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Sooners Close Fall Season in Paradise
October 27, 2019 | Women's Golf
NORMAN - Oklahoma will close the fall portion of its women's golf season in paradise. The Sooners tee off Monday in the inaugural White Sands Invitational at the par-72, 6,415-yard Ocean Club in Nassau, Bahamas.
The three-day event features five teams ranked in the top 25 of the latest Golfstat rankings. The Sooners are joined in the field by No. 3 Texas, No. 17 Arkansas, No. 21 Mississippi State, No. 24 Houston, No. 25 Ohio State, Auburn, Baylor, Clemson, Georgia, New Mexico, North Texas, SMY, Tennessee and Tulane.
"We're very excited to get this week started," said OU head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell. "Our practice round was fantastic and we need to trust the process and have a blast out there."
Junior Kaitlin Milligan has been leading the Sooners throughout the fall, carding top 12 finishes in all four tournaments. Milligan enters the White Sands Invitational coming off back-to-back top-five placings at the Illini Women's Invitational (second place) and Jim West Challenge (fifth).
Oklahoma tees off at 7 a.m. CT Monday with a shotgun start.
Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.
2. Sydney Youngblood: Took ninth place in her last event, the Jim West Challenge...Tied for 20th at the Illini Women's Invitational...Saw action in seven tournaments last season, firing a 73.60 stroke average...Claimed 36th place in the NCAA Norman Regional...Carded a career-low 64 (-7) at the Schooner Fall Classic…Competed in all postseason events in 2018, including the NCAA Championships…Finished in 24th place at the 2018 NCAA Regional, shooting a 219 (+3) in Austin, Texas.
3. Libby Winans: Broke the program record for lowest season scoring average by a freshman with a 72.59 average...Also owns the OU freshman record for par-or-better rounds with 15...Led the Sooners with a sixth-place finish in the 2019 Big 12 Championship, the highest finish in the tournament by an OU freshman since 2015...Named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team...Earned her first tournament win at the Clover Cup shooting a 214 (-2)…Tied for fifth in the Moon Golf Invitational to earn her second-best collegiate finish scoring a 211 (-5).
4. Mikhaela Fortuna: Claimed a 15th place finish at the Illini Women's Invitational...Claimed aseventh place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic...Shot a career-best 54-hole score of 209 (-1) at the Schooner...Opened the season with a 12th place finish at the Minnesota Invitational...Took part in nine events as a freshman with a 74.27 stroke average...Collected three top-20 finishes in her rookie season...Tied for 16th at the Westbrook Invitational...Competed as an individual at the Schooner Fall Classic and posted two rounds in the 60s, finishing in a tie for 14th place.
5. Maria Fernanda Martinez: Making her fourth appearance in the OU lineup…Enrolled at Oklahoma last January and redshirted during the spring semester…Came to OU from Veracruz, Mexico.
Ellen Secor (Playing as an individual): Making her first appearance in the OU lineup…Came to Norman from Colorado State, where she competed in 33 events over the last three seasons...Boasts five top-five career finishes and captured her first collegiate tournament title last season at the Ron Moore Women's Intercollegiate...Owns a 75.02 career stroke average...Claimed a victory at the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship...Named to the Mountain West Academic All-Conference Team in 2017.
The three-day event features five teams ranked in the top 25 of the latest Golfstat rankings. The Sooners are joined in the field by No. 3 Texas, No. 17 Arkansas, No. 21 Mississippi State, No. 24 Houston, No. 25 Ohio State, Auburn, Baylor, Clemson, Georgia, New Mexico, North Texas, SMY, Tennessee and Tulane.
"We're very excited to get this week started," said OU head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell. "Our practice round was fantastic and we need to trust the process and have a blast out there."
Junior Kaitlin Milligan has been leading the Sooners throughout the fall, carding top 12 finishes in all four tournaments. Milligan enters the White Sands Invitational coming off back-to-back top-five placings at the Illini Women's Invitational (second place) and Jim West Challenge (fifth).
Oklahoma tees off at 7 a.m. CT Monday with a shotgun start.
Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.
OKLAHOMA LINEUP
1. Kaitlin Milligan: Has claimed a top-20 placement in 13 of her last 15 career tournaments, including a season-best second-place finish at the Illini Women's Invitational...Enters the tournament with four straight top-12 finishes...Took fifth place at the Jim West Challenge...Secured 11th at the Schooner Fall Classic...Opened the season with a 12th place finish at the Minnesota Invitational...A 2018 All-Big 12 selection...Wrapped up her 2018-19 campaign ranked No. 43 in the national Golfstat rankings and No. 53 in the Golfweek collegiate rankings...Qualified for the 2019 NCAA Championships as an individual after winning the NCAA Norman Regional...Her 2018-19 season stroke average (72.40) is the fourth lowest in program history...Strung together eight straight top-20 finishes from Sept. 30 through March 31, including five in the top 10…Her 117 birdies in 2017-18 were the second most that season by a Division I freshman...Owns the program and Big 12 record for lowest round, firing a 62 (-10) in the first round of the 2018 Westbrook Invitational.2. Sydney Youngblood: Took ninth place in her last event, the Jim West Challenge...Tied for 20th at the Illini Women's Invitational...Saw action in seven tournaments last season, firing a 73.60 stroke average...Claimed 36th place in the NCAA Norman Regional...Carded a career-low 64 (-7) at the Schooner Fall Classic…Competed in all postseason events in 2018, including the NCAA Championships…Finished in 24th place at the 2018 NCAA Regional, shooting a 219 (+3) in Austin, Texas.
3. Libby Winans: Broke the program record for lowest season scoring average by a freshman with a 72.59 average...Also owns the OU freshman record for par-or-better rounds with 15...Led the Sooners with a sixth-place finish in the 2019 Big 12 Championship, the highest finish in the tournament by an OU freshman since 2015...Named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team...Earned her first tournament win at the Clover Cup shooting a 214 (-2)…Tied for fifth in the Moon Golf Invitational to earn her second-best collegiate finish scoring a 211 (-5).
4. Mikhaela Fortuna: Claimed a 15th place finish at the Illini Women's Invitational...Claimed aseventh place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic...Shot a career-best 54-hole score of 209 (-1) at the Schooner...Opened the season with a 12th place finish at the Minnesota Invitational...Took part in nine events as a freshman with a 74.27 stroke average...Collected three top-20 finishes in her rookie season...Tied for 16th at the Westbrook Invitational...Competed as an individual at the Schooner Fall Classic and posted two rounds in the 60s, finishing in a tie for 14th place.
5. Maria Fernanda Martinez: Making her fourth appearance in the OU lineup…Enrolled at Oklahoma last January and redshirted during the spring semester…Came to OU from Veracruz, Mexico.
Ellen Secor (Playing as an individual): Making her first appearance in the OU lineup…Came to Norman from Colorado State, where she competed in 33 events over the last three seasons...Boasts five top-five career finishes and captured her first collegiate tournament title last season at the Ron Moore Women's Intercollegiate...Owns a 75.02 career stroke average...Claimed a victory at the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship...Named to the Mountain West Academic All-Conference Team in 2017.
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