Ducks Set To Close Fall At Nanea Pac-12 Preview

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 5 ranked Oregon women's golf team will wrap up its fall schedule with the Nanea Pac-12 Preview beginning on Monday at Nanea Golf Club in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

The Ducks have posted three straight top-five finishes to open 2021-22, headlined by a dominant and historic victory in their season opener at the Mason Rudolph Championships. Oregon will look to finish the fall strong against a field of Pac-12 teams and Hawaii. The Ducks are the second-highest ranked team in the conference, behind only No. 1 Stanford.

2021 Nanea Pac-12 Preview
Dates: Monday November 1 - Wednesday, November 3
Location: Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Course: Nanea Golf Club
Par/Yards: 73/6,449
Format: Five-count-four; Three rounds; 18 holes each day

Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=pairings&tid=23845

The Field (12 Teams)
#1 Stanford, #5 Oregon, #12 UCLA, #16 Arizona, #20 Arizona State, #22 USC, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State

Teeing Off For The Ducks (Fall Scoring Average)
1. Tze-Han (Heather) Lin (71.78)
2. Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen (73.56)
3. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu (71.67)
4. Ching-Tzu Chen (73.11)
5. Briana Chacon (74.22)

Numbers to Know
-26 - Oregon dominated the Mason Rudolph Championship with a stellar 26-under-par weekend, shattering the previous 54-hole program record of 16 under.
-17 - Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu claimed her first collegiate victory in the fall opener, finishing an astounding 17-under par to set a new UO individual record for 54 holes.
4 - The Ducks finished fourth their last time out at the Stanford Intercollegiate, led by a fourth-place finish from senior Tze-Han (Heather) Lin.
5 - Oregon is currently No. 5 in the national Golfstat rankings, the highest the Ducks have been ranked under head coach Derek Radley and believed to be tied for the highest ranking in program history.
15 - The Ducks have finished in the top five in 15 of their last 17 tournaments dating back to 2019-20, including a pair of tournament victories.
40 - Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu is Oregon's highest-ranked player at No. 40 in the latest release of the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

Ducks at the Pac-12 Preview
This will be the eighth edition of the Pac-12 Preview, with the event returning after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oregon finished fifth at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview in both 2018 and 2019, with the program's best-ever finish in the tournament a fourth-place showing in 2016. Tze-Han (Heather) Lin finished as the co-champion of the event as a freshman in 2018, shooting a 72-71-70.

Last Time Out
The Ducks continued their impressive fall season with a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate on Oct. 15-17. Senior Tze-Han (Heather) Lin led the way in fourth place individually, headlined by a stellar 6-under 65 in the second round that vaulted her up 29 spots on the leaderboard. Lin became the third different Duck to finish as the team's top individual through three fall tournaments, with Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu winning the Mason Rudolph Championship and Ching-Tzu Chen leading with an 11th-place finish at the Windy City Classic. Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen closed the Stanford Intercollegiate with a 1-under 70 to tie for 26th overall, and both Lu and Briana Chacon were two strokes back in a tie for 36th.