2014 Orange Empire Conference Women's Golf News
The Orange Empire Conference was well-represented at the 2014 CCCAA women's golf state championship which was held in Morro Bay on November 16-17, taking home both the team and individual titles.
College of the Desert led wire-to-wire in capturing the 2014 OEC women's golf title, putting an exclamation point on the title at the conference championship held at Woods Valley Golf Course on November 3 and 5.
College of the Desert's Fumika Matsumoto earned medalist honors in six of the 12 conference rounds this season and was named as the Orange Empire Conference MVP for women's golf this week after helping the Roadrunners go undefeated in conference play.
College of the Desert wrapped up at least a share of the Orange Empire Conference title this week in the final conference event before heading into next week's conference championship.
Two conference matches this week separated the field in women's golf, helping Palomar's playoff hopes and hurting Mt. San Antonio's hopes with just one match remaining before the conference championship.
The red marker came out for the first time this season as College of the Desert's Fumika Matsumoto carded a 1-under-par 71 on the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club course in Mission Viejo to lead the Roadrunners to a team score of 313 and another Orange Empire Conference victory in women's golf on Wednesday (October 15).
We've reached the midway point in the conference schedule and College of the Desert remains unbeaten with a comfortable lead while the battle for a post-season playoff berth is starting to heat up.
Saddleback College sophomore Rina Tomihari posted a 4-over-par 75 to capture individual medalist honors during the third OEC event of the season which was held on the Oak Creek Golf Club course in Irvine.
The Orange Empire Conference women’s golf schedule is in full swing now with two of the 10 scheduled conference events in the books and it looks like College of the Desert will be the team to beat as nine colleges vie for the conference title.