Toledo Receiving Final Tuneup for MAC Championships at Ohio State

Saturday, April 14

Columbus, Ohio

All Day

University of Toledo

Lady Buckeye Invitational

Sophomore Thunpijja Sukkasem and the Rockets are playing at Ohio State this weekend.

Toledo Receiving Final Tuneup for MAC Championships at Ohio State

4/13/2018 10:08:00 AM | Women's Golf

Toledo, Ohio —Toledo will receive its final preparation for next week's Mid-American Conference Women's Golf Championships when it travels to Columbus, Ohio this weekend for Ohio State's Lady Buckeye Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15. The Rockets will be competing in this event for a fifth-straight year, with the tourney being played at the par-72, 6,319-yard Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University Golf Club.

THE FIELD
• Fourteen schools are participating in Ohio State's Lady Buckeye Invitational.
• Toledo will be competing against five Top 40 programs - No. 12 Michigan State, No. 15 Washington, No. 16 Kent State, No. 29 Illinois and No. 39 Ohio State – as well as No. 57 Oregon State, No. 63 Indiana, No. 66 Penn State, No. 72 Maryland, No. 111 Minnesota, No. 118 Rutgers and No. 119 Seton Hall. The Rockets are ranked No. 92 in the Golfstat rankings. Indianapolis is also competing in the event and is ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division II.

LIVE SCORING
• Live scoring for the Lady Buckeye Invitational can be found at golfstatresults.com.

ROCKETS AT THE LADY BUCKEYE INVITATIONAL
• Toledo will be making its fifth straight appearance in Ohio State's spring tournament. The Rockets' best finish during this stretch was seventh place in 2014 and 2016.
• UT's lineup this week will include junior Pinyada Kuvanun at #1, sophomore Saranlak Tumfong at #2, junior Natcha Daengpiem at #3, junior Hannah Kochendoerfer at #4, junior Pimchanok Kawil at #5 and sophomore Thunpijja Sukkasem at #6. Sophomore Donchanok Toburint will be competing as an individual.

LOOKING BACK AT THE DOLORES BLACK FALCON INVITATIONAL
• Toledo nearly captured its second tourney title of the season last Sunday with a runner-up showing. The Rockets finished just three strokes behind tournament champion Indianapolis.
• Junior Pinyada Kuvanun almost won her second tournament title of the year by carding a one-over par 145. She finished one stroke behind medalist Emily Hughes of Ohio. Kuvanun had a chance to tie after getting to even-par with a birdie on the 16th hole but bogeyed the 17^th before posting par on the 18^th.
• Kuvanun leads the Rockets with a 72.7 stroke average.
• Junior Hannah Kochendoerfer registered her first Top 10 showing of her career by tying for sixth place at seven-over par 151 (75-76).
• Sophomore Saranlak Tumfong (78-75=153) and junior Natcha Daengpiem (79-75=154) each recorded three-over par 75s to tie for 15^th and 19^th place, respectively.

ON THE HORIZON
• Toledo will head to Naperville, Ill. for the MAC Championships on Friday-Sunday, April 20-22. The tournament will be held at the Naperville Country Club.