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Cheng captures Firestorm Invitational title in playoff

11/5/2024 6:45:00 PM

WOMEN'S RESULTS | MEN'S RESULTS

BUCKEYE, Ariz. Keira Cheng shot the first under-par round in Southern Oregon women's golf history and won a playoff to earn medalist honors on Tuesday at Arizona Christian's Firestorm Invitational.

After carding a 74 in the first round at the par-72 Verrado Golf Course, Cheng carded a 71 in the second to finish 1-over and force a tie atop the leaderboard with Julie Alexander Carew of UBC Okanagan. Cheng, a sophomore, prevailed on the first playoff hole for the second tournament victory of her career.

The Raider women were fourth in the team standings at 49-over, 18 strokes behind champion Rocky Mountain (Mont.). Haley Brown (+11) tied for 11th and Camryn Schaper (+15) tied for 19th.

SOU was fifth of 11 in the men's team standings, finishing 43-over. Rocky also won that title at 15-over.

Ethan Miller led the Raiders in 14th place, completing the three-round tourney at 9-over. He was consistent throughout, shooting a 74 in the first round, a 76 in the second and a 75 in the third.

Three Raiders tied for 16th place at 13-over: Ty Beyer, Riley Kirk and Ricky Reisner. Kirk had the team's low round of the week, going 1-under in the second.

The outing was the last of the fall for the Raiders. Their spring schedule will be announced soon.

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES – 1. Rocky Mountain (Mont.) +31, 2. UBC Okanagan +35, 3. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) +47, 4. Southern Oregon +49, 5. Arizona Christian +55, 6. St. Thomas (Tex.) +61, 7. St. Thomas (Fla.) +94, 8. Ottawa (Ariz.) +116, 9. Providence Christian (Calif.) +175, 10. Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) +357

SOU WOMEN'S RESULTS (of 52 total golfers)
1. Keira Cheng, +2 (74-71—145)
T11. Haley Brown, +12 (78-78—156)
T19. Camryn Schaper, +15 (79-80—159)
T30. Mia Bontrager, +22 (80-86—166)
34. Abby Francis, +24 (83-85—168)

MEN'S TEAM SCORES – 1. Rocky Mountain (Mont.) +15, 2. Ottawa (Ariz.) +25, 3. St. Thomas (Fla.) +33, 4. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) +35, 5. Southern Oregon +43, 6. Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) +45, 7. UBC Okanagan +53, 8. Arizona Christian 'B' +65, 9. Arizona Christian 'A' +76, 10. Park-Gilbert (Ariz.) +80, 11. Providence Christian (Calif.) +148

SOU MEN'S RESULTS (of 56 total golfers)
14. Ethan Miller, +9 (74-76-75—225)
T16. Ty Beyer, +13 (76-75-78—229)
T16. Riley Kirk, +13 (78-71-80—229)
T16. Ricky Reisner, +13 (80-77-72—229)
T38. Mason Labow, +21 (75-82-80—237)
53. Oliver Ausland, +33 (85-80-84—249)
 
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