NOBLESVILLE, Ind. – Junior Saranlak Tumfong posted a runner-up finish on Sunday at the Mid-American Conference Women's Golf Championships to help the University of Toledo to its fifth second-place showing in the last seven seasons in the tournament.

The Rockets finished the 54-hole tournament at the par-72, 6,025-yard Purgatory Golf Club at 11-over par 875, three shots shy of the school record posted at the 2016 MAC Championships. No. 10 Kent State won the tournament for the 21^st straight year with a seven-under par 857.

"I am extremely proud of the patience, commitment and resiliency these ladies showed all weekend long and all season long," Head Coach Jenny Coluccio said. "This weekend was a challenging situation with stops and starts and abnormal plans, but they were flexible and took everything in stride. Today was everything we have been building toward all season. While we were outraced by a very strong Kent team, they continued to stay committed and gave it everything they had!"

Tumfong carded a career-low three-under 213 (74-70-69) en route to a second-place standing that was the best of her collegiate career. After posting a two-over 74 in cold, windy conditions on Friday, she fired rounds of 70 and 69 today to be just one of three golfers to finish under par.

"Saranlak was on in every part of her game today," Coluccio said. "Her mentality and patience were completely under control. She never wavered from the plan and continued to trust herself completely. Her process took some learning curves this season, but after all the frustrating rounds she has experienced she was finally able to put it all together today." 

Joining Tumfong in the Top 10 were seniors Pimchanok Kawil (T-5^th/75-72-72=219) and Pinyada Kuvanun (T-9^th/78-71-74=223). Rounding out the Rocket lineup were senior Natcha Daengpiem (T-11^th/76-75-73=224) and junior Thunpijja Sukkasem (T-16^th/82-74-71=227).

The performances by Tumfong and Kawil earned the duo a spot on the MAC's All-Tournament Team.  Earlier in the day, Kuvanun received first-team All-MAC honors, while Kawil was named to the second-team All-MAC squad.

Toledo entered the day with a two-shot advantage over Kent State and played the final 36 holes at four-under par. That was good enough to finish 21 shots ahead of third-place Northern Illinois but not enough to keep pace with the red-hot Golden Flashes' 24-under par total today.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Kent State 305-278-274=857 (-7); 2. Toledo 303-287-285=875 (+11); 3. Northern Illinois 310-299-287=896 (+32); T4. Ball State 324-306-293=923 (+59); T4. Eastern Michigan 324-308-291=923 (+59); 6. Akron 317-308-299=924 (+60); 7. Ohio 321-301-305=927 (+63); 8. Bowling Green 328-298-302=928 (+64); 9. Western Michigan 333-298-307=938 (+74); 10. Central Michigan 329-317-319=965 (+101)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Karoline Stormo (KSU) 76-65-70=211 (-5); 2. Saranlak Tumfong (UT) 74-70-69=213 (-3); 3. Chloe Salort (KSU) 75-69-71=215 (-1); 4. Thitapa Pakdeesettak (KSU) 76-74-67=217 (+1); T5. Pimchanok Kawil (UT) 75-72-72=219 (+3); T5. Pimnipa Panthong 79-73-67=219 (+3); T5. Michaela Finn (KSU) 78-71-70=219 (+3); T5. Ahra Ko (NIU) 78-71-70=219 (+3)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
2. Saranlak Tumfong 74-70-69=213 (-3); T5. Pimchanok Kawil 75-72-72=219 (+3); T9. Pinyada Kuvanun 78-71-74=223 (+7); T11. Natcha Daengpiem 76-75-73=224 (+8); T16. Thunpijja Sukkasem 82-74-71=227 (+11)

All-MAC First Team
Pinyada Kuvanun, Toledo
Karoline Stormo, Kent State
Pimnipa Panthong, Kent State
Michaela Finn, Kent State
Chloe Salort, Kent State

All-MAC Second Team
Pimchanok Kawil, Toledo
Danielle Nicholson, Akron
Thitapa Pakdeesetakul, Kent State
Kory Nielsen, Kent State
Lauren Ingle, Northern Illinois
Brielle Ward, Northern Illinois

Golfer of the Year
Karoline Stormo, Kent State

Freshman of the Year
Thitapa Pakdeesetakul, Kent State

Coach of the Year 
Greg Robertson, Kent State

Sportswoman of the Year
Erin Fahey, Bowling Green