No. 5 Ranked University of Oregon Women's Golf Team Wins Alice & John Wallace Classic on Monday

PALM DESERT, California - The No. 5 ranked University of Oregon women’s golf team continues its hot streak Monday, claiming the team victory at the Alice and John Wallace Classic at the Monterey Country Club.

Freshman Suvichaya Vinijchaitham won the individual title with a final round 64 (7-under) with eight birdies to finish at 12-under. Kiara Romero, of the Ducks tied for second place at 10-under. Romero shot a 67, 4-under in her final round.

Meanwhile, Karen Tsuru took fourth for the Ducks with a 9-under tournament including firing a final round 67, 4-under.

It was a historic week for the Ducks, who broke the program record for total score and total score vs. par in a 54-hole tournament with a 34-under 818 across the three rounds.

Oregon capped its dominant tournament with an 18-under 266 on Monday, six strokes better than the previous program record for the lowest team score in a round - set earlier this month in the final round of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.

Ting-Hsuan Huang finished in a tie for 8th place for the Ducks, shooting 2-under for the tournament, with a 68, 3-under which catapulted her up 10 spots on the final day. The Ducks finished with four players in the individual top 10.

It was Ducks head coach Derek Radley’s ninth win at the program.

"Just an unbelievable effort by our entire team this week," head coach Derek Radley said. "This is a really difficult game so to be that dominant three days in a row is really impressive, especially with all underclassmen in the lineup. It's awesome to get the win and it's really great to see everyone contribute. This is a huge confidence boost for our team and I can't wait to see how we use this to fuel us as we move forward in the spring."

Vinijchaitham's 12-under 201 is the second-lowest 54-hole total in program history, while Romero (203) tied for the third-lowest and Tsuru (204) tied for fifth-lowest.

Vinijchaitham's 7-under 64 also tied for the second-lowest individual round in program history, matching the 7-under 64 she fired in the final round of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge earlier this month.

"Awesome to see Suvichaya get her first collegiate win," Radley said. "She has so much natural talent and has really put in the work this season, and it's shown through our first two spring tournaments. It was really cool to see her, Kiara, and Karen battling for the individual title down the stretch. To finish with three players in the top four and four in the top 10 is a testament to the depth of this team, which is going to be really important for us as we get deeper in the season."

The final round began with Romero leading the individual race at 6 under, and both Vinijchaitham and Tsuru one stroke back at 5 under. All three Ducks came out firing, setting the stage for a race to the finish for the individual title.

Vinijchaitham got off to a tremendous start, making birdie on her first three holes and five of her first six to quickly get to 5 under. Romero answered with four consecutive birdies, and Tsuru added three of her own on the front nine. At the turn, Vinijchaitham had pulled even with Romero at 10 under, with Tsuru sitting at 7 under.

After making her lone bogey of the day at No. 9, Vinijchaitham was perfect on the back nine with three more birdies. She and Romero remained tied after both players birdied No. 15, but Romero fell a stroke back with a bogey on No. 16. Vinijchaitham sealed her first collegiate win with a birdie on No. 18, while Romero finished with back-to-back pars.

Tsuru was 4 under across her final 14 holes to match Romero with a 4-under 67, the low round of her career. The Ducks were on pace to finish 1-2-3 in the individual standings before Park holed out for an eagle on No. 18 to pass Tsuru and finish tied with Romero for second.

The Ducks will return to action on March 3-4 at the Juli Inkster Invitational in Fairfax, California.