Bouvet Takes Top 10 Finish

Vanessa Bouvet fired a one-under-par 71 on Tuesday to surge to a top-10 finish and lead the Nebraska women’s golf team at The Molly Collegiate in Seaside, Calif.

Bouvet, a senior from Brunei, produced her best round of the season on the par-72, 6,131-yard layout of the Bayonet Golf Course to finish with a three-round total of 222 (78-73-71) by slashing her scores in each successive round. The took 10th overall in a strong 83-player field.

Bouvet’s performance helped Nebraska secure a seventh-place finish in a talent-laden 14-team field, as the Huskers produced a three-round team score of 916 (307-308-301). Stanford (878) won the team title, edging out UCLA (885) and San Jose State (885), while the co-hosts from California (4th, 890) and Oregon State (5th, 904) rounded out the top five. New Mexico finished sixth (911), just five strokes ahead of the Huskers.

In addition to a top-10 effort from Bouvet, the Huskers got a second straight top-20 tournament finish from true freshman Miu Takahashi (Nasu-machi, Japan). Takahashi tied for 18th with a 54-hole score of 226 (75-76-75).

Senior Kirsten Baete put up Nebraska’s No. 3 performance in the tournament with a three-round total of 232, including a final-round 78 to tie for 39th individually. 

Sophomore Lindsey Thiele produced NU’s No. 3 score on Tuesday with a 77 to move into tie for 67th with a 54-hole score of 240. Nicole Hansen rounded out the Husker contingent in a tie for 77th with a three-round total of 250 that included an 84 Tuesday.

Stanford’s Rose Zhang took medalist honors with a three-round score of 213 (-3) as the only golfer in the field to finish better than par. Stanford teammate Caroline Sturdza (76-73-67) and San Jose State’s Natasha Andrea Oon (71-74-71) tied for second with even-par scores of 216. 

Nebraska will take a week off from competition next week before returning to action at the Dale McNamara Invitational in Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 11-12.

The Molly Collegiate

Sept. 27-28, 2021

Seaside, Calif. (Bayonet Golf Course)

Par 72, 6,131 Yards

Final Team Results

1. Stanford – 301-295-282=878 (+14)

T2. San Jose State – 293-298-294=885 (+21)

T2. UCLA – 293-298-294=885 (+21)

4. California – 301-300-289=890 (+26)

5. Oregon State – 301-298-305=904

6. New Mexico – 302-309-300=911 (+47)

7. Nebraska – 307-308-301=916 (+52)

8. Sacramento State – 313-302-304=913 (+55)

9. UNLV – 317-302-301=920 (+56)

10. Nevada – 310-311-302=923 (+59)

11. San Francisco – 303-313-313=929 (+65)

T12. Cal Poly – 318-307-307=932 (+68)

T12. Fresno State – 313-311-308=932 (+68)

14. UC Davis – 326-329-325=980 (+116)

Final Individual Results

1. Rose Zhang (Stanford) – 73-72-68=213 (-3)

T2. Caroline Sturdza (Stanford) – 76-73-67=216 (E)

T2. Natasha Andrea Oon (San Jose State) – 71-74-71=216 (E)

4. Mika Jin (California) – 75-69-73=217 (+1)

T5. Alessia Nobilio (UCLA) – 73-73-73=219 (+3)

T5. Antonia Malate (San Jose State) – 72-73-74=219 (+3)

7. Katherine Zhu (California) – 71-76-73=220 (+4)

T8. Aline Krauter (Stanford) – 77-74-70=221 (+5)

T8. Zoe Campos (UCLA) – 70-73-78=221 (+5)

10. Vanessa Bouvet (Nebraska) – 78-73-71=222 (+6)

Nebraska Individuals

10. Vanessa Bouvet – 78-73-71=222 (+6)

T18. Miu Takahashi – 75-76-75=226 (+6)

T39. Kirsten Baete – 74-80-78=232 (+16)

T67. Lindsey Thiele – 84-79-77=240 (+24)

T77. Nicole Hansen – 80-86-84=250 (+34)