Tech finishes fourth at Cactus Match Play

Sunday, January 15

Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Tech finishes fourth at Cactus Match Play

January 15, 2023 | Women's Golf

Women’s golf played 27 match play holes in the season opener

By: Andrew Stern

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Texas Tech women's golf program competed at the Cactus Match Play event hosted by Texas A&M at the Westin Kierland Golf Club Sunday.

Battling cold and rainy conditions, No. 33 Texas Tech played 27 total holes of match play, nine holes each against No. 6 A&M, No. 16 SMU and No. 33 Tulsa.

Texas Tech finished fourth at the event, as A&M finished with 72.0 points to take home the title. SMU finished with 68.5 points to finish second followed by Tulsa (66.0) and the Red Raiders (63.5).

Players were awarded a full point for winning a hole, and a half-point for halving the hole. Tech opened the day with nine holes against Tulsa before clashing with A&M for another nine holes. The day concluded with nine more holes against SMU.

LINEUP:
Gala Dumez
Chiara Horder
Shannon Tan
Lauren Zaretsky
Chelsea Romas
Libby Fleming

HEAD COACH JOJO ROBERTSON:
"Everyone contributed today in tough conditions. Although we came up just short in the end, we played hard. We know what we need to do to improve and are looking forward to our next event in Florida."

UP NEXT:
Tech returns to action on next month when they head to Melbourne Florida for the two-day Columbia Classic (Feb. 12-13) hosted by Columbia University.