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Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational - Live Scoring

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Less than a week after finishing second at the Rose City Collegiate, the Oregon State women's golf team returns to the links to compete at the 31st Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational against a tough 16-team field Monday through Wednesday in Sammamish, Wash.

COURSE: Sahalee Country Club (Par 72, 6,054 yards). The course has played host to several prestigious tournaments through the years, including the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, 2002 NEC World Championship and 1998 PGA Championship.

TEE TIMES: The three-day, 54-hole tournament will feature 18 holes per day with tee times starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday and 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

FORMAT: The top-four individuals from each team with the lowest scores for each 18-hole round constitute the scoring members of the five-member team for that given round.

FIELD: Oregon State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, Oregon, Portland State, San Diego State, San Francisco, San Jose State, Seattle U., Stanford, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UNLV and Washington.

LIVE SCORING: Live scoring will be available on golfstat.com.

OREGON STATE LINEUP: It will be the same lineup for the third straight tournament this season with senior Rachael Fischer, juniors Lauren Sewell and Seshia Telles, sophomore Anica Yoo and freshman Chelsea Saelee.

LAST TIME OUT: Oregon State finished in second place at the 13-team Rose City Collegiate in Aurora, Ore., and Sewell had a career-best placing in a three-round tournament with a tie for sixth place last Monday and Tuesday.

The Beavers were in second place after 36 holes of play, trailing Seattle U. by 13 strokes, and rallied to finish a stroke ahead of the Redhawks, but Cal State Fullerton posted a solid final round in cool and breezy conditions to win the team title at the par-72, 6,080-yard Langdon Farms Golf Club.

Sewell shot a 6-over 78 on Tuesday after throwing scores of 75 and 72 on her Monday scorecard to finish the tournament with a 9-over 225 and tied for sixth place overall. It's her first career top-10 finish in a three-round tournament, and third overall, after finishing in a tie for seventh at last season's two-round Peg Barnard Invitational and fourth at the Washington National Individual Championship.

Telles also shot a 6-over 78 on Tuesday and just missed a top-10 finish with a tie for 12th with a 13-over 81-70-78--229. Yoo shot the Beavers' best round on Tuesday to finish a stroke back of Telles with a 14-over 78-77-75--230, while Saelee was tied for 22nd with a 17-over 77-77-79--233 and Fischer wrapped up play with a 20-over 81-77-78--236 for a tie for 29th.

LAST TIME AT EDEAN IHLANFELDT INVITATIONAL: The last time Oregon State competed at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational was last fall when the Beavers posted their second consecutive top-five finish to start its 2011 fall season after finishing in fifth place in the 12-team field.

All five Oregon State golfers shot in the 70's in the final round at the par-72, 6,063-yard Sahalee Country Club with Telles and Sewell firing a 77 and Whitney French, Yoo and Bethany Wurster all posting a 78. Telles and Yoo both finished tied for 12th individually with a 12-over 228, while Sewell finished tied for 21st with a 13-over 229 and French was tied for 37th with a 21-over 237.

Pac-12 teams held down the top five spots with Colorado winning the team title, followed by Oregon in second, Washington and California in a tie for third and the Beavers in fifth place. Madeleine Sheils of Nebraska won medalist honors with a 2-under 73-74-67--214.

QUOTING HEAD COACH Ris? Alexander: "We worked on our wedge game and putting in practice the last few days. With a short turnaround time we wanted to concentrate on the short game. The team worked on their own at the driving range as well. Four out of five of our players have played the course so that is an advantage on this course. Sahalee is a tight, demanding golf course so experience on this course should pay off. We are looking for a top-five finish again this week. I expect good finishes from all of the players. Lauren, Anica and Seshia definitely will have an impact on our successful finish."

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