Oregon Institute of Technology Athletics

CALDWELL, Idaho – No. 23 Oregon Tech had four of the top six finishers as the Owls claimed the 2021 Cascade Conference Women's Golf Championship Title presented by U.S. Bank, at TimberStone Golf Course Tuesday afternoon.
 
Junior Payton Canon led the way, as she finished 2^nd for the tournament firing a final round 75 (150), five strokes behind Lauren Hamm of LC State who was the winner with a 72 (145) claiming medalist honors and women's golfer of the year. Canon, Aerin Song and Maiya Baker all earned all-conference honors.  
 
"The ladies had a really good showing this week," said interim head coach Justin Wiles. "From top to bottom this week the ladies were very mentally strong. We have some stuff to clean up over the next couple weeks and if we can do that we should be able to compete at the National Tournament."
 
After Canon, Maiya Baker was third +7 (151), Aerin Song was fourth +8 (152), Ashley Zhu was tied for 5^th +11 (155) followed by Grace Hull who was 20^th. The Owls won with a two day team total of (608) winning by 13 strokes over LC State (621), Corban was third (662), College of Idaho fourth (676) and Bushnell 5^th (685).The Owls walked away with both the tournament and regular-season championships.  
 
The Oregon Tech women earn the CCC automatic bid to the NAIA Women's Golf National Championships May 25-28 at Rose Creek Golf Course in Oklahoma City, OK.
 
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