Thothong Leads Houston Women's Golf at Minnesota Invitational

Sept. 15, 2015

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Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Purdue	287	299	298	8884	+20
2.	East Carolina	301	289	296	886	+22
3.	Illinois	289	303	295	887	+23
T4.	Kent State	289	309	297	895	+31
T4.	Minnesota	292	305	298	895	+31
6.	Houston	297	299	301	897	+33
T7.	GRU Augusta	300	301	303	904	+40
T7.	Colorado	300	301	303	904	+40
9.	TCU	295	308	307	910	+46
10.	Texas	308	306	303	917	+53
11.	Kentucky	310	307	310	927	+63
12.	Kansas	314	312	317	943	+79

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
6.	Megan Thothong	73	72	74	219	+3
T15.	Raegan Bremer	76	75	74	225	+9
T15.	Emily Gilbreth	78	74	75	225	+9
T30.	Yuka Kajiki	72	78	78	228	+12
T49.	Maddy Rayner	78	78	79	235	+19

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Celia Kuenster Minnesota	68	72	73	213	-3
T2.	F. Gustafsson Spang East Carolina	72	69	73	214	-2
3.	Linn Andersson Purdue	71	70	74	215	-1
4.	Esther Lee Colorado	71	70	75	216	E
T5.	Megan Thothong Houston	73	72	74	219	+3
T5.	Lisa Pettersson East Carolina	76	70	73	219	+3

MINNEAPOLIS - University of Houston sophomore Megan Thothong posted a score of 74 in the Final Round of the Minnesota Invitational on Tuesday afternoon to finish in a tie for fifth with a score of 219.

Starting on No. 5, the Dallas native bogeyed No. 6 before sinking three straight pars. She started the back nine on a high note with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 9 and 10 and added another birdie on the 476-yard, par-5 14th hole on the way to the fifth top-10 showing of her career.

As a team, the Cougars posted a score of 301 to slip into sixth with a score of 897 on the 6,119-yard, par-72 course at Minikahda Club.

"Megan was steady, and she continued her strong play from the summer," said third-year Houston Head Coach Gerrod Chadwell. "Like everyone this week, she has some she can clean up each round, but those are things that are controllable."

Purdue captured the team championship with a score of 884 to finish two strokes ahead of East Carolina. Illinois (887) and Kent State (895) and host Minnesota (895) finished ahead of the Cougars with GRU Augusta (904), Colorado (904), TCU (910) and Texas (917) rounding out the top-10 team leaders.

Senior Raegan Bremer lowered her score for the third straight round, posting a Final-Round 74, to finish in a tiefor 15th at 225. Junior Emily Gilbreth joined Bremer in a tie for 15th at 225, while sophomore All-American Athletic Conference honoree Yuka Kajiki tied for 30th at 228. Sophomore Maddy Rayner tied for 49th at 235.

"I was pleased with how we competed. We had a chance to finish in the top-3, but we beat ourselves in some ways," Chadwell said. "We have a lot of work to do, because we are much better than this."

Individually, Minnesota's Celina Kuenster earned medalist honors with a score of 213. East Carolina's F. Gustafsson Spang finished second at 214, while Linn Andersson of Purdue placed third at 215.

UP NEXT
This is a busy, season-opening week for Houston. Following the Minnesota Invitational, the Cougars will head to Tennessee to compete at the Mason Rudolph Championship this weekend. This will be the first time Houston has competed at this prestigious event.

"Since we didn't play very well in Minnesota, we want to get the taste our of our mouth," Chadwell said. "It's going to be good for us to keep going."

From there, the team will take a few weeks off from their competitive schedule before returning to action at the Jim West Challenge on Oct. 4-6 at Tapatio Springs Resort in Boerne, Texas. A year ago, the Cougars finished second at this event during their final fall event of the season.

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