NORMAN, Okla. — Alexandra Vidal birdied the final hole to claim her first career individual title and led Iowa State to a team victory at the Schooner Fall Classic.
On the 18th, Vidal was tied for first place with Satonkan Thiengsri, a sophomore for the Sooners. Emma Zheng sat one stroke behind. Thiengsri parred the final hole and Zheng birdied to create a three-way tie for the lead as Zheng sought a second consecutive individual title to begin her career.
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Playing directly behind Zheng, Vidal needed a par to share medalist honors or a birdie to win outright. She recorded her tournament-leading 18th birdie to close with a second consecutive round of 66 and finish at 10 under par.
Iowa State won the team championship with a tournament-record total of 30 under par (274-267-269=810), earning its second straight victory to open the season and defeating second-place host Oklahoma by 17 strokes.
The Cyclones’ final-round 269 was the sixth-lowest round in program history, and the 810 aggregate total marked the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history. All three rounds placed among the top 10 lowest in program history. Iowa State’s 30-under total stands as the second-lowest score relative to par in school history, behind an NCAA-record 60-under performance at the 2023 MountainView Collegiate. The team also led the field in par-4 scoring (-13) and overall birdies (62).
Isabella Yan posted a career-best finish, tying for sixth at 6 under par. Yan recorded three sub-70 rounds after entering the event with just one in her previous two seasons, including a career-low 67 in the second round. Her 54-hole total of 204 tied for the seventh-lowest in team history, featuring nine birdies and three bogeys.
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Nichakorn Pinprayoon became the fourth Iowa State golfer in the top 10, marking her 11th career top-10 finish. She posted a 205 (-5), tying the 11th-lowest 54-hole score in ISU history while tallying 12 birdies.
Iowa State Scorecard
1 – Alexandra Vidal – 68-66-66 = 200 (-10)
T2 – Emma Zheng – 68-67-66 = 201 (-9)
T6 – Isabella Yan – 68-67-69 = 204 (-6)
T10 – Nichakorn Pinprayoon – 70-67-68 = 205 (-5)
T46 – Krittiya Thanintorndamrongdej – 71-73-71 = 215 (+5)
Iowa State Individual Scorecard
T84 – Aelisa Twiltermsup – 75-73-78 = 226 (+16)
Team Leaderboard
1 – Iowa State – 274-267-269 = 810 (-30)
2 – Oklahoma – 272-275-280 = 827 (-13)
3 – Florida State – 276-274-279 = 829 (-11)
4 – Virginia Tech – 277-278-275 = 830 (-10)
5 – TCU – 270-277-285 = 832 (-8)
6 – Oklahoma State – 277-278-279 = 834 (-6)
7 – Kansas State – 281-276-279 = 836 (-4)
8 – UCF – 281-278-284 = 843 (+3)
9 – Baylor – 285-284-275 = 844 (+4)
10 – Tulsa – 279-282-291 = 852 (+12)
T11 – Tulane – 285-275-293 = 853 (+13)
T11 – Houston – 287-284-282 = 853 (+13)
13 – Georgia – 285-283-295 = 863 (+23)
14 – Texas State – 299-292-281 = 872 (+32)
15 – Oral Roberts – 294-286-299 = 879 (+39)
16 – Arkansas State – 296-289-298 = 883 (+43)
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