Stanford, CA – The Portland State women’s golf team finished its season on Saturday, placing 20th at the NCAA West Regional Championship after shooting scores of 309-317-316=942.
Seventh-ranked Arizona hung on to win the West Regional by nine shots over top-ranked UCLA. The Wildcats shot 291-294-291=876 over three days at Stanford Golf Course. UCLA was at 292-296-297=885.
Those two teams, along with Alabama, Texas, Virginia, Stanford, San Jose State and Texas A&M advance to the NCAA National Championship Tournament, May 19-22, at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, NC.
There were co-medalists at the West Regional as Callie Nielson of Virginia and Madeleine Ziegert of San Jose State finished at one-over par 214. Nielson shot on even par 71 on the final day, while Ziegert, who held the lead going into Friday’s play, shot 73.
Freshman Britney Yada led Portland State, shooting 78-75-76=229 to tie for 49th. Yada, who was 75th after the first round, moved up 26 spots on the leaderboard. Her finish ties for second-best ever at a West Regional by a Viking. Rebecca Randolph tied for 48th in 2003, and Alexia Brown tied for 49th in 2008.
Sophomore Tiffany Schoning tied for 72nd among 122 golfers, shooting 76-80-77=233 over the three-day, 54-hole event.
Senior Stephanie Johns came in tied for 96th at 78-78-83=239. Junior Kalyn Dodge tied for 104th at 77-84-80=241.
PSU’s 20th place finish marked the third time in five West Regionals that the Viking team placed 20th. PSU’s best-ever finish was 16th in 2003. The 942 team total is also the third-best score among five regionals. It was a solid effort as the team had only four available competitors, rather than five, and thus could not throw out a high score.
TEAM NOTES: Britney Yada’s season scoring average of 76.37 is a new school record, breaking Haley Brown’s mark of 76.85 (2009-10)... Stephanie Johns completed the year with a scoring average of 76.93 - third-best in school history. Johns’ 77.25 career scoring average (two seasons, 43 rounds) is a new school record... the Vikings set a new team scoring record with an average of 310.1 strokes per round, breaking the mark of 310.6 set in 2003-04... Portland State made its fifth appearance in the NCAA West Regional since 2003... the Vikings have five Big Sky Conference Championships to their credit (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010). Third-year Head Coach Kathleen Takaishi has won two Big Sky titles.
NCAA WEST REGIONAL: The NCAA West Regional was hosted by Stanford University at Stanford Golf Course. Twenty-four teams and three individuals are participated. Portland State qualified for the NCAA West Regional by virtue of its Big Sky Conference Championship... Stanford Golf Course is a 6,103-yard, par 71 course. Playing very tough, the scoring average for the week was 76.99 strokes per round... Two other regionals were played simultaneously - the Central Regional at Otter Creek Golf Course in Bloomington, IN and the East Regional at Ironwood Country Club in Greenville, NC. The top eight teams and two individuals from each regional advance to the NCAA National Championship Tournament, May 19-22, at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, NC.
NCAA West Regional Championship
hosted by Stanford University
Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, CA,
May 6-8, 2010
6,103 yards/par 71
24 teams/3 individuals/122 total participants
Team Scores
1. Arizona, 291-294-291=876
2. UCLA, 292-296-297=885
t3. Alabama, 295-300-295=890
t3. Texas, 293-304-293=890
5. Virginia, 291-305-298=894
6. Stanford, 297-304-294=895
7. San Jose State, 303-299-298=900
8. Texas A&M, 299-302-302=903
9. LSU, 302-295-307=904
10. Iowa State, 302-297-309=908
11. California, 292-305-312=909
12. Ohio State, 296-307-307=910
13. Arkansas, 308-299-304=911
14. Colorado State, 304-302-306=912
15. UC Davis, 308-307-298=913
16. UNLV, 295-306-317=918
17. UC Irvine, 302-313-312=927
18. Maryland, 316-306-306=928
19. Idaho, 312-314-312=938
20. Portland State, 309-317-316=942
21. San Francisco, 312-325-309=946
22. Texas State, 317-323-308=948
23. Oral Roberts, 319-318-318=955
24. Penn, 329-323-325=977
Individual Scores
t1. Callie Nielson, Virginia, 72-71-71=214
t1. Madeleine Ziegert, San Jose State, 67-74-73=214
t3. Haley Stephens, Texas, 70-77-68=215
t3. Nikki Koller, Arizona, 71-73-71=215
5. Camilla Lennarth, Alabama, 73-70-74=217
6. Megan McChrystal, LSU, 71-71-76=218
t7. Sally Watson, Stanford, 75-71-73=219
t7. Ellen Mueller, Oklahoma, 76-72-71=219
t7. Alejandra Llaneza, Arizona, 72-73-74=219
t10. Margarita Ramos, Arizona, 71-74-75=220
t10. Stephanie Kono, UCLA, 72-73-75=220