The University of Colorado women’s golf team wrapped up the Big 12 Championships with its worst round of the tournament Sunday, shooting 37-over- par 335 to finish 11th in Austin, Texas.
The Buffs (91-over 955) finished 55 strokes behind tournament winner Oklahoma State, which won its fifth Big 12 title. The Cowgirls edged Texas by a stroke.
First-round co-leader and senior Allison Rella slumped for the second consecutive round, carding an 81 to lead the Buffs at 17-over. Sophomore Hannah Hoch shot her third straight 78 and finished 18-over.
Oklahoma State’s Annie Thurman-Young (71) cruised to her second conference title in a row, finishing at 4-under and a 10-shot victory.
Bids to the NCAA West regional will be announced today.
Bears drop baseball game
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi pounded 27 hits and scored three runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Northern Colorado 19-17 in Greeley.
Right fielder Zach Brockman and pinch-hitter Grady Gorman each paced the 17-hit attack with a homer and three RBIs for the Bears (15-26).
Shortstop Clint Cleland went 5-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs to help Metro State defeat Colorado Mines 10-8 in Greeley.
The Roadrunners (24-23, 9-10 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) swept the four-game series from the Orediggers (12-24, 4-16).
Fort Hays State defeated Regis 6-1 and won three of four against the Rangers (22-24, 5-15 RMAC) in Hays, Kan.
Second baseman Vicente Ramirez homered and drove in three to help CSU-Pueblo beat Nebraska-Kearney 13-2.
Other sports
CU senior Sara Slattery won the women’s 5,000 meters in regional qualifying time Saturday at the Oregon Invite in Eugene.
The University of Denver men’s tennis team finished fourth Sunday at the Sun Belt Championships in Mobile, Ala. The DU women were third.
Ryan Reser of Colorado Springs and Kirk Hoffmann of Colorado Springs qualified for the world team Saturday at the USA Judo championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Reser (73 kilograms) finished second among men, and Hoffman won the 100-over title to qualify for the world team that will compete at the world championships in September.
Englewood’s Heidi Moore won the 78k championship but didn’t make the world team.
Other locals included Bethany Ogzewalla (70) of Arvada, third; Ken Hashimoto (66) of Thornton, third; and Djamaldin Aliev (100) of Centennial, third.
