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Pogacar Cracks Individual Top-10 Again, Buckeyes Place Seventh – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 20, 2016
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Katja Pogacar and Rio Watanabe both surged up the leaderboard during the Mountain View Collegiate’s final round. Pogacar finished with a piece of ninth place in the 85-player field while Watanabe leaped 30 spots on Saturday (March 20) to complete the competition tied for 24th.
Pogacar finished 1-over (217) after carding scores of 72-74-71 to notch her second straight top-10 showing, third of the season and 12th of her career. Junior classmate Jessica Porvasnik followed closely behind in a tie for 17th place on tallies of 74-72-73 (+3).
As mentioned earlier, Watanabe made the biggest push in Round Three, dipping two strokes under par at 70. Her final day course scorching resulted in an ascent of 30 slots on the individual leaderboard, jumping from a piece of 54th place up into 24th. The redshirt sophomore scored 3-under on Par 5 scoring overall, tied for fifth-best in the event. She connected on four birdies and an eagle during the Day Three push.
Niki Schroeder was among the top-half finishers as well, seizing a share of 34th place at 9-over. She rattled off rounds of 72-76-76 as the fourth highest finishing Buckeye. Zoe-Beth Brake tied for the best overall tally by 10 players competing as individuals. She saved her best for last on a 73 third round following a 77-76 effort on Day One. Jaclyn Lee donned the Scarlet & Gray as well, contributing one and half scores to the team tally. She opened with a 74 before registering marks of 76-77.
BUCKEYE RESULTS
7th — Team 292-298-290–880 (+16)
T-9th — Katja Pogacar 72-74-71–217 (+1)
T-17th — Jessica Porvasnik 74-72-73–219 (+3)
T-24th — Rio Watanabe 76-76-70–222 (+6)
T-34th — Niki Schroeder 72-76-76–224 (+9)
T-45th — (individual) Zoe-Beth Brake 77-76-73–226 (+10)
T-54th — Jaclyn Lee 74-76-77–227 (+11)
Ohio State is done for the month of March, next taking the links for competition at the Silverado Showdown (April 3-5) at the Silverado Country Club in Napa, Calif.