Wildcats Finish 14th at the Schooner Fall Classic

NORMAN, Okla. – The Kansas State women's golf team couldn't rise up the leaderboard on Monday, as the Wildcats carded an 11-over par 291 final round on Monday to close out the Schooner Fall Classic.

The round of 291 was the best 18 of the tournament for the Cats, but they finished the penultimate event of the fall schedule in 14th place at 43-over par 883.

"Not a good result for us overall," head coach Kristi Knight said. "We dug a hole in the first round, or really the last few holes of the first round. In a field like this, it is difficult to recover and move up. We can't waste shots like that."

For the second-straight tournament, freshman Remington Isaac led the team on the individual leaderboard. The Montgomery, Texas product carded a 1-over par 71 during round three to bring her total to 5-over par 215 to tie for 24th place.

Heather Fortushniak, a senior, tied for 51st place after the final round. She shot a 3-over par 73 on Monday to bring her final tally to 12-over par 222.

Gabriela McNelly and Haley Vargas tied for 65th with a score of 16-over par 226. Vargas shot a 5-over par 75 in round three, while McNelly shot a 2-over par 72 to rise four spots on the leaderboard Monday afternoon. The round of 72 is tied for the best of McNelly's young career.

Manon Donche-Gay, who has played well during the early part of her first season with the Wildcats, couldn't recover from her 11-over par 81 round two on Tuesday. She finished alone in 73rd place at 19-over par 229 after recording a 5-over par 75 in the final round.

Ranked third in the nation by Golfweek, Oklahoma State dominated the event hosted by its in-state rival. The Cowgirls ran away with first place by 20 strokes at 16-under par 824. OSU had all five players in their scoring lineup finish in the top-15, led by Caley McGinty and Rina Tatematsu. McGinty won the event with an 8-under par 202, four shots ahead of Tatematsu in second place.

Kansas State will return to action October 10-12 at the Dale McNamara Invitational, its final event of the fall slate.

"We will have a couple of days to rest and recover," Knight said. "Then it's back to getting better."

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Players Mentioned

Manon Donche-Gay

Heather Fortushniak

Remington Isaac

Gabriela McNelly

Haley Vargas

Players Mentioned

Manon Donche-Gay

Heather Fortushniak

Remington Isaac

Gabriela McNelly

Haley Vargas

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