Fresno, CA – Tenth-ranked Pepperdine ran away from the field at the Fresno State Spring Classic on Tuesday. The 10^th-ranked Waves won the 54-hole tournament, played at Fort Washington Golf and Country Club, by 44 strokes. Portland State placed 10^th out of 11 teams.
 
Pepperdine had a team score of 11-under par 290-282-281=853. Cal Poly was a distant second with a three-round total of 897. The Vikings came in at 315-310-310=935.
 
The Waves also had the top three placing golfers. Eunseo Choi won the event with a six-under par total of 69-72-69=210. Jeneath Wong shot 75-69-69=213, and Yingzhi Zhu carded 73-67-75=215.
 
Portland State was led by Cynthia Valerie Ong, who came in 29^th place among 70 golfers. The Viking junior posted 78-73-80=231 over three rounds.
 
Her sister, freshman Caithlyn Ong, was in 36^th place with 79-77-76=232.
 
Senior Bayler Brundage shot the best round by a Viking on Tuesday with three birdies in her three-over par 75. Brundage finished at 80-78-75=233 and placed 41st.
 
Senior Payten Shimizu was 60^th, shooting 82-82-79=243, and sophomore Maddie Dustin came in with 78-86-80=244 to place 62nd.
 
Among Big Sky Conference schools competing, the Vikings trailed ninth-place Weber State (918) and beat 11^th-place Idaho State (965).
 

TAP-INS

• BIRDIE WATCHING (54 holes): Bayler Brundage, 6; Caithlyn Ong, 5; Cynthia Valerie Ong, 2; Maddie Dustin, 1; Payten Shimizu, 1
• Portland State's next tournament is the Jackrabbit Invitational, hosted by South Dakota State, on Mar. 16-17. The tournament is at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Nevada.

 

Fresno State Spring Classic
Hosted by Fresno State University
Fort Washington Golf and Country Club
Mar. 2-3, 2026
Par 72, 6,289 yards
11 teams/70 players

 
TEAM SCORES
1. Pepperdine, 290-282-281=853
2. Cal Poly, 300-296-301=897
3. UC Riverside, 300-302-296=898
4. Fresno State, 306-298-299=903
5. CSUN, 311-288-305=904
6. California Baptist, 300-299-306=905
7. CSU Bakersfield, 302-304-304=910
8. San Francisco, 308-308-301=917
9. Weber State, 311-304-303=918
10. Portland State, 315-310-310=935
11. Idaho State, 328-325-312=965
 
TOP 10 PLAYERS
1. Eunseo Choi, Pepperdine, 69-72-69=210
2. Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine, 75-69-69=213
3. Yingzhi Zhu, Pepperdine, 73-67-75=215
t4. Amelia Garibaldi, Fresno State, 77-71-68=216
t4. Mitzi Duarte, UC Riverside, 73-71-72=216
t4. Kylee Choi, Pepperdine, 73-74-69=216
t7. Shuyi Cao, California Baptist, 72-69-76=217
t7. Nicole Koong, Cal Poly, 71-70-76=217
9. Eva Pett, San Francisco, 76-76-70=222
t10. Pusanisa Ekkantrong, California Baptist, 76-75-72=223
t10. Vunnisa Vu, Fresno State, 74-73-76=223
 
PORTLAND STATE SCORES
29. Cynthia Valerie Ong, 78-73-80=231
36. Caithlyn Ong, 79-77-76=232
41. Bayler Brundage, 80-78-75=233
60. Payten Shimizu, 82-82-79=243
62. Maddie Dustin, 78-86-80=244