Smith Earns Top 10 Finish in Las Vegas

Kate Smith fired her third consecutive round under-par with a 71 to capture a tie for eighth place in a 90-player field at the UNLV Collegiate Showdown in Boulder City, Nev., on Tuesday.

Smith, a junior from Detroit Lakes, Minn., closed the three-round tournament on the par-72, 6,343-yard layout at the Boulder Creek Golf Club with a season-best six-under-par total of 210 (71-68-71).

Smith, who notched the 11th top-10 tournament finish of her career, led Nebraska to a 10th-place team finish in a solid 17-team field. The Huskers closed the tournament with a final-round 291 to finish at 875.

Sophomore Noor Ahmed (Folsom, Calif.) completed one of the best tournament scores of her career with a final-round 72 on Tuesday. She finished the three-day event at one-over-par 217 for her best total of the season and second-best of her career in a tie for 27th individually.

Redshirt freshman Kirsten Baete (Beatrice, Neb.) shot her best round of the tournament with a one-over-par 73 to give the Huskers their No. 3 score of the round. Baete finished in a tie for 77th at 231 for the tournament.

True freshman Vanessa Bouvet (Brunei) completed Nebraska's team score with a 75. Bouvet finished in a tie for 47th at 222 for the tournament.

Junior Haley Thiele (Wahoo, Neb.) added a final-round 77 to finish in a tie for 74th individually at 230, while freshman Megan Whittaker closed the tournament in a tie for 82nd at 233 (79-76-78) while playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup.

Oregon State won the team title with a three-round total of 838 (-26), while Tulsa finished as the runner-up four strokes back at 842 (-22). Augusta took third at 846, while Long Beach State (856) and Idaho (857) rounded out the top five.

Tulsa's Lorena Tseng took medalist honors with a 13-under-par 203, including a sizzling final round of 65 (-7). Fresno State's Brigitte Thibault was the runner-up with an 11-under 205.

Nebraska makes a quick turnaround to conclude fall tournament action at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kapolei, Hawaii, Oct. 30-31.

UNLV Collegiate Showdown
Oct. 21-23, 2018
Boulder Creek Golf Club (Boulder City, Nevada)
Par 72, 6,343 Yards

Final Team Results
1. Oregon State - 280-278-280-838 (-26)
2. Tulsa - 284-276-282-842 (-22)
3. Augusta - 286-279-281-846 (-18)
4. Long Beach State - 284-285-287-856 (-8)
5. Idaho - 286-284-287-857 (-7)
6. UNLV - 290-290-283-863 (-1)
7. Fresno State - 291-292-281-864 (E)
8. Colorado State - 291-285-290-866 (+2)
9. Nevada - 292-292-290-874 (+10)
10. Nebraska - 290-294-291-875 (+11)
11. San Francisco - 288-300-289-877 (+13)
12. Northern Arizona - 296-295-294-885 (+21)
13. Minnesota - 299-297-291-887 (+23)
14. Portland State - 299-296-296-891 (+27)
15. UC Riverside - 296-294-303-893 (+29)
T16. UC Irvine - 305-295-295-895 (+31)
T16. Oral Roberts - 297-292-306-895 (+31) 

Final Individual Results
1. Lorena Tseng, Tulsa - 69-69-65-203 (-13)
2. Brigitte Thibault, Fresno State - 69-70-66-205 (-11)
T3. Ellie Slama, Oregon State - 67-68-71-206 (-10)
T3. Charlotte Alran, Augusta - 75-66-65-206 (-10)
5. Sophie Hausmann, Idaho - 72-69-66-207 (-9)
6. Olivia Jackson, Tulsa - 66-73-69-208 (-8)
7. Jessica Hall, Fresno State - 72-70-67-209 (-7)
T8. Kate Smith, Nebraska - 71-68-71-210 (-6) 
T8. Maggie Ashmore, Augusta - 67-71-72-210 (-6)
T8. Cecilia Diez-Moliner, Augusta - 71-68-71-210 (-6)

Nebraska Individuals
T8. Kate Smith, 71-68-71-210 (-6)
T27. Noor Ahmed - 72-73-72-217 (+1)
T47. Vanessa Bouvet - 71-76-75-222 (+6)
T74. Haley Thiele - 76-77-77-230 (+14)
T77. Kirsten Baete - 77-81-73-231 (+15)
T82. Megan Whittaker - 79-76-78-233 (+17)