Beavers Finish Third At Pat Lesser-Harbottle

Tuesday, October 11

Tacoma, Wash.

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Oregon State

Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

October 11, 2016 | Women's Golf

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By: Oregon State Communications

TACOMA, Wash. – The Oregon State women's golf team continued its strong fall season with a third-place finish at the 15-team Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational on Tuesday.

The Beavers shot a 23-over 292-300-295--887 at the par-72, 6,086-yard Tacoma Country and Golf Club to finish third at the two-day, 54-hole tournament.

Washington won the team title with a 16-over 291-298-291--880 and BYU rallied in the final round to finish second with a 19-over 306-291-286--883.

"It was a good week of golf for the team on a difficult course," Oregon State head coach Dawn Shockley said. "We were steady all three rounds and happy with the finish. Washington and BYU played great golf today.

"It was solid golf all week by Olivia and Haley. This is Olivia's third consecutive top 10 and the hard work she puts in is paying off."

Oregon State has competed in three tournaments this fall and has posted a top-5 finish in all of them – fourth at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic, first at the Rose City Collegiate and third at the Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational.

Sophomore Olivia Benzin recorded a top-10 finish for the third time this fall, finishing in a career-best tie for fourth place with an even-par 70-73-73--216. She has led the Beavers in every tourney this season, placing 10th at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic and tied for fifth at the Rose City Collegiate.

Benzin has already fired three sub-par rounds this season after carding one last year as a freshman.

Junior Haley Nist was as consistent as can be, carding a 1-over 73 all three rounds to finish in a tie for sixth place with a 3-over 219. It's her fourth career top-10 finish, after finishing in a tie for ninth at the Oregon State Invitational as a freshman, tied for third at the Rose City Collegiate last fall and tied for sixth at the Bay Area Collegiate last spring.

Freshman Nicole Schroeder finished in a tie for 24th place with an 11-over 73-76-78--227, junior Susie Cavanagh was a stroke back with a 12-over 76-79-73--228 for a tie for 27th and junior Hannah Swanson finished 66th with a 22-over 84-78-76--238.

Julianne Alvarez of Washington claimed medalist honors with a 3-under 71-73-69--213.

The Beavers have two weeks off before their final tournament of the fall season, the Pac-12 Preview, which is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24 and Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Kona, Hawai'i.

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