Kansas City
WAC Championships
'Roos End Season With Fifth-Place Showing at WAC Championship
4/20/2019 9:25:00 PM | Women's Golf
| Tournament: | WAC Championships |
| Official Results: | CLICK HERE |
| Dates: | April 18-20 |
| Site: | Lakewood, Wash. |
| Course: | Oakbrook Golf Club (Par 71, 6,014 yards) |
| Total Rounds: | Three |
| UMKC Team Standing: | 5th out of 8 teams (296-307-299/902, +50) |
| Top UMKC Individual: | Cynthia Diaz Rueda | T-7th (72-76-72/220, +7) |
LAKEWOOD, Wash. - The UMKC Women's Golf program claimed a fifth-place finish at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships today with a 50-over par 902 (296-307-299) during the three-round event. Over the course of three days at the Oakbrook Golf Club, the Roos started and finished in the fifth position after a strong showing by senior Cynthia Diaz Rueda. In her final performance of her UMKC career, Diaz Rueda went 1-over par today to tie for seventh overall in the event with a seven-over 220 (72-76-72).
With 37 pars during the three-day event, Diaz Rueda tied for the third-most of any competitor. Her finish today now gives her four career top-10 conference championship finishes. As a freshman, she boasted a fourth-place finish, and followed up with a tie for fourth in 2017 and a fifth-place effort in 2018.
Sophomore Caroline Klemp finished with her best outing of the spring season with a 14-over 227 (72-79-76). She was second on the team as she walked into the clubhouse tied for 19th overall. Her previous best in the spring was a 232 at the Hawkeye El-Tigre Invitational. She had 35 pars during the event, tied for seventh most.
New Mexico State and Seattle tied for the No. 1 team finish, with the Aggies winning the conference championship in a playoff. Both squads finished with a 33-over 885 strokes. With a one-over par 214, Dominique Galloway of New Mexico State boasted the individual medalist.
The 'Roos finish fifth in this championship for the second-straight year.
UMKC individual finishes:
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
| T7. | Cynthia Diaz Rueda | +7 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 220 |
| T19. | Caroline Klemp | +14 | 72 | 79 | 76 | 227 |
| 23. | Theresa de Bochdanovits | +16 | 75 | 82 | 72 | 229 |
| T27. | Megan Lucas | +19 | 79 | 74 | 79 | 232 |
| T31. | Jaime Bellingham | +21 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 234 |
Top-5 Team finishes:
| Pos. | School | Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Total | To Par |
| T1 | New Mexico State |
293 | 294 | 298 | 885 | +33 |
| T1 | Seattle U | 292 | 294 | 299 | 885 | +33 |
| 3 | Utah Valley |
297 | 289 | 299 | 300 | +36 |
| 4 | Grand Canyon |
294 | 304 | 296 | 894 | +42 |
| 5 | UMKC | 296 | 307 | 299 | 902 | +50 |
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