NSU Women Claim Sixth SSC Golf Title; Ruiz Wins Individual Championship

04.17.18

The 2018 championship yields lowest scores in tournament history

Special thanks to Lynn University and the entire Fighting Knight staff

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Nova Southeastern University claims their second consecutive, sixth overall SSC Women's Golf Championship in record-setting fashion. Michelle Ruiz of NSU takes the title after holding a wire-to-wire at the 2018 event. Lynn University hosted this year's championship at Osprey Point Golf Course.

2018 Championship Central | Individual Full Leaderboard | Team Leaderboard

Women's Final Round Recap

Ruiz brings the Sharks program its sixth individual SSC championship after shooting a record-breaking 210 in the three-day tournament. The Canadian followed a first round 4-under (68) with back-to-back 1-under (71) rounds at the 6,075-yard, par-72 Osprey Point Golf Course.

Tilda Larsson of Barry University came in second after finishing the tournament at 1-under (215). Larsson's final day 5-under (67) is the second-best single-round performance in SSC tournament history. Her tournament score comes in second all-time (behind Ruiz), matching that of former Buccaneer Nicole Ferre (RedTail, 2015).

Krissy Ortiz and Jenny Ayala of Lynn University finished third and fourth, respectively. Ortiz tallied a 4-over (220), while Ayala registered a score of 6-over (222). Rounding out the Top-5 are Sophie Madden of Nova Southeastern and Josefina Foa Torres of Barry who tied at 7-over (223).

Nova Southeastern closed the SSC championship on Tuesday with a final round score of 286, which ties Barry's SSC record a single-round team score (RedTail, 2015). Although Barry was knocking on the door, Nova Southeastern held the lead throughout the championship, eventually breaking their conference record for a three-day tournament by five strokes with a 17-under (881) performance. Barry's second-place score of 22-over stands as the second-best tournament score in history, while Lynn's 28-over goes down as the fourth best.

Women's Tournament Notes

SSC ladies averaged a score of 78.25 per round for the tournament, with Tuesday's round being the lowest at 76.75. The 2018 championship is the lowest scoring on record, besting the 78.81 mark set at the 2015 SSC championship. The 2015 tournament was held at the RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento.

Michelle Ruiz, Tilda Larsson, and Krissy Ortiz become the latest SSC women's golfers to post two Top-5 finishes in SSC Championships. Ruiz and Larsson now have three Top-10 finishes in SSC tournaments. Ortiz, Amanda Jakobsson, Jenny Ayala, Sophie Madden, Jaime Freedman, and Paola Ortiz can now boast two Top-10 finishes.

Low scoring at Osprey Point produced the...
Top 3-Round Team Score - Nova Southeastern, 17-over
Top Single Round Team Score - Nova Southeastern, 2-under
Top 3-Round Individual Score - Michelle Ruiz, Nova Southeastern, 6-under
2nd Best 3-Round Team Score - Barry, 22-over
2nd Best Single Round Individual Score - Tilda Larsson, Barry, 5-under
2nd Best 3-Round Individual Score - Tilda Larsson, Barry, 1-under
3rd Best Single Round Individual Score - Michelle Ruiz, Nova Southeastern, 4-under
4th Best Single Round Team Score - Barry & Lynn, 1-over
4th Best 3-Round Team Score - Lynn, 28-Over
5th Best Single Round Individual Score - A. Gartrell (FSC) & H. Kipness (UT), 3-under
8th Best 3-Round Individual Score - Krissy Ortiz, Lynn, 4-over
...in tournament history.

Ruiz is the third NSU golfer to win the SSC individual title and first since 2013. Lilianna Cammissa won in 2012 and 2013, while Sandra Changkija won in 2008 and back-to-back in 2010 and 2011.

Kiira Riijijarvi becomes the first women's golfer from the University of Tampa to finish Top-10 at the league championship.

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