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Benzin’s Career-Best Score Leads Beavers To Top Finish
March 24, 2019 | Women's Golf
SADDLEBROOKE, Ariz. – Olivia Benzin posted a career-best three-round score that helped the Oregon State women's golf team finish in a tie for third place at the MountainView Collegiate on Sunday.
Benzin, a senior from Tacoma, Wash., fired an 8-under 72-68-68--208 to finish in a tie for second place and only two strokes behind medalist Polly Mack of UNLV. Benzin's previous best three-round score was a 5-under 211 at the Las Vegas Collegiate this past fall.
The tie for second place equals her best career finish. She finished in a tie for second at the 36-hole East West Match Play last September.
In Benzin's four-year Oregon State career, she has finished under par in six three-round tournaments, has carded 20 sub-par rounds and has five top-five finishes with three of them coming during her senior campaign.
The Beavers concluded the three-day, 54-hole tournament with a 7-under 289-283-285--857 at the par-72, 6,218-yard Preserve Golf Club to finish in a tie for third with Pac-12 rival Washington. Iowa State won the 13-team event with a 28-under 836 and Texas State finished second with a 14-under 850.
Oregon State's 7-under 856 is the fourth-lowest three-round score in program history. The Beavers never finished a three-round tournament under par in their first 41 years and have now done it five times the last two seasons.
Oregon State Lowest Three-Round Team Scores
838 (-26) -- Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown -- Las Vegas, Nev. (Fall 2018)
850 (-14) -- Westbrook Spring Invitational -- Peoria, Ariz. (Spring 2018)
856 (-8) -- Westbrook Spring Invitational -- Peoria, Ariz. (Spring 2019)
857 (-7) -- MountainView Collegiate -- Saddlebrooke, Ariz. (Spring 2019)
858 (-6) -- Ron Moore Invitational -- Highlands Rach, Colo. (Fall 2017)
868 (+4) -- Westbrook Spring Invitational -- Peoria, Ariz. (Spring 2016)
872 (+8) -- PING/ASU Invitational -- Tempe, Ariz. (Spring 2017)
873 (+9) -- Rose City Collegiate -- Aurora, Ore. (Fall 2015)
Ellie Slama finished in a tie for 10th place with a 3-under 71-72-70--213. She has five top-10 finishes this season, which is tied for the second most in Oregon State single-season history. Kathleen Takaishi holds the school record with six top-10 finishes in 1997-98.
Slama has carded 14 sub-par rounds this season after notching 10 scores in red figures as a freshman last year.
Mari Nishiura finished in a tie for 28th place with a 2-over 73-70-75--218, Nicole Schroeder posted a 4-over 73-73-74--220 to finish in a tie for 39th and Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 43rd with a 5-over 73-75-73--221.
The Beavers return to action this Friday through Sunday at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, North Carolina.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Benzin, a senior from Tacoma, Wash., fired an 8-under 72-68-68--208 to finish in a tie for second place and only two strokes behind medalist Polly Mack of UNLV. Benzin's previous best three-round score was a 5-under 211 at the Las Vegas Collegiate this past fall.
The tie for second place equals her best career finish. She finished in a tie for second at the 36-hole East West Match Play last September.
In Benzin's four-year Oregon State career, she has finished under par in six three-round tournaments, has carded 20 sub-par rounds and has five top-five finishes with three of them coming during her senior campaign.
The Beavers concluded the three-day, 54-hole tournament with a 7-under 289-283-285--857 at the par-72, 6,218-yard Preserve Golf Club to finish in a tie for third with Pac-12 rival Washington. Iowa State won the 13-team event with a 28-under 836 and Texas State finished second with a 14-under 850.
Oregon State's 7-under 856 is the fourth-lowest three-round score in program history. The Beavers never finished a three-round tournament under par in their first 41 years and have now done it five times the last two seasons.
Oregon State Lowest Three-Round Team Scores
838 (-26) -- Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown -- Las Vegas, Nev. (Fall 2018)
850 (-14) -- Westbrook Spring Invitational -- Peoria, Ariz. (Spring 2018)
856 (-8) -- Westbrook Spring Invitational -- Peoria, Ariz. (Spring 2019)
857 (-7) -- MountainView Collegiate -- Saddlebrooke, Ariz. (Spring 2019)
858 (-6) -- Ron Moore Invitational -- Highlands Rach, Colo. (Fall 2017)
868 (+4) -- Westbrook Spring Invitational -- Peoria, Ariz. (Spring 2016)
872 (+8) -- PING/ASU Invitational -- Tempe, Ariz. (Spring 2017)
873 (+9) -- Rose City Collegiate -- Aurora, Ore. (Fall 2015)
Ellie Slama finished in a tie for 10th place with a 3-under 71-72-70--213. She has five top-10 finishes this season, which is tied for the second most in Oregon State single-season history. Kathleen Takaishi holds the school record with six top-10 finishes in 1997-98.
Slama has carded 14 sub-par rounds this season after notching 10 scores in red figures as a freshman last year.
Mari Nishiura finished in a tie for 28th place with a 2-over 73-70-75--218, Nicole Schroeder posted a 4-over 73-73-74--220 to finish in a tie for 39th and Susie Cavanagh finished in a tie for 43rd with a 5-over 73-75-73--221.
The Beavers return to action this Friday through Sunday at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, North Carolina.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
