CORVALLIS, Ore. –
Championship Program | The 2022 Cascade Collegiate Conference Women’s Golf Championship, presented by U.S. Bank, is ready to get underway Monday morning.
The winner of the tournament will get the CCC’s automatic qualifier to the NAIA National Tournament, while the regular-season conference championship will be determined by the best win/loss record of the regular season tournaments – including the conference tournament. In case of a tie, co-conference champions will be declared.
All-Conference honors will be awarded based on the stroke average over a minimum of three CCC tournaments, one of which must be the championship, with the top seven earning the honors.
The regular-season championship is still up for grabs, with No. 3-ranked UBC currently sitting in first in the
conference standings heading into the final tournament of the season. The Thunderbirds – who won the CCC tournament in 2019 but had to sit out the 2021 tournament due to COVID – have yet to lose a tournament and come off their ninth-straight title at the Corban Spring Invitational.
Last year’s tournament and regular-season champion No. 23-ranked Oregon Tech looks to upset UBC and defend its crown on its home course. Lewis-Clark State College, which is receiving votes in the latest NAIA Coaches’ Poll, looks to fight for the title as well, while Corban University and Bushnell University – along with individuals from Walla Walla University and College of Idaho – are also competing at the championship.
The individual title could be a battle between Thunderbirds as UBC owns the top-four spots in the individual rankings. Emily Li heads into the championship as the only golfer averaging under 75 with a 74.3, but Elizabeth Labbe is right on her tail at 75.0. Sonja Tang (76.4) and Esther Lee (76.7) round out the top four, while OIT’s Payton Canon – last year’s runner-up – and UBC’s Una Chou each average 77.0.
Oregon Tech hosts the two-day tournament at Eagle Point Golf Course in Eagle Point, Ore., set to start at 9 a.m. Pacific on Monday. The women’s tournament is two rounds, 18 holes each day.