Oregon Tech Women Win C of I Invite
MERIDIAN, Idaho – Janelle Ferlan shot a final round 1-over-par 72 to lead Oregon Tech to the team title of the College of Idaho Invitational at The Club at SpurWing.
The Owls (329-329 – 658) finished 13-strokes ahead of runner-up Northwest Nazarene (330-341 – 671) and 16-strokes clear of host College of Idaho (334-340 – 674). Corban (343-343 – 686) finished alone in fourth, with Multnomah, Walla Walla and Warner Pacific fielding incomplete teams.
With the win, OIT claimed the Cascade Conference regular-season crown with a 10 round stroke average of 318.5 – ahead of Corban (328.5) and C of I (333.7). The teams will determine the league’s automatic bid to the NAIA Championships in two weeks at the CCC Championships at Emerald Valley CC in Oregon.
Ferlan (78-72 – 150) had a banner final 18 holes on a cold, blustery morning to earn medalist honors, shooting a one-under 35 on the outward 9 en route to the best round of the tournament, finishing at 8-over-par – five shots ahead of NNU’s Samantha Miller (75-80 – 155) and six shots ahead of Corban’s Casey Jansen (75-81 – 156). The Owls had all four scorers in the Top- 10, as Heidi Froelich (83-83 – 166) tied for seventh, Kylie Collom (85-86 – 171) took ninth and Stephanie Koza (83-89 – 172) placed tenth.
The Lady Yotes were paced by a sixth-place finish from Lexi Oropeza (83-82 – 165) and a seventh-place effort from Natalie Mullins (84-82 – 166). Kaily Beatty (81-92 – 173) placed 12th and Katie Growe (86-90 – 176) took 15th to complete the C of I scoring group.
NNU had two others in the Top-10 – Stephanie Miller (79-85 – 164) in fourth and Natalie Beggrow in tenth (86-86 – 172); while Carrie Wallace (87-77 – 164) used the second-best round of today to vault into a tie for fourth.
Rachel Weros (90-94 – 184) placed 19th to lead Multnomah; Marissa Casanova (89-96 – 185) took 20th to pace Warner Pacific; with Lindsey Shearer (109-102 – 211) in 27th-place to lead the Walla Walla contingent.