Golf tied for first at Big Sky Championship

The second day of the Big Sky Golf Championship has been a good one for the Portland State women’s golf team. After finishing the first day of competition in second place on Monday, the Vikings moved into a two-way tie with Northern Arizona University for first place on Tuesday. 

Portland State led the nine-team pack on day two of the three-day event with a combined 296 strokes, and the Vikings’ first-day score of 295 was just one stroke over Northern Arizona. 

After Tuesday, there are just 18 more holes left to play in the conference championship at the Ocotillo Golf Club, a 72-par course in Chandler, Ariz. The winner of the championship will advance to the NCAA Regional Tournament on May 5–8.

The Vikings tallied two of the best back-to-back rounds in school history, and are vying for their fifth Big Sky Golf Championship title in eight years. Portland State took the title for three years straight in 2003–05 and then again in 2008. The Vikings finished last season in fifth place in the conference.

Individual standings show the five competing Vikings within the top 12 of the tournament. Freshman Britney Yada leads Portland State with a two-day score of 147 (71–76) and holds the third-place position out of 45 players.  Yada is eight shots behind Northern Arizona freshman Stephanie Kim, who leads with 139 shots (69–70).

Contributions from the rest of the Vikings have pushed the team into its current position at the top of the charts.  Senior Stephanie Johns moved from a tie for eighth in the first round into a four-way tie for fourth after round two with her score of 148 (75–73).  Tuesday’s one-over par finish is a season-best for Johns. 

Sophomore Tiffany Schoning is tied for eighth place after coming back from a quadruple bogey to finish two-over par on Tuesday and a two-day score of 149 (75–74). 

Junior Alexia Brown tied her season-best score of 74 on Monday and is in 11th place with a score of 151 (74–77).  Junior Kalyn Dodge shot a season-best of her own on Tuesday with 73 strokes, and ended Tuesday in a four-way tie for 12th place with a score of 152 (79–73).  
 

Big Sky Golf Championship

Britney Yada
Freshman
Third place
+3 (71–76=147)

Stephanie Johns
Senior
Fourth place (tie)
+4 (75–73=148)

Tiffany Schoning
Sophomore
Eighth place (tie)
+5 (75–74=149)

Alexia Brown
Junior
11th place
+7 (74–77=151)

Kalyn Dodge
Junior
12th place (tie)
+8 (79–73=152)

*All scores reflect first two rounds