
Beavers Ready For Pac-12 Championship
April 12, 2019 | Women's Golf
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State women's golf team looks to bolster its postseason resume when it competes at the Pac-12 Championship Monday through Wednesday in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
The Beavers are ranked No. 35 in the nation by Golfstat and No. 36 by Golfweek/Sagarin.
Pac-12 Networks will air live coverage of the finishing holes in the final round of the championship on Wednesday, April 17 at 2 p.m.
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-71, 6,131-yard Palos Verdes 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.
Oregon State Lineup -- Season Stroke Average
Ellie Slama -- 71.69 (26 rounds)
Olivia Benzin -- 72.76 (26 rounds)
Nicole Schroeder -- 74.08 (23 rounds)
Susie Cavanagh -- 75.19 (26 rounds)
Mari Nishiura -- 75.25 (24 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: Tee times will be the same for all three days, beginning off No. 1 and No. 10 at 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m., respectively. Oregon State will start on the 10th hole at 8:40 a.m. on Monday and be paired with Washington State.
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 TIME OUT: The Beavers finished in fifth place and Ellie Slama tied a school record at the 22nd annual Bryan National Collegiate.
The Beavers improved their score each day to finish fifth in the 17-team field with a 19-over 298-295-290--883 at the par-72, 6,305-yard Champions Course at Bryan Park.
It's the seventh time in nine tournaments this season Oregon State has recorded a top-five finish.
Slama finished in seventh place with a 2-under 71-71-72--214 for the sixth top-10 finish of her sophomore campaign. It equals the Oregon State single-season record that was set by Kathleen Takaishi in 1997-98.
Olivia Benzin continued her strong play, finishing in a tie for 26th place with a 5-over 76-73-72--221.
Mari Nishiura finished in a tie for 47th place with an 11-over 76-78-73--227, Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 49th with a 12-over 75-80-73--228 and Nicole Schroeder finished in a tie for 57th with a 13-over 79-73-77--229.
Wake Forest won the team title with a 34-under 274-830. Jennifer Kupcho and Emilia Migliaccio of Wake Forest shared medalist honors with a 12-under 204.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
The Beavers are ranked No. 35 in the nation by Golfstat and No. 36 by Golfweek/Sagarin.
Pac-12 Networks will air live coverage of the finishing holes in the final round of the championship on Wednesday, April 17 at 2 p.m.
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-71, 6,131-yard Palos Verdes 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.
Oregon State Lineup -- Season Stroke Average
Ellie Slama -- 71.69 (26 rounds)
Olivia Benzin -- 72.76 (26 rounds)
Nicole Schroeder -- 74.08 (23 rounds)
Susie Cavanagh -- 75.19 (26 rounds)
Mari Nishiura -- 75.25 (24 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: Tee times will be the same for all three days, beginning off No. 1 and No. 10 at 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m., respectively. Oregon State will start on the 10th hole at 8:40 a.m. on Monday and be paired with Washington State.
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 TIME OUT: The Beavers finished in fifth place and Ellie Slama tied a school record at the 22nd annual Bryan National Collegiate.
The Beavers improved their score each day to finish fifth in the 17-team field with a 19-over 298-295-290--883 at the par-72, 6,305-yard Champions Course at Bryan Park.
It's the seventh time in nine tournaments this season Oregon State has recorded a top-five finish.
Slama finished in seventh place with a 2-under 71-71-72--214 for the sixth top-10 finish of her sophomore campaign. It equals the Oregon State single-season record that was set by Kathleen Takaishi in 1997-98.
Olivia Benzin continued her strong play, finishing in a tie for 26th place with a 5-over 76-73-72--221.
Mari Nishiura finished in a tie for 47th place with an 11-over 76-78-73--227, Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 49th with a 12-over 75-80-73--228 and Nicole Schroeder finished in a tie for 57th with a 13-over 79-73-77--229.
Wake Forest won the team title with a 34-under 274-830. Jennifer Kupcho and Emilia Migliaccio of Wake Forest shared medalist honors with a 12-under 204.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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