306=935.
 
Fifth-ranked University of Oregon ran away with the victory, beating third-ranked USC by 23 strokes. The Ducks were a remarkable 34-under par with 276-276-266=818. USC came in at 841. Pepperdine was third, another 22 strokes back, at 863.
 
Suvichaya Vinijchaitham of Oregon won the individual title at 12-under par with 68-69-64=201. Catherine Park of USC and Kiara Romero of Oregon tied for second place at 10-under par 203.
 
Kageyama and Ong tied for 83rd on the individual leaderboard among 120 golfers.
 
Junior Bayler Brundage also shot a 74 in the opening round of the tournament. She tied for 88th with 74-81-79=234. Junior Payten Shimizu was one shot back in 93rd at 75-81-80=236. Sophomore Momo Udom had her best round of the tournament on Monday posting 83-81-79=243 overall.
 

TAP INS

• Avery Kageyama's 233 tournament total was also her best as a Viking.
• BIRDIE WATCHING (54 holes):  Cynthia Valerie Ong, 5; Bayler Brundage, 4; Avery Kageyama, 4; Payten Shimizu, 2.

 

ALICE AND JOHN WALKER WOMEN'S GOLF CLASSIC
Hosted by Long Beach State
Monterey Country Club, Palm Desert, CA
Feb. 15-17, 2025
Par 71, 6,108 yards
21 teams/120 players 

 
TEAM SCORES
1.  Oregon, 276-276-266=818
2.  USC, 283-281-277=841
3. Pepperdine, 290-287-286=863
4. Cal State Fullerton, 291-287-291=869
t5.  San Jose State, 286-288-299=873
t5.  Washington, 290-286-297=873
7. UC Davis, 297-290-289=876
t8.  New Mexico State, 293-287-300=880
t8.  Long Beach State, 289-296-295=880
t8. California Baptist, 298-289-293=880
11. Grand Canyon, 297-297-292=886
t12. Cal Poly, 299-304-288-891
t12. Hawai'i, 301-293-297=891
t12. Santa Clara, 299-299-293=891
t15. Boise State, 296-298-306=900
t15. Nevada, 301-301-298=900
17. Fresno State, 308-303-298=909
18. Wyoming, 304-318-303=925
19. Gonzaga, 314-310-303=927
20. Cal State Bakersfield, 310-314-305=929
21. Portland State, 313-316-306=935
 
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, Oregon, 68-69-64=201
t2. Catherine Park, USC 69-70-64=203
t2. Kiara Romero, Oregon, 68-68-67=203
4. Karen Tsuru, Oregon, 68-69-67=204
5. Katelyn Kermeno Smith, Cal State Fullerton, 72-70-67=209
t6. Katelyn Lehigh, Fresno State, 71-69-70=210
t6. Jasmine Koo, USC, 71-69-70=210
t8. Jasmine Leovao, Long Beach State, 70-70-71=211
t8. Emma Bunch, New Mexico State, 72-68-71=211
t8. Ting-Hsuan Huang, Oregon, 73-70-68=211
 
PORTLAND STATE SCORES
t83. Avery Kageyama, 81-78-74=233
t83. Cynthia Valerie Ong, 83-76-74=233
t88. Bayler Brundage, 74-81-79=234
93. Payten Shimizu, 75-81-80=236
107. Momo Udom, 83-81-79=243