University of Oregon
Silverado Showdown
Ducks Look to Continue Silverado Showdown Success
04/08/17 | Women's Golf
OREGON ENTERS THE SILVERADO SHOWDOWN (SUNDAY-TUESDAY) WITH THREE TOP-FIVE FINISHES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMPION IN SENIOR CATHLEEN SANTOSO
THIS WEEK
The Ducks will close out their regular season schedule starting on Sunday at the Silverado Showdwon, where Oregon will co-host with Colorado. The Ducks look to build on tremendous past success at Silverado, finishing in the top five each of the last three years and boasting the defending champion in Cathleen Santoso, and will try to take momentum into the Pac-12 Championships on April 24-26.
FORMAT
The tournament will be played over three days, running from Sunday to Tuesday, with one round each day for a total of 54 holes of stroke play at the Silverado Country Club (Par 72 - 6,176 Yards). Oregon is set to begin teeing off around 9:40 a.m. in the opening round on Sunday morning. The second round will follow on Monday morning, and Tuesday's final round will go off with a shotgun start.
THE FIELD
Oregon, ranked 48th in the nation in the latest Golfstat rankings (April 5), will be joined by 17 other teams in the field this weekend in Napa. The Ducks will compete against California, Colorado, East Carolina, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Iowa State, Long Beach State, No. 13 Northwestern, Pepperdine, San Jose State, San Francisco, No. 3 Stanford, TCU, Texas Tech, UC Davis, No. 6 UCLA and Washington State.
COMPETING DUCKS
No. 1 - Petra Salko
No. 2 - Cathleen Santoso
No. 3 - Marcella Pranovia
No. 4 - Kelsey Ulep
No. 5 - Kathleen Scavo
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Ducks have played the Silverado Showdown each of the last three seasons, and have enjoyed success each year so far. Oregon finished tied for fifth in 2014 before winning the event in 2015. The Ducks won the tournament by one event by one stroke over Oregon State, with Kelsey Ulep (78, 70, 73 - 221) leading the way in the final two rounds to help Oregon to the victory. Last season, the Ducks finished second overall but boasted the individual winner in Cathleen Santoso, who enters this year's event as the defending champion. Santoso (67, 73, 71 - 211) finished at 5-under to win the tournament by one stroke over Stanford's Lauren Kim, while Ulep finished sixth at 1-over.
LAST TIME OUT
Oregon traveled to Browns Summit, N.C., last weekend to compete in the Bryan National Collegiate, and came away with a 13th-place finish at +50. Cathleen Santoso was the Ducks' leader at +10 (74-74-78--226, T46), while Kathleen Scavo finished two strokes behind while carding the low round of the weekend for Oregon (79-70-79--228, T49). Marcella Pranovia (80-76-75--231, +15, T57), Petra Salko (80-74-78--232, +16, T59) and Kelsey Ulep (79-77-77--233, +17, T65) rounded out the Oregon lineup.
DUCKS PLAY GIFFORD GREAT 8
The Ducks traveled to Los Angeles, Calif., two weeks ago to compete with some of the nation's top teams at the Gifford Great 8 Collegiate Match Play. Despite going 0-3 on the tournament, Oregon gained match play experience that could prove valuable come postseason play. The Ducks opened the day with pair of 4-1 losses to two top-10 teams in then-No. 9 UCLA and then-No. 8 Georgia before closing out the tournament against Oregon State in a Civil War match. Oregon played tough with the Beavers and finished tied, 2.5-2.5, but OSU was awarded the win based on the first tiebreaker of most holes won.
SALKO LEADS UO AT ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL
Playing at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate in New Orleans, Petra Salko led the Ducks with productive showings in all three rounds, finishing the tournament tied for 22nd overall at 4-over (73, 74, 73 - 220). Kathleen Scavo finished tied for 28th, highlight by a 1-under 71 in the second round, at 7-over (76, 71, 76 - 223). Cathleen Santoso tied for 41st on the individual leaderboard at 10-over (75, 75, 76 - 226). Amy Matsuoka bounced back from a 6-over 78 in the second round to finish strong at 11-over (74, 78, 75 - 227), and Kelsey Ulep rounded out the Oregon lineup at 18-over (77, 80, 77 - 234).
STRONG SHOWING IN SPRING OPENER
Opening their spring season at the Peg Barnard Invitational at Stanford Golf Course, the Ducks got off to a good start with a second-place finish to top-ranked Stanford after finishing 14-over as a team (292, 289 – 581, +14). Junior Kelsey Ulep, playing in her first event of the academic year after not competing in the fall, led the Ducks with her best-career finish (2nd) while finishing as one of only two players under par at 2-under. Sophomore Petra Salko finished tied for 10th at 5-over along with Kathleen Scavo after firing an even-par 71 in the final round, and Amy Matsuoka (T15, +6) and Cathleen Santoso (T24, +8) rounded out the Oregon lineup.
SOLID FALL SEASON
The Ducks enjoyed a strong showing in the fall season, finishing with a team scoring average of 299.57 after competing in five tournaments. Oregon opened the fall with a third-place finish at the Red Raider Invitational before taking second at the East-West Match Play Challenge, and the Ducks finished the fall with a fourth-place finish at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview. Sophomore Kathleen Scavo led the Ducks in the fall with a 74.71 scoring average after a career-best finish at Nanea (T4th), and senior Cathleen Santoso was right behind at 74.79. Amy Matsuoka (75.79), Brooke Hamilton (76.14) and Petra Salko (77.43) rounded out the Duck lineup while competing in all five tournaments.
DUCKS STRIVING TO #BETHESTANDARD
Head coach Ria Scott introduced a new motto to the 2017 team prior to the start of spring, #BeTheStandard. The slogan was created in hopes of inspiring the Ducks to set and be the standard in everything they do, whether it's on the golf course, in the classroom or in the community.
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