Women?s Golf Set For Three-Day Tourney
CORVALLIS, Ore. – After a three-week layoff, the Oregon State women’s golf team returns to action Monday through Wednesday at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic in Kapalua, Maui.
FIELD (16): Oregon State, Brown, Gonzaga, Hawai‘I, Hawai‘i-Hilo, Louisville, Oregon, Portland State, San Jose State, Santa Clara, SMU, Texas, Texas-Pan American, UC Davis, UC Riverside and Xavier.
COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-72, 6,022-yard Kapalua Bay Course.
BEAVERS’ LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of senior Anica Yoo, juniors Ashlee Pickerell and Chelsea Saelee, sophomore Krissy Peterson and freshman Haley Nist for the second straight tournament.
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 a shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. HT (10:45 a.m. PT) each day.
LIVE SCORING: There will be live scoring for the tournament on golfstat.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State women’s golf team on Twitter and Facebook.
QUOTING HEAD COACH SAMMIE CHERGO: “Our players are finishing up finals and looking forward to competing over spring break. This team continues to work and is getting better every day. We have some momentum building so far this spring with three events left we feel our preparation is where it should be.”
LAST TIME OUT: Anica Yoo finished in a tie for second and the Oregon State women’s golf team placed ninth at the two-day, 54-hole Bruin Wave Invitational three weeks ago.
Yoo notched a second-place finish for the second time this season after concluding the tourney with a 5-over 74-71-76--221 at the par-72, 6,173-yard El Caballero Country Club. Erynne Lee of UCLA took medalist honors with an even-par 216 and Sirene Blair of San Diego State tied Yoo for second.
The Beavers had another strong showing in their spring season with a ninth-place finish in the 15-team field with a 64-over 315-305--308--928. No. 3 Washington took the team title with a 26-over 890, while UCLA finished second with a 35-over 899 and Oklahoma State was third with a 37-over 901.
Yoo had 11 birdies over the three rounds to help her secure the fifth top-10 finish of her career. Her best finish is first place at the Rose City Collegiate in the fall of 2013. She also finished second at the Oregon State Invitational this past fall and sixth at both the Topy Cup and Silverado Showdown as a junior.
Chelsea Saelee finished in a tie for 36th place with a 17-over 77-77-79--233 and Ashlee Pickerell had her best round of the tournament on the final day to move up nine spots and finish in a tie for 45th with a 19-over 83-78-74--235.
Haley Nist shot a 27-over 82-82-79--243 to tie for 64th place and Krissy Peterson came in with a 28-over 82-79-83--244 to finish in a tie for 66th.
LAST YEAR AT THE ANUENUE SPRING BREAK CLASSIC: Oregon State concluded the three-day, 54-hole Anuenue Spring Break Classic in ninth place among the 15-team field last year with Seshia Telles finishing in a tie for sixth place.
The Beavers shot a 52-over 307-303-306--916 at the par-72, 6,022-yard Kapalua Bay Course. Pepperdine won the team title with a 6-over 290-287-293--870 and Grace Na defended her individual title with an 11-under 70-66-69--205.
Telles was in command the entire week as she posted the seventh top-10 finish in her outstanding career with a 3-over 71-74-74--219. She had seven birdies and nothing worse than a bogey to lead the Beavers in scoring all three rounds.
Lauren Sewell finished in a tie for 43rd place with a 16-over 77-77-78--232, while Chelsea Saelee and jnior Anica Yoo each finished in a tie for 48th place with a 17-over 233 as Saelee went 77-77-79 and Yoo shot 82-75-76 over the three days.
Jesse Hamilton shot a 24-over 82-80-78--240 to finish in a tie for 72nd place in her first collegiate tournament.
