Houston Captures ICON Invitational Title

Tuesday, February 26

The Woodlands Country Club – The Woodlands, Texas

All Day

University of Houston

ICON Invitational

2/26/2019 4:42:00 PM | Women's Golf

Freshman Hannah Screen finishes fourth to lead three Cougars among Top-10 leaders

Scoring \| Final Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#33 Houston	297	286	289	872	+8
2.	#27 Purdue	284	300	291	875	+11
3.	#9 Kent State	292	304	280	876	+12
4.	#20 TCU	302	291	285	877	+13
t5.	Texas A&M	295	294	294	883	+19
t5.	#18 Clemson	299	296	288	883	+19
7.	UTSA	304	297	289	890	+26
8.	North Texas	303	301	287	891	+27
9.	#46 Texas Tech	300	302	292	894	+30
10.	Texas State	297	301	301	899	+35
11.	SMU	303	302	298	903	+39
12.	Kansas State	310	305	296	911	+47
13.	Middle Tennessee	320	303	291	914	+50
14.	Southern Miss	299	305	313	917	+53
15.	Memphis	313	313	294	920	+56

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
3.	Hannah Screen	71	69	74	214	-2
t6.	Leonie Harm	76	70	70	216	E
t9.	Maddy Rayner	74	73	71	218	+2
t30.	Amanda Elich	76	74	74	224	+8
t65.	Yuka Kajiki (Ind.)	81	76	77	234	+18
t74.	Maria Jose Martinez (Ind.)	80	74	83	237	+21
t77.	Tatiana Pineda (Ind.)	77	82	80	239	+23

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Alice Hewson Clemson	70	68	69	207	-9
2.	#95 Greta Bruner TCU	72	70	68	210	-6
3.	Pimnipa Panthong Kent State	71	72	68	211	-5
4.	Hannah Screen Houston	71	69	74	214	-2
t5.	Melati Putri Purdue	68	73	74	215	-1

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Thanks to three student-athletes among the Top-10 leaders, the University of Houston Women's Golf program captured the ICON Invitational team championship with a score of 872 on Tuesday afternoon at The Woodlands Country Club.

Returning early Tuesday to the 6,392-yard, par-72 Tournament course to complete the Second Round after play was suspended late Monday due to darkness, the 33^rd-ranked Cougars finished with a total of 286 in the Second Round and posted a Final-Round score of 289 to win by three strokes over No. 27 Purdue.

No. 9 Kent State (876), No. 20 TCU (877), Texas A&M (883) and No. 18 Clemson (883) rounded out the Top-Six leaders in a field, which featured six of the nation's Top-50 programs.

Individually, freshman Hannah Screen fired a 69 to complete her Second Round on Tuesday and finished fourth with a score of 2-under 214. The Berkhamsted, U.K., native enjoyed her career-best finish, topping a pair of seventh-place showings earlier this season, and earned the third Top-10 finish of her career.

Senior All-American Leonie Harm closed her tournament with back-to-back rounds of 70 to surge into a tie for sixth at even-par 216. The Gerlingen, Germany, native enjoyed her third Top-10 finish in 2018-19 and the 17^th of her outstanding career.

After opening the tournament with a 74 on Monday, senior Maddy Rayner lowered her scored with each round, capping the event with a 71 Tuesday to tie for ninth at 218.

Junior Amanda Elich tied for 30^th at 224, while freshman Maria Jose Martinez tied for 74^th at 237. Competing as individuals, senior Yuka Kajiki tied for 65^th at 234 with senior Tatiana Pineda tying for 77^th at 239.

Clemson's Alice Hewson earned medalist honors with a score of 9-under 207 to finish three strokes ahead of TCU's Greta Bruner. Pimnipa Panthong of Kent State finished third at 211.

UP NEXT
Following the ICON Invitational, the Cougars head to Mesa, Ariz., to compete in the Clover Cup at the Longbow Golf Club on March 15-17.

From there, Houston competes at the Mountainview Collegiate, hosted by Missouri at The Preserve at Saddlebrooke in Tucson, Ariz., on March 22-24.

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