Fayetteville, Ark.—Freshman Natasha Andrea Oon showed why she is one of the best freshman in the country as she finished strong at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship on Monday. Oon finished ninth after shooting a one-under 72 in the final round for a three-over 222.
San José State finished 19th at the championship after shooting a 312 in the final round for a three-round total of 938. Six teams were still on the course Monday night when the round was called due to darkness. The round was delayed for almost two hours due to storms in the area. The top eight teams in the standings will advance to match play on Tuesday.
Oon was even through the first nine holes of the round, making seven pars, a birdie on the par-three, 154-yard third hole, and a bogey. She made the turn by making a birdie on the par-five, 525-yard 10th hole and followed that with eight pars to end her round.
Oon is the second-highest finishing freshman in the field as Hailee Cooper of Texas finished fourth at one-under 218. Oon is the first Spartan to finish in the top-10 in the individual standings since Janice Moodie was second at the 1997 National Championship in Columbus, Ohio. Oon is also the highest finishing Spartan freshman since Moodie finished sixth as a freshman in 1994, followed by Vibeke Stensrud who was 15th her freshman year in 1993.
Three Spartan seniors played the final round of their collegiate career. Abegail Arevalo shot an 81 on Monday and finished tied for 79th at 17-over 236. She had a rough start to her round and was seven-over after nine holes. She made a bogey on #10 before finishing her round with eight consecutive pars. Franziska Friedrich tied for 113 at 25-over 244, while shooting an 85 in her final round. Alexandra Cooper had her best round of the tournament with a four-over 77 and tied for 122 at 29-over 248. She started bogey-bogey-birdie before making pars on 12 of her next 13 holes.
Antonia Malate rounded out the Spartan scoring with an 82 and tied for 113 at 25-over 244.
Arkansas' Maria Fassi won the individual championship on Monday with an eight-under par 211. She shot a five-under 68 in the final round to win the title by four shots over Florida's Sierra Brooks.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Blessings Golf Club
Par 72, 6,397 yards
Team Standings
Top Eight Teams Advance to Match Play on Tuesday
1. Texas 302-294-287-883 +7
2. Duke 305-281-304-890 +14
3. Southern California 306-289-298-893 +17
4. Arkansas 302-296-302-900 +24
5. Wake Forest 309-299-294-902 +26
6. Arizona 304-294-306-904 +28
7. Stanford 304-300-302-906 +30
8. Auburn 313-295-307-915 +39
9. Illinois 320-296-301-917 +41
9. Purdue 312-294-311-917 +41
11. Florida 321-294-303-918 +42
12. Florida State 321-298-305-924 +48
13. Northwestern 313-294-318-925 +49
14. Arizona State 310-302-314-926 +50
14. Virginia 314-307-305-926 +50
14. Ole Miss 314-297-315-926 +50
17. Kent State 325-308-297-930 +54
18. Washington 311-311-315-937 +61
19. San José State 324-302-312-938 +62
20. UCLA 315-308-318-941 +65
21. Indiana 322-313-309-944 +68
22. UCF 321-308-316-945 +69
23. Vanderbilt 319-316-311-946 +70
24. Tennessee 328-311-311-950 +74
Individual Standings
1. Maria Fassi, Arkansas 72-71-68-211 -8
2. Sierra Brooks, Florida 75-67-73-215 -4
3. Bianca Pagdanganan, Arizona 69-74-74-217 -2
San José State Results
9. Natasha Andrea Oon 79-71-72-222 +3
79. Abegail Arevalo 79-76-81-236 +17
113. Franziska Friedrich 81-78-185-244 +25
113. Antonia Malate 85-77-82-244 +25
122. Alexandra Cooper 91-80-77-248 +29
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