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Chandler, AZ - The Portland State Vikings held off a third-round charge by Northern Arizona to win the Big Sky Conference Golf Championship in record fashion Wednesday at Ocotillo Golf Resort. After having a comfortable 36-hole lead, it got interesting during the final 18, but the Vikings held on to win their second straight Big Sky Conference Championship, third in four years and sixth in the past nine years.

Portland State shot 303-287-290=880 to beat NAU by 11 strokes. The 880 total broke the Big Sky Championship record by six shots. PSU will now advance to an NCAA Regional Tournament, likely in Auburn, WA on May 5-7.

Northern Arizona came in at 304-296-291=891. Northern Colorado was third with 908 overall.

Head Coach Kathleen Takaishi won her third Big Sky Championship title in four years at Portland State.

Viking sophomore Britney Yada also captured the individual title with a record six-under par 72-68-70=210. The tournament record was even-par 216, set three times previously. It was Yada's second career tournament win.

If there was any doubt about who would be Big Sky Conference Champion, the Vikings tried to erase it on the first few holes Wednesday. Witness:

• Hole number one: Britney Yada holes out from 105 yards for eagle.
• Hole number two: Alexia Brown holes out from 145 yards for eagle.
• First six holes: Tiffany Schoning makes three birdies.
• First seven holes: Lauren Taylor has two birdies.

But, winning the title was no slam dunk for the Vikings. The overnight lead grew to 14 shots early in the round. Then, Bethany Leclair of Northern Arizona single-handedly kept the Lumberjacks in it, making five birdies in a span of seven holes. Even Yada had a hiccup, making a triple bogey at the fifth hole.

Playing in the final group, Yada rallied again and birdied number nine, but the Vikings had only a six-shot lead at the turn. Yada and Tiffany Schoning finished the front nine at even, while Brown was one-under par.

At one point, early on the back nine, the Viking lead had dropped to four strokes. PSU answered the challenge though with birdies from Yada, Brown and Schoning. Leclair, who got all the way to six under after 11 holes, made a pair of bogeys on the back nine and NAU's threat was over.

Despite her early triple bogey, Yada's final-round two-under par 70 got her to 210 for the tournament. She won by five shots over Leclair, who shot a tournament-record 67 on the final day.

"I was just trying to improve on yesterday," Yada said. "(After my triple bogey) I had my dad's voice in my head saying 'don't let bad holes roll into the next hole.' So after that I was fine and I just forgot about it.

"I hit it close a lot (today). My pitching wedge especially. I didn't make a couple of the putts, but I made enough."

"They just played solid golf," said Takaishi of her team. "Alexia kept hitting it close."

Of Yada, the coach said: "I knew she would respond pretty well (to the triple bogey), because three weeks ago she had a couple double bogeys in a four hole stretch. That didn't faze her. I knew she would come back and make some birdies."

Brown, a senior from Phoenix, had her best round ever as a Viking, shooting a one-under par 71. That lifted her into the top six on the leaderboard. Her 54-hole score of 223 also was a career-best at PSU.

"Having an eagle helps, it boosts the confidence for sure," Brown said. "I felt like I really trusted my swing today, swung freely and enjoyed myself out there."

Schoning shot a one-over par 73 to move up to a tie for ninth. She recorded 79-74-73=226 for the tournament.

Taylor shot 76 in the final round, and finished at 79-73-76=228. The Viking freshman tied for 14th.

Kalyn Dodge, the other Viking senior, shot eight-over par 80 on Wednesday. She tied for 12th overall at 75-72-80=227.

The Big Sky Championship was played at Ocotillo Golf Resort, a 6,162-yard, par 72 layout. The Vikings won the 2010 tournament by two shots over Sacramento State with a score of 900 over 54 holes.

TAP-INS
Yada became the third Viking in history to win a Big Sky individual title. Taya Battistella won in 2001 (219) and 2003 (219), and Hannah Bews won in 2008 (220)…  Portland State has now won six Big Sky Conference titles in nine seasons: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011.

THREE-TIME CHAMP
Alexia Brown, one of two Vikings seniors, will finish her career as a starter on three of four Big Sky Champion teams. She matches Jeana Lee and Sarah Tiller (2003-05) as being the only other three-time starters on Big Sky champion teams. "It makes me feel really honored to be a part of Portland State University and also feel really proud to be with a team that has won conference three years in a row," Brown said.

RECORDS SHARED AND RECORDS BROKEN
• Britney Yada's second-round 68 matched the Portland State single-round record, set previously by former Viking Taya Battistella (2003). Yada's 54-hole total of 210 is a school and conference-record.
• The Vikings' one-under par 287 in the second round matched the school record set two weeks previously on the same course at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic. It was also one shot off the Big Sky Championship Tournament record. PSU's 880 total broke the previous Big Sky Tournament record by six strokes.

PORTLAND STATE AT THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1997-98 • 9th • 352-346-326=1,024
1998-99 • 9th • 354-346-335=1,036
1999-2000 • 7th • 323-330-318=971
2000-01 • 3rd • 329-312-303=944
2001-02 • 3rd • 324-330-315=969
2002-03 • Champions • 294-310-301=905
2003-04 • Champions • 294-296-296=886
2004-05 • Champions • 289-311-305=905
2005-06 • 5th • 307-306-307=920
2006-07 • 3rd • 320-303-299=922
2007-08 • Champions • 306-297-308=911
2008-09 • 5th • 312-319-315=946
2009-10 • Champions • 295-296-309=900
2010-11 • Champions • 303-287-290=880

Big Sky Conference Championship
at Ocotillo Golf Club, Chandler, AZ
April 18-20, 2011
par 72, 6,162 yards
9 teams/45 golfers

Team Scores
1. Portland State, 303-287-290=880
2. Northern Arizona, 304-296-291=891
3. Northern Colorado, 308-305-295=908
4. Montana, 304-307-303=914
5. Sacramento State, 312-312-308=932
6. Montana State, 319-304-311=934
7. Weber State, 321-319-306=946
8. Eastern Washington, 322-314-316=952
9. Idaho State, 335-343-320=998

Player Scores
1. Britney Yada, PSU, 72-68-70=210
2. Bethany Leclair, NAU, 73-75-67=215
3. Carleigh Silvers, UNC, 76-72-71=219
4. Ashli Helstrom, UM, 73-71-77=221
5. Alexa Kim, NAU, 78-70-74=222
t6. Lauren Howell, UM, 73-77-73=223
t6. Alexia Brown, PSU, 77-75-71=223
8. Ali Nelson, UNC, 75-77-73=225
t9. Kaitlen Parsons, NAU, 75-75-76=226
t9. Samantha Saffold, SAC, 76-76-74=226
t9. Tiffany Schoning, PSU, 79-74-73=226
t12. Leslie McGetrick, MSU, 77-79-71=227
t12. Kalyn Dodge, PSU, 75-72-80=227
t14. Lauren Taylor, PSU, 79-73-76=228
t14. Paige Crawford, MSU, 76-75-77=228
t16. Kelsey Adams, WSU, 77-77-75=229
t16. Julie Shutler, SAC, 79-74-76=229
t16. Stephanie Kim, NAU, 79-76-74=229
t19. Dana Stapleton, EWU, 79-75-76=230
t19. Chelsea Silvers, UNC, 75-79-76=230
21. Kercia Brakel, SAC, 77-79-75=231
t22. Amanda Snyder, WSU, 78-79-75=232
t22. Olivia Weber, UM, 76-79-77=232
24. Kellie Holmstedt, EWU, 76-81-76=233
25. Hannah McNeeley, UNC, 84-77-75=236
t26. Kylie Smith, ISU, 81-78-79=238
t26. Dakin Whitmer, NAU, 78-83-77=238
t26. Nyomy Obcemea, WSU, 82-80-76=238
t26. Carissa Simmons, UM, 82-80-76=238
30. Kelly O'Brien, MSU, 82-76-82=240
31. Katie Michunovich, MSU, 84-74-83=241
32. Jayme Carbon, EWU, 86-78-81=245
33. Morgan Lee, EWU, 81-82-83=246
t34. Sara Federico, WSU, 84-83-80=247
t34. Ellese Dias, SAC, 81-83-83=247
t36. Annalaurie Norman, ISU, 87-87-75=249
t36. Kristen Watson, SAC, 80-83-86=249
t36. Kalee Gibbons, ISU, 85-81-83=249
39. Libby Avery, UNC, 82-84-84=250
t40. Molly Dorans, MSU, 89-81-81=251
t40. Sarah Callagy, EWU, 87-80-84=251
42. Jordan Ulibarri, WSU, 84-86-83=253
43. Rose Stepanek, UM, 86-87-83=256
44. Julia DiGiallonardo, ISU, 82-97-83=262
45. Courtney Smith, ISU, 87-97-89=273