Friday, March 22
Tucson, AZ
All Day
Oregon State University
vs
Mountain View Collegiate
Beavers Set For Three-Day Weekend Tournament
March 21, 2019 | Women's Golf
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State women's golf team is set to tee it up this Friday through Sunday at the MountainView Collegiate in Saddlebrooke, Ariz.
The Beavers are ranked No. 29 in the nation in the latest golfstat.com rankings.
FIELD (13): Oregon State, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri, North Texas, SMU, Southern Miss, Texas A&M, Texas State, UNLV, Washington and Wisconsin.
COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-72, 6,218-yard Preserve Golf Club.
BEAVERS' LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of seniors Olivia Benzin and Susie Cavanagh, juniors Mari Nishiura and Nicole Schroeder, and sophomore Ellie Slama.
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: There will be tee times off the first and 10th holes beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
LIVE SCORING: There will be live scoring for the tournament at birdiefire.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State women's golf team on Twitter and Facebook.
LAST TIME OUT: Olivia Benzin recorded her fourth career top-five finish to lead Oregon State at the Wildcat Invitational that ended on March 12.
The Beavers concluded the two-day, 54-hole tournament in seventh place with a 39-over 296-311-296--903 at the par-72, 6,494-yard Sewailo Golf Club.
Arizona State won the 17-team event with a 22-over 886 and Gioia Carpinelli of San Diego State claimed medalist honors with a 1-under 215.
Benzin fired a 2-under 70 in the final round that moved her eight spots up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth place with a 3-over 73-76-70--219. She finished in a career-best tie for second place at the East West Match Play this past fall.
Her other top-five finishes came as a sophomore at the Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational (t-4th) and Rose City Collegiate (t-5th). She has now carded six sub-par rounds this season and 18 in her four-year Oregon State career.
Ellie Slama also played well, finishing in a tie for 18th place with a 10-over 70-80-76--226. She has posted a top-20 finish in all seven tournaments this season after getting seven in 11 events last year as a freshman.
Mari Nishiura vaulted 21 spots up the leaderboard with an even-par 72 in the final round that included an eagle on the par-5, 475-yard fifth hole. She finished in a tie for 33rd place with a 13-over 78-79-72--229.
Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 46th place with a 17-over 75-80-78--233 and Nicole Schroeder was a stroke back with an 18-over 79-76-79--234 to finish in a tie for 51st.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
The Beavers are ranked No. 29 in the nation in the latest golfstat.com rankings.
FIELD (13): Oregon State, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri, North Texas, SMU, Southern Miss, Texas A&M, Texas State, UNLV, Washington and Wisconsin.
COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-72, 6,218-yard Preserve Golf Club.
BEAVERS' LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of seniors Olivia Benzin and Susie Cavanagh, juniors Mari Nishiura and Nicole Schroeder, and sophomore Ellie Slama.
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: There will be tee times off the first and 10th holes beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
LIVE SCORING: There will be live scoring for the tournament at birdiefire.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State women's golf team on Twitter and Facebook.
LAST TIME OUT: Olivia Benzin recorded her fourth career top-five finish to lead Oregon State at the Wildcat Invitational that ended on March 12.
The Beavers concluded the two-day, 54-hole tournament in seventh place with a 39-over 296-311-296--903 at the par-72, 6,494-yard Sewailo Golf Club.
Arizona State won the 17-team event with a 22-over 886 and Gioia Carpinelli of San Diego State claimed medalist honors with a 1-under 215.
Benzin fired a 2-under 70 in the final round that moved her eight spots up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth place with a 3-over 73-76-70--219. She finished in a career-best tie for second place at the East West Match Play this past fall.
Her other top-five finishes came as a sophomore at the Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invitational (t-4th) and Rose City Collegiate (t-5th). She has now carded six sub-par rounds this season and 18 in her four-year Oregon State career.
Ellie Slama also played well, finishing in a tie for 18th place with a 10-over 70-80-76--226. She has posted a top-20 finish in all seven tournaments this season after getting seven in 11 events last year as a freshman.
Mari Nishiura vaulted 21 spots up the leaderboard with an even-par 72 in the final round that included an eagle on the par-5, 475-yard fifth hole. She finished in a tie for 33rd place with a 13-over 78-79-72--229.
Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 46th place with a 17-over 75-80-78--233 and Nicole Schroeder was a stroke back with an 18-over 79-76-79--234 to finish in a tie for 51st.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
