Houston Surges into 2nd-Place Finish at Clover Cup

Sunday, March 17

Longbow Golf Club – Mesa, Ariz.

All Day

University of Houston

Clover Cup

3/17/2019 10:35:00 PM | Women's Golf

Leonie Harm ties for first for third title of her career, Hannah Screen with Final Round 68 to tie for fifth

Scoring \| Final Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	USC	292	293	291	876	+12
2.	Houston	306	300	286	892	+28
3.	Kentucky	298	301	295	894	+30
4.	Oklahoma	299	299	297	895	+31
5.	Mississippi State	298	305	299	902	+38
6.	Notre Dame	303	306	297	906	+42
7.	Mercer	310	305	298	913	+49
8.	Kansas State	306	305	303	914	+50
9.	Nebraska	315	307	294	916	+52
10.	Wisconsin	313	307	299	919	+55
11.	UNCG	316	307	298	921	+57
12.	FIU	316	314	321	951	+87
13.	IUPUI	322	320	312	954	+90
14.	Cincinnati	330	322	318	970	+106
15.	Western Carolina	339	326	322	987	+123

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t1.	Leonie Harm	71	75	68	214	-2
t5.	Hannah Screen	77	75	68	220	+4
t11.	Amanda Elich	75	75	73	223	+7
t18.	Maria Jose Martinez (Ind.)	74	75	76	225	+10
t55.	Maddy Rayner	83	75	77	235	+20
t81.	Tatiana Pineda	85	85	81	251	+36

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Leonie Harm Houston	71	75	68	214	-2
t1.	Leonie Bettel Kentucky	67	74	73	214	-2
t1.	Libby Winans Houston	74	72	68	214	-2
t1.	Jennifer Chang USC	72	72	70	214	-2
t5.	Hannah Screen Houston	77	75	68	220	+4
t5.	Amelia Garvey USC	74	73	73	220	+4

MESA, Ariz. – University of Houston Women's Golf senior All-American Leonie Harm fired a 68 in the Final Round at the Clover Cup to tie for first at Longbow Golf Club and earn the third individual title of her outstanding career on Sunday afternoon.

As a team, the Cougars bettered their Second-Round score by 14 shots and posted the tournament's low round of the day to finish second with a score of 892.

With a three-day score of 2-under 214, Harm tied for medalist honors with Leonie Bettel (Kentucky), Libby Winans (Oklahoma) and Jennifer Chang (USC). Freshman Hannah Screen tied with Harm for the team's low round of the day at 68 and joined USC's Amelia Garvey in a tie for fifth at 220.

Starting her day off No. 4, Harm battled through a double bogey on the par-4 6^th hole and returned to even par with an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole. The Gerlingen, Germany, native drained five straight pars before making birdie on three of her next four holes, including back-to-back efforts on Nos. 17-18.

Harm added her final birdie of the day on No. 1 before closing the tournament with two straight pars. It was the third individual title of her All-American career.

Competing in her first season with the Cougars, Screen played bogey-free golf to earn her Top-10 finish. The Berkhamsted, U.K., native began her Final Round with a birdie on No. 5 and followed that with another birdie on the par-5 ninth hole.

After 10 straight pars, she birdied two of her final three holes on No. 2 and No. 4 to tie for fifth at 220.

Junior Amanda Elich tied for 11^th at 223, while freshman Maria Jose Martinez tied for 19^th at 225 while competing as an individual. Senior Maddy Rayner tied for 55^th at 235, while senior Tatiana Pineda tied for 81^st at 251.

USC captured the team title at 876 with Kentucky (894), Oklahoma (895), Mississippi State (902), Notre Dame (906), Mercer (913), Kansas State (914), Nebraska (9160 and Wisconsin (919) following the Cougars among the Top-10 leaders.

UP NEXT
Following the Clover Cup, the Cougars travel to Tucson, Ariz., to compete in the Mountainview Collegiate starting Friday at the Preserve at Saddle Brooke.

From there, the team will compete in the Bruzzy Challenge at Lantana Golf Club in Dallas on April 1-2.

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