Huang records top-10 finish as Cougars place ninth at SMU Trinity Forest

DALLAS — Rose Huang tied for 10th place at the SMU Trinity Forest Invitational while No. 45 BYU women’s golf placed ninth on Tuesday at Trinity Forest Golf Club.

The Cougars fired a final-round 308 (+20) to shoot +53 through 54 holes. Kansas State shot +14 in round three to edge Houston for the first-place victory.

“As a team, we struggled this week,” BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. “We let the course beat us up, but it showed us where we need to get better and what we need to work on. It was really good to see Rose (Huang) manage herself so well this week.”

Huang carded 75 in round three to shoot 3-over on the day and finish the tournament at +8. The junior tied for 10th place individually, recording her second top-10 finish of the season.

Aiko Leong tied for 21st place at +13. The sophomore fired a third-round 77 on Tuesday, birdying a team-high four holes. Kendra Dalton finished the SMU Trinity Forest Invitational at 16-over, tying for 34th place.

Anna Kennedy and Naomi Soifua fired a pair of 78s in round three. Kennedy tied for 41st at +19, while Soifua tied for 45th at +20.

The Cougars will resume their 2017-18 season on Feb. 19-20 at the UCF Invitational in Orlando, Florida.

Day One Result

SMU Trinity Forest Invitational - Oct. 30-31, 2017

Trinity Forest Golf Club

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
T10	Rose Huang	74	75	75	224	+8
T21	Aiko Leong	76	76	77	229	+13
T34	Kendra Dalton	75	77	80	232	+16
T41	Anna Kennedy	81	76	78	235	+19
T45	Naomi Soifua	82	76	78	236	+20

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
1	Kansas State	297	294	302	893	+29
2	No. 27 Houston	291	295	309	895	+31
3	No. 30 Tennessee	302	292	316	910	+46
T4	No. 29 Texas Tech	305	296	310	911	+47
T4	No. 39 Texas A&M	292	305	314	911	+47
T6	No. 11 Colorado	306	303	304	913	+49
T6	Missouri	309	292	312	913	+49
T6	SMU	301	299	313	913	+49
9	No. 45 BYU	306	303	308	917	+53
10	Chattanooga	305	308	310	923	+59
11	Campbell	303	311	310	924	+60
12	No. 22 UNLV	312	304	311	927	+63
13	No. 42 UTSA	307	313	318	938	+74