Beavers Set For Pac-12 Championship

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State women's golf team looks to bolster its postseason resume when it competes at the Pac-12 Championship Sunday through Tuesday in Seattle, Wash.

There will be no live television coverage of the 2018 Pac-12 Women's Golf Championship. TV coverage will air in a tape-delayed, 30-minute special debuting on Saturday, May 5 at 10 a.m. on Pac-12 Network, Arizona, Los Angeles, Oregon and Washington.

FIELD (11): Oregon State, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington and Washington State. Utah doesn't have a women's golf team.

COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-72, 5,981-yard Broadmoor Golf Club.

BEAVERS' LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of senior Susie Cavanagh, junior Olivia Benzin, sophomore Nicole Schroeder, and freshmen Amanda Minni and Ellie Slama.

Oregon State Lineup -- Season Stroke Average
Ellie Slama -- 72.57 (23 rounds)
Nicole Schroeder -- 74.10 (20 rounds)
Olivia Benzin -- 74.17 (23 rounds)
Susie Cavanagh -- 74.43 (23 rounds)
Amanda Minni -- 74.90 (10 rounds)

FORMAT: Three-day, 54-hole tournament with 18 holes each day. The top-four individuals from each five-member team with the lowest scores for each 18-hole round constitute the scoring members for that given round.

TEE TIMES: On Sunday and Monday, tee times will be off No. 1 and No. 10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 9:40 a.m., respectively. On Tuesday, tee times will be off No. 1 and No. 10 beginning at 9 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. Oregon State will start on the first hole at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday and be paired with Colorado.

LIVE SCORING: There will be live scoring for the tournament at golfstat.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State women's golf team on Twitter and Facebook.

LAST YEAR AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP: Oregon State finished in eighth place at the Pac-12 Championship last year, equaling its best finish at the conference tournament since 1998.

The Beavers concluded the three-day, 54-hole tournament with a 54-over 317-299-302--918 at the par-72, 6,492-yard Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz. It was a stroke better than rival Oregon's 55-over 919.

Nicole Schroeder led the Beavers on the individual leaderboard, finishing in a tie for 22nd place with a 12-over 78-72-78--228. Olivia Benzin played better each round and was a stroke back with a 13-over 78-77-74--229 to finish in a tie for 28th place.

Elyse Smidinger bounced back the last two days to finish in a tie for 33rd place with 15-over 80-75-76--231, while Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 42nd with a 17-over 83-75-75--233 and Hannah Swanson wrapped up play with a 27-over 81-85-77--243 for a tie for 51st.

Oregon State also finished eighth at the Pac-10/12 Championship in 2001, 2006, 2013 and 2015. The Beavers finished seventh in 1998 and had its best-ever finish at the conference tournament, sixth place, in 1993.

UCLA won the 11-team event with a 2-under 862, while Colorado finished second (19-over 883) and Stanford finished third (20-over 884). Lilia Vu of UCLA claimed medalist honors with a 7-under 209.

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Players Mentioned

Olivia Benzin

Susie Cavanagh

Amanda Minni

Nicole Schroeder

Ellie Slama

Elyse Smidinger

Hannah Swanson