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Maria Eidhagen Harrouch
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Buffs End Big 12 Championship On A High Note
April 17, 2025 | Women's Golf
HOCKLEY, Texas - Colorado wrapped up play at the 2025 Big 12 Women's Golf Championship on a positive note, playing its best of three rounds while finishing in 14th place at the 54-hole event at the Houston Oaks Country Club Thursday.
The Buffaloes shot 13-over-par, 297, in the third round a full 12 strokes better than their second round score and seven better than Tuesday's first round. Colorado tied for the fifth best team score of the day with double-digit over par numbers were the norm in the field on the championship's final day.
No. 19 Arizona claimed the team title over No. 8 Arizona State and No. 30 Oklahoma State by one stroke after a playoff where five threesomes, representing all three teams, each played one hole. The three teams were tied at 19-over, 871, after 54 holes.
Colorado nearly climbed out of the bottom spot in the overall standings. The Buffaloes were 58-over for the championship, just two strokes behind Cincinnati which finished 13th at 56-over.
Colorado benefited from keeping its double bogey numbers to a minimum. After 17 holes of double bogey or higher in the first two rounds, the Buffaloes had just two such holes in the final round.
"We had a better day today, obviously," Colorado head coach Madeleine Sheils said. "Shooting the fifth best round of the day demonstrated more of who we actually are as a team. I am sad for this group, because they don't deserve to have the season end this early."
Senior Maria Eidhagen Harrouch was Colorado's top golfer for the tournament tying for 25th place at 10-over, 223. She had the Buffaloes' low round of the day, and tournament, at 1-over, 72.
Eidhagen Harrouch started off well early, shooting 1-under through the first six holes thanks to a birdie at the 390-yard par-4 12th. She fell back to 2-over at the turn and stayed there through 15 holes before getting back to 1-over with her fourth birdie of the day at the 191-yard par-3 7th. She then made par on her final two holes to close out the round.
"I'm happy for Maria, the way she ended this event by earning a top 25," Sheils said. "She has developed her game immensely over her two short years here through her passion and drive to succeed."
Junior Morgan Miller tied for 37th overall, two shots back of her teammate at 12-over, 225. Miller shot 74 on Thursday, her best of three rounds at the Big 12 Championship, highlighted by birdies on a pair of par 4s at the 14th and first.
Freshman Sydney Givens tied for 47th overall at 16-over, 229, shooting her second-straight round of 77. Redshirt freshman Vanessa Ngo tied for 61st overall at 22-over, 235, following a 76 in the final round. Sophomore Francesca Sumcad rallied from a pair of 80-plus finishes during the week to secure Colorado's third-best round of the day with a 75 as she finished in 66th place overall at 28-over.
"The end to this season stings because we know how close we were to advancing to regionals," Sheils said. "However, the group knows we are closer to reaching our goals than when we started. We will focus on that and how we can improve moving forward."
Sophie Bert of Kansas State took medalist honors at 2-under, 211. She was the only player in the field to finish under par for the championship after carding a 66 in the final round. Arizona's Nena Wongthanavimok, Kansas State's Carla Bernat and Arizona State's Beth Coulter tied for second at even-par, 213.
*-Won a 5-player team playoff (one hole each)
The Buffaloes shot 13-over-par, 297, in the third round a full 12 strokes better than their second round score and seven better than Tuesday's first round. Colorado tied for the fifth best team score of the day with double-digit over par numbers were the norm in the field on the championship's final day.
No. 19 Arizona claimed the team title over No. 8 Arizona State and No. 30 Oklahoma State by one stroke after a playoff where five threesomes, representing all three teams, each played one hole. The three teams were tied at 19-over, 871, after 54 holes.
Colorado nearly climbed out of the bottom spot in the overall standings. The Buffaloes were 58-over for the championship, just two strokes behind Cincinnati which finished 13th at 56-over.
Colorado benefited from keeping its double bogey numbers to a minimum. After 17 holes of double bogey or higher in the first two rounds, the Buffaloes had just two such holes in the final round.
"We had a better day today, obviously," Colorado head coach Madeleine Sheils said. "Shooting the fifth best round of the day demonstrated more of who we actually are as a team. I am sad for this group, because they don't deserve to have the season end this early."
Senior Maria Eidhagen Harrouch was Colorado's top golfer for the tournament tying for 25th place at 10-over, 223. She had the Buffaloes' low round of the day, and tournament, at 1-over, 72.
Eidhagen Harrouch started off well early, shooting 1-under through the first six holes thanks to a birdie at the 390-yard par-4 12th. She fell back to 2-over at the turn and stayed there through 15 holes before getting back to 1-over with her fourth birdie of the day at the 191-yard par-3 7th. She then made par on her final two holes to close out the round.
"I'm happy for Maria, the way she ended this event by earning a top 25," Sheils said. "She has developed her game immensely over her two short years here through her passion and drive to succeed."
Junior Morgan Miller tied for 37th overall, two shots back of her teammate at 12-over, 225. Miller shot 74 on Thursday, her best of three rounds at the Big 12 Championship, highlighted by birdies on a pair of par 4s at the 14th and first.
Freshman Sydney Givens tied for 47th overall at 16-over, 229, shooting her second-straight round of 77. Redshirt freshman Vanessa Ngo tied for 61st overall at 22-over, 235, following a 76 in the final round. Sophomore Francesca Sumcad rallied from a pair of 80-plus finishes during the week to secure Colorado's third-best round of the day with a 75 as she finished in 66th place overall at 28-over.
"The end to this season stings because we know how close we were to advancing to regionals," Sheils said. "However, the group knows we are closer to reaching our goals than when we started. We will focus on that and how we can improve moving forward."
Sophie Bert of Kansas State took medalist honors at 2-under, 211. She was the only player in the field to finish under par for the championship after carding a 66 in the final round. Arizona's Nena Wongthanavimok, Kansas State's Carla Bernat and Arizona State's Beth Coulter tied for second at even-par, 213.
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||||
| T25. | Maria Eidhagen Harrouch | 74-77-72—223 (+10) | ||||
| T37. | Morgan Miller | 75-76-74—225 (+12) | ||||
| T47. | Sydney Givens | 75-77-77—229 (+16) | ||||
| T61. | Vanessa Ngo | 80-79-76—235 (+22) | ||||
| 66. | Francesca Sumcad | 84-82-75—241 (+28) | ||||
| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||||
| 1. | Sophie Bert, Kansas State | 74-71-66—211 (-2) | ||||
| T2. | Nena Wongthanavimok, Arizona | 70-72-71—213 (E) | ||||
| T2. | Carla Bernat, Kansas State | 69-75-69—213 (E) | ||||
| T2. | Beth Coulter, Arizona State | 73-74-66—213 (E) | ||||
| T5. | Marta Silchenko, Oklahoma State | 71-69-76—216 (+3) | ||||
| T5. | Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn, Iowa State | 70-71-75—216 (+3) | ||||
| T5. | Pimkwan Chookaew, Iowa State | 71-71-74—216 (+3) | ||||
| T5. | Grace Kilcrease, Oklahoma State | 74-68-74—216 (+3) | ||||
| TEAM SCORES | ||||||
| Rank | Team | Score (To Par) | ||||
| T1 | *Arizona | 285-295-291—871 (+19) | ||||
| T1. | Oklahoma State | 289-285-297—871 (+19) | ||||
| T1. | Arizona State | 294-291-286—871 (+19) | ||||
| 4. | TCU | 293-284-295—872 (+20) | ||||
| 5. | Kansas State | 295-303-279—877 (+25) | ||||
| 6. | Iowa State | 285-294-301—880 (+28) | ||||
| 7. | Houston | 288-288-305—881 (+29) | ||||
| 8. | BYU | 299-294-305—898 (+46) | ||||
| 9. | UCF | 293-303-303—899 (+47) | ||||
| 10. | Kansas | 299-298-303—900 (+48) | ||||
| 11. | Baylor | 301-298-302—901 (+49) | ||||
| 12. | Texas Tech | 301-303-299—903 (+51) | ||||
| 13. | Cincinnati | 299-298-311—908 (+56) | ||||
| 14. | Colorado | 304-309-297—910 (+58) | ||||
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