Fortuna Leads Sooners at Carlton Woods

	Team	1	2	3	Score
1.	⁸Oklahoma St.	279	-	-	279 (-9)
2.	¹⁰Baylor	283	-	-	283 (-5)
3.	¹⁷Texas	285	-	-	285 (-3)
T4.	Oklahoma	287	-	-	287 (-1)
T4.	Kansas State	297	-	-	287 (-1)

	Sooners	1	2	3	Score
T2.	Fortuna	69	-	-	69 (-3)
T5.	Screen	70	-	-	70 (-2)
T13.	Milligan	72	-	-	72 (E)
T39	Winans	76	-	-	76 (+4)
T44.	Martinez	77	-	-	77 (+5)

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Three Sooners fired par-or-better rounds to send the Oklahoma women's golf team into the red after 18 holes at the Big 12 Championship on Monday. The Sooners share fourth at 1-under par and are eight shots off the lead entering day two at the par-72, 6,345-yard Club at Carlton Woods.

"Really proud of the team and how they performed today," head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell said after the round. "We battled some tough conditions on the back nine and found a way to get back in the red. We proved to ourselves that we can compete with the best, and we look forward to the rest of the tournament."

Mikhaela Fortuna, Hannah Screen and Kaitlin Milligan own OU's three par-or-better rounds after Sunday afternoon. All will have an opportunity to set career-bests at the conference championship with strong rounds on Monday and Tuesday. The three powered OU (-1, T4) to its best round at the Big 12 Championship since 2016, as the Sooners tallied a 287.

Fortuna (-3, T2) shares second following 18 holes after firing a 69 to lead the Sooners. She opened her day with a pair of bogeys and birdies before getting under par on No. 6 and extending her streak into the red on the par-four seventh. Her three-birdie stretch over the final six holes of the front nine helped move the Sooners into contention early on at the championship. She tallied a bogey on No. 15 but stuck her tee shot three feet from the pin on the 16th and sunk her final birdie of the day to move back into second and get OU under par.

The Manila, Philippines, native sits three shots off the leader, Gurleen Kaur of Baylor, despite matching Kaur for a field-high six birdies.

Screen (-2, T5) shined in her Big 12 Championship debut, collecting a team-high 14 pars paired with three birdies and a bogey to finish at 2-under for the day. For the London, England, product, her opening-round score is her team-best 11th par-or-better round of the year.

Milligan (E, T13) carded the second-lowest round at the Big 12 Championship of her career, amassing three birdies and bogeys to finish even on the afternoon. The Norman, Okla., product's 70 matched a season-low, previously scored in the final round of the Betsy Rawls Invitational.

Libby Winans (+4, T39) closed her day strong with a birdie to move into a tie for 39th and sits three shots out of the top 25. Trailing Winans by a stroke was sophomore Maria Fernanda Martinez, whose 5-over 77 gave her a share of 41st heading into the second day.

The Sooners will tee off on Monday morning with K-State (-1, T4) and TCU (+1, 6th) in the championship's second round starting at 9 a.m.

Spectators are permitted at Carlton Woods based on local/state guidelines, which are subject to change. It is requested that spectators wear masks at all times and follow physical distancing protocols, including remaining at least 15 yards away from student-athletes, coaches and other team personnel. Spectators must also keep distanced from tee boxes and greens. The event is free of charge.