Golf hosts first tourney

Portland State’s women’s golf team took home third-place honors from the Rose City Collegiate Invitational on Tuesday at the Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora.

The two-day event, co-hosted by Portland State and Oregon State, marked the first time Portland State has hosted a tournament in the history women’s golf program.

North Texas claimed first place after shooting the best round of the tournament in the final round—a 291—to win the event with 889 total strokes. Portland State finished with 897 strokes

(299-300-298), five strokes behind second-place Oregon State. The Vikings did best the four other Big Sky Conference teams playing in the tournament.

Junior Tiffany Schoning finished with a career-best 220 strokes (73-74-73) for a sixth-place finish in the individual standings. Also hitting a career best was senior Kalyn Dodge, who finished tied for seventh with a 222 (73-76-73).

Also competing for Portland State was Senior Alexia Brown (79-75-75=229), sophomore Britney Yada (76-75-83=234), and freshmen Loren Forney (77-81-77=235) and Katie Ortman (90-97-91=278).

The Vikings return to action next week in the Heather Farr/Colorado Memorial Tournament in Colorado.