Wyoming finishes tied for eighth at Cowgirl Classic

MARICOPA, Ariz. – Wyoming shot a final round 304 on Thursday and finished tied with North Dakota State for eighth in the 15-team Cowgirl Classic on the par-72, 6,191-yard Ak-Chin Southern Dunes golf course.

Iowa State ran away with the 54-hole event with a score of 867 (+3) to beat runner-up UNLV (875) by eight strokes. The Cowgirls finished +51 (915).

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The Cyclones' Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn was the individual medalist after shooting a 69 in the final round to finish the tournament -2, which was one shot clear of UNLV's Mayumi Umezu (-1).

Senior Kyla Wilde and junior Sophie Spiva finished +11 and tied for 24th in the individual standings to pace the Cowgirls. Freshman Kira Reisner carded her best round with a 76 on Thursday to finish the tournament +15 and tied for 37th.

Junior Grace Dunkleberger (+17, tied 42nd), senior Meghan Vogt (+18, tied 45th) and freshman Emerson Purcell (+18, tied 45th) also finished in the top half of the field.

UW will conclude the regular season April 7-9 at the Bobcat Desert Classic hosted by Montana State in Goodyear, Ariz.

Cowgirl Classic Team Scores

1. Iowa State – 291-297-279-867 (+3)
2. UNLV – 302-287-288-877 (+13)
3. Santa Clara – 298-300-288-886 (+22)
4. Sacramento State – 309-291-288-888 (+24)
5. Grand Canyon – 300-296-296-892 (+28)
6. South Dakota State – 308-310-295-913 (+49)
7 UTEP – 316-304-294-914 (+50)
8. Wyoming – 302-309-304-915 (+51)
8. North Dakota State – 311-304-300-915 (+51)
10. Cal Baptist – 307-307-302-916 (+52)
11. Northern Colorado – 319-318-302-939 (+75)
12. Eastern Washington – 326-319-305-950 (+86)
13. Southern Utah – 335-315-319-969 (+105)
14. Montana – 333-324-318-975 (+111)
15. North Idaho CC – 365-365-340-1,070 (+206)

Cowgirls Team Scores

T24. Kyla Wilde 72-81-74-227 (+11)
T24 Sophie Spiva 74-75-78-227 (+11)
T37 Kira Reisner 78-77-76-231 (+15)
T45 Meghan Vogt 78-76-80-234 (+18)
T59 Lucia Morelli 81-82-76-239 (+23)

Cowgirls Individual Scores

T42 Grace Dunkleberger 74-79-80-233 (+17)
T45 Emerson Purcell 80-78-76-234 (+18)
T75 Samantha Spielman 82-82-85-249 (+33)
T84 Erika Cook 92-85-88-265 (+49)