PORTLAND, Ore. — The whirlwind fall season for the Portland State women's golf program comes to an end next week at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational at Tacoma Golf and Country Club.
 
The fourth tournament in as many weeks for the Vikings, the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational will be the Vikings' last tournament until February when they return to play at the Mountain Classic Math Play tournament, Feb. 8-10.
 
The Vikings come into their fall finale with some momentum thanks to Cynthia Valerie Ong and Maddie Dustin both recording career-best finishes earlier this week at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate. Ong made up three strokes over the final two holes to tie for the win at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate. She parred then birdied the last two holes while Montana's Zoe Bar-Or bogeyed both to put both players at seven-over par.
 
Ong closed with her best round of the tournament, shooting a one-over 72 in the third round to finish at 220 (75-73-72). She has a season scoring average of 73.33 through nine rounds this fall, with eight of her nine rounds being 75 or under.
 
Her win at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate also followed a runner-up finish at the Wolverine Invitational. She closed that tournament with back-to-back four-under 68s, tying her career-best single-round score in terms of distance to par.
 
Dustin, meanwhile, tied for third at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate, setting a career-best finish for the junior. She finished four strokes back of Ong and Bar-Or with a 224 (76-72-76). All three rounds were below her season scoring average, which dropped to 77.00 after the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate.
 
Caithlyn Ong also recorded her second top 10 finish out of three tournaments this fall. She tied for 10th at 231 (75-80-76).
 
All three golfers will be familiar with the Tacoma Golf and Country Club course that they'll tackle next week at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational. It's one of the Vikings' most familiar fall tournaments, having played there seven times before, including each of the previous five seasons. Payten Shimizu led the Vikings at last season's tournament, tying for 30th at 223 (78-71-74).
 
Caithlyn Ong led the group of Vikings who will be returning to the tournament this season, as she placed 56th overall with a 231 (75-80-76). Cynthia Valerie Ong tied with teammate Francesca Tomp for 62nd with identical 234s (Ong: 74-80-80; Tomp: 83-78-73). Tomp's third-round 73 remains her career-best 18-hole score. Dustin, meanwhile, tied for 69th at 236 (77-83-76).
 
Momo Udom didn't compete at last season's tournament, but she did compete in 2023 and 2024. She posted her best finish at the tournament last season, when she tied for 87th overall at 236 (80-78-78).
 
Play begins with two rounds Monday with a final round scheduled for Tuesday.
 
By the end of Tuesday's third round, all five Vikings will have played 216 holes of tournament golf over the past four weeks. It's been a crash course in how to play a college tournament. The Vikings can finally take a break to see what they've retained from that after next week.
 
TAP-INS

• HISTORY AT PAT LESSER HARBOTTLE INVITATIONAL: The Vikings have competed at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational seven times before, including the last five seasons in a row. The Vikings' best finish at the tournament came in 2014 when they placed eighth out of 13 teams while Hansol Koo tied for 12th individually. Out of the current PSU golfers, Cynthia Valerie Ong and Momo Udom have competed at the tournament twice before. Caithlyn Ong, Maddie Dustin and Francesca Tomp joined Cynthia Valerie Ong for their first appearances at the tournament last year. Caithlyn Ong led that group at 56th overall with a 231 (75-80-76).
• LAST TIME OUT: Cynthia Valerie Ong made up three strokes over the final two holes to tie for the individual win at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate. Ong birdied the 18th hole while Montana's Zoe Bar-Or bogeyed to put them level. Ong finished with a seven-over 220 (75-73-72). Maddie Dustin also set a career-best finish while tying for third with a 224 (76-72-76). Caithlyn Ong gave the Vikings a third player in the top 10 at 230 (79-75-76). The Vikings placed third out of four teams with a 916 (307-301-308).
• BIRDIES (SEASON TOTALS): Cynthia Valerie Ong: 29; Caithlyn Ong: 22; Maddie Dustin: 17; Momo Udom: 9; Francesca Tomp: 3.
• UNDER PAR ROUNDS: Cynthia Valerie Ong (season/career): 2/8; Caithlyn Ong (season/career): 2/2.
• UNDER PAR TOURNAMENTS: Cynthia Valerie Ong (season/career): 1/1.
• RANKINGS AT PORTLAND STATE: Career scoring average (average/rank): Cynthia Valerie Ong, 75.77/7th; Career under-par rounds (total/rank): Cynthia Valerie Ong, 8/6th; Career under-par tournaments (total/rank): Cynthia Valerie Ong, 1/T-6th; Career birdies (total/rank): Cynthia Valerie Ong, 137/9th.

 
PAT LESSER HARBOTTLE INVITATIONAL
Date: Oct. 5-6
Course: Tacoma Golf and Country Club
Par/Yardage: 72/6,033 yards
Live scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/245329/scoring/participants
Play: Two rounds of 18 holes on Monday, one round of 18 holes Tuesday
Teams Competing (17): Cal State Fullerton, Eastern Washington, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Portland State, Seattle U, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Utah Valley, Washington State, Weber State