Seshia Telles Advances To Quarterfinals At Oregon Amateur
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon State rising senior Seshia Telles won her first two match-play events at the 104th Oregon Women’s Amateur Championship to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals.
Telles finished fifth in the 36-hole stroke-play qualifying that was held Monday and Tuesday at the par-72, 6,185-yard Eugene Country Club to advance to match play. She easily defeated Kelsey Whiles 8 and 7 in the round of 32 on Wednesday before taking down Kate Hildahl in 19 holes on Thursday.
A native of Tualatin, Ore., Telles will face Kimberly Santiago beginning at 8:48 a.m. on Friday at the Eugene Country Club. The winner of that match will advance to the semifinals Friday afternoon. A 36-hole championship final will take place on Saturday between the two golfers who outlast the field.
Live scoring for the 104th Oregon Women’s Amateur Championship is available at this link.
Oregon State sophomore-to-be Ashlee Pickerell and rising senior Melissa Gibbons also advanced to match-play competition but lost in the round of 32. Pickerell fell to Morgan Thompson 4 and 3 and Gibbons was outdueled by Gigi Stoll 3 and 2.
