MARICOPA, ARIZONA -- The SUU Thunderbirds Women's Golf team concluded 54 holes of play at the AK-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic.

Head Coach Caylyn Ponich said

"We struggled in the first round, but I was really proud of the team and the way they battled in the second round. Orchid had a really good final round and there are some positives to build off of as we get prepared for the the WAC Tournament!"

Team Leaderboard

1. Iowa State (+3)
2. UNLV (+11)
3. Santa Clara (+22)
4. Sacramento State (+24)
5. Grand Canyon (+28)
6. SDSU (+49)
7. UTEP (+50)
T8. NDSU (+51)
T8. Wyoming (+51)
10. CBU (+52)
11. Northern Colorado (+75)
12. Eastern Washington (+86)
13. Southern Utah (+105)
14. Montana (+111)
15. North Idaho CC (+206)

Individual Medalists

1. Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn - Iowa State (-2)
2. Mayumi Emuzu - UNLV (-1)
T3. Nichakorn Pinprayoon - Iowa State (+1)
T3. Anci Dy - Grand Canyon (+1)

The Thunderbirds

SUU shot 335 on the opening 18 holes of the tournament but then turned around and shot 20 strokes better on the second 18 of the day. A final round of 319 helped the Thunderbirds to a 13th-place finish at +105 for the tournament.

Siriporn (Orchid) Luangnam fired a final round of two under par 70, including seven birdies, which propelled her to a 31st-place finish.

Tanyatorn (Excel) Thalangkarn finished T71 with 82, 80, and 83 rounds. Anais Guibal used a second-round 79 to help her to a 77th-place finish. Ellie Olsen fired back-to-back rounds of 81 in the second and third rounds of the tournament, leading to a T78 finish.

Kristen Hall finished 83rd, and Reece Bandemer, who competed as an individual, had a quality round of 78 to close the tournament and finish T78. 

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