Sooners Finish Sixth at Big 12 Championship

HOCKLEY, Texas – Oklahoma women's golf finished sixth at the Big 12 Women's Golf Championship Sunday and Hannah Screen earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors.

The Sooners entered the final round sixth and maintained their position through the final 18 holes. OU (49-over 901) held off Kansas (51-over 903) but was unable to overcome TCU (39-over 891) for fifth. Texas earned the Big 12 title and finished the 54-hole tournament 24-over 876.

"Hannah Screen had a solid week and registered another top-10 finish, "said Oklahoma women's golf head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell. "She is a great player for us."

Screen opened the tournament with back-to-back rounds of 73 and finished the final 18 with a 4-over 75 to tie for eighth. The London, England product dropped a birdie on the second hole and finished the front nine even. Screen fell back after a bogey on the 12th and concluded her round 4-over 75. Screen was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team and it was her second consecutive all-tournament team honor.

Screen was joined in the top 20 by Mikhaela Fortuna, who tied for 19th and earned her second-consecutive top-20 finish at the Big 12 tournament. Fortuna tied for 12th at the 2021 Big 12 Women's Golf Championship.

She finished the first eight holes of the day with a clean scorecard and tallied a birdie on the par-3 fifth hole. Fortuna was even through the front nine and maintained her score through the 16^th hole. She concluded her day with a 3-over 74 and was 12-over 225 for the tournament.

Meagan Winans concluded her first Big 12 Championship tied for 29th. The freshman from Richardson, Texas, tallied a pair of birdies on the front nine and finished 7-over 78. She ended the tournament with a 16-over 229.

Maria Fernanda Martinez moved up seven spots through the final round and tied for 32nd. Martinez finished the front nine 1-over 36 and earned a birdie on the eighth hole. She dropped back-to-back holes on the 12th and 13th and recorded five-consecutive pars to end her round. Martinez ended the championship 17-over 230.

Libby Winans moved up four spots on the final day and finished with a 4-over 75. The senior tallied her lone birdie of the round on the fifth and was 18-over 231 for the championship.

"We had a disappointing week and put ourselves in tough spots, which made it hard to recover," said Drouin-Luttrell. "We now need to go back home and reset for the NCAA Regionals."

Screen tied for the third-best average on par 4s (4.11, +3) and tallied seven birdies through 54 holes.

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