FARMINGTON, Utah — Portland State's Cynthia Valerie Ong made up a three-stroke deficit over the final two holes to tie Montana's Zoe Bar-Or for medalist honors at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate Tuesday. It's only fitting, then, that the pair share Big Sky Golfer of the Week honors, as the league office announced Wednesday.
 
Ong caught Bar-Or with a dramatic finish to her final round at the Missoula Country Club. Bogeys on the 14th and 16th holes put Ong three back from Bar-Or with two holes to go. She gained a stroke on the 17th when she parred and Bar-Or bogeyed. She then made up two strokes on the final hole with a birdie and another bogey from Bar-Or.
 
Ong finished the third round one-over par with a 72. That was her best round of the tournament after a four-over 75 and two-over 73 in the first two rounds of the tournament.
 
Ong's win alongside Bar-Or makes her the Vikings' first medalist since Valerie Hernandez and Jasmine Cabajar won a pair of dual tournaments in the spring of 2021. No Viking had earned medalist honors at a non-dual tournament since Tara Finigan won the Bobcat Spring Invitational in April 2018.
 
Her win at the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate followed a runner-up finish at the Wolverine Invitational, Sept. 14-15, to open the season. Ong set a 54-hole career best at the Wolverine Invitational, shooting a five-under 211 (75-68-68).
 
She heads into the final week of the Vikings' fall season with a season scoring average of 73.33. That would be a school record if the season ended today. She's scored 75 or lower in eight of her nine rounds so far this season.
 
The Vikings conclude their fall season next week at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational, Oct. 5-6, at the Tacoma Golf Club in Tacoma, Wash.