BOULDER CITY, Nev. – The University of Houston Women’s Golf program fired its third straight round under par during the Final Round of The Clash at Boulder Creek and earned a season-best third-place finish with a score of 19-under 845 on Tuesday afternoon.
 
After opening the first two rounds with scores of 274-284, the Cougars posted a total of 287 in the Final Round on the 6,429-yard, par-72 course at Boulder Creek Golf Club to earn their best team finish to date under new Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach Rachel Pollock.
 
Junior Emilia Väistö closed her tournament with an even-par 72 and finished third at 11-under 205. The Sienäjoki, Finland, native enjoyed her best finish as a Cougar and tied her career best, first set with Mercer at the Tiger Classic on Aug. 26, 2024.
 
With this week’s performance, Väistö has shot par or lower in seven of her last eight rounds.
 
Fifth-year Alexa Saldana posted the team’s low round of the day with a 68 and surged 23 places into a tie for 23rd at 2-under 214. Starting her day off No. 2, Saldana sank her first birdie at No. 4 but returned to even par with a bogey at No. 6.
 
The Mexico City native made birdie on the par-5 ninth hole to return to red numbers for good and added another one at No. 13 before sinking back-to-back birdies on Nos. 16-17.
 
Sophomore Zoe McLean-Tattan tied for 16th at 3-under 213 while sophomore Sadie Adams and senior Daniela Campillo Martinez were tied for 41st at 219.
 
Kansas captured the team championship at 817 to finish eight shots ahead of Boise State. Utah Tech (850) and California Baptist (851) rounded out the Top-Five leaders.
 
Kansas’ Ebba Nordstedt won medalist honors at 202 and finished four strokes in front of Boise State’s Leia Chung. Kansas teammates Lyla Louderbaugh and Kinslea Jones tied with Utah Tech’s Coryn Tardif for fourth at 206 with Boise State’s Teal Matsueda finishing seventh at 208.
 
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UP NEXT
Following The Clash at Boulder Creek, Houston will take its winter break.
 
The Cougars open their 2027 spring season when they tee off at the Collegiate Individual at Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Jan. 30-31, 2027.
 
From there, the Cougars return home to play host to back-to-back events at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. Houston starts the homestand with the Golf Club of Houston Invitational
 
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