Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Cowgirls open fall season with top three finish at Carmel Cup pected, with only seven of 48 players finishing the weekend under par. Stanford’s Rose Zhang, the world No. 1 ranked women’s amateur, won the individual competition in style. Jax Tompson She finished at 13-under and Staff Reporter broke the course record with a second round 63. The OSU women’s golf The Cowgirls finished team got its fall season off to third and had three players in a good start with a top three the top ten of the individual finish at the Carmel Cup. tournament. Madison HinThe tournament ocson-Tolchard and Han-Hsuan curred at the Pebble Beach Yu led the way, finishing Golf Links in California, a at 1-under in a tie for sixth course that’s been used for place. various PGA Tour events, During an eventful including seven majors. The final round for the Cowgirls, course played as tough as ex- Yu made a hole-in-one at the
par-3 seventh hole, Hailey Jones moved up eight spots and freshman Thitaporn Saithip moved up five spots. Jones was 3-under Sunday, finishing in 11th place. Saithip’s 2-under final round was enough to grab a top 10 in her first collegiate tournament. Freshman teammate Cecilie Leth-Nissen finished her first tournament 19-over. Rina Tatematsu rounded out the Cowgirl lineup, finishing at 18-over. Tatematsu was unable to bounce back from a first round 82. sports.ed@ocolly.com
File Photo Han-Hsuan Yu made a hole-in-one at the Carmel Cup at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California on Sunday.
Johnson returns from injury, leads OSU receivers against CMU
made came eight seconds into the second half. Spencer Sanders, Sam Hutchens OSU’s quarStaff Reporter terback, poked his right hand in the air, Wide re- corralled a ceiver Braydon high snap and Johnson often surveyed the found himself field. alone when OffenOklahoma sive coordiState played nator Kasey last season. Dunn could Due to have called an undisclosed a conservainjury that tive passing kept him from play. Heck, up 44-15 at playing all the time, OSU but the season opener in could’ve easily 2021, Johnson scripted a few was relegated run plays to to his couch begin the half while watchin an effort ing OSU play. to drain the Johnson minutes from also found the clock. himself alone But none in OSU’s of that transseason opener pired. Sanders, against Censtanding from tral Michigan the bright — alone at the orange OSU top of OSU’s logo at midstat sheet. field, looked to OSU his right and beat Central lofted a deep Michigan 58- pass. The ball 44 on Thursnext contacted day night in Johnson’s Stillwater, bright white as Johnson receiver’s racked up gloves. career-high toJohnson tals in catches caught the ball (6) and reat the CMU ceiving yards 18-yard line (133), both of and powered which were through the team highs. arms of a couHe also caught ple Chippewa a 13-yard defense backs touchdown before falling in the second at the seven. quarter. The catch “It felt catalyzed amazing,” OSU’s only Johnson said. touchdown“I can’t even scoring drive explain the of the third feeling all the quarter. way. It was “You just, it’s just know (Johnan amazing son’s) past feeling. Such experience,” a great bless- OSU coach ing man. I just Mike Gundy thank God said. “There is every day.” no substitute A key for experience. play Johnson, See Injury on a 6-foot redpage 2 shirt senior,
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Gundy talks playoff expansion, ASU game
OSU football coach Mike Gundy previewed Saturday’s game and covered several topics during his weekly press conference on Monday afternoon.
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Notebook On Monday afternoon, OSU football coach Mike Gundy held his second media luncheon of the 2022 season. Here are some key points from Gundy’s press conference ahead of Saturday’s home game against Arizona State. Sun Devils bring NFL schemes: Marvin Lewis, Brian Billick and Herm Edwards. Three notable names with
a surplus of NFL experience. Lewis coached the Cincinnati Bengals for 16 seasons. Billick served as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens for nine seasons and led the Minnesota Vikings’ offense. Edwards had stints as head coach of the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs. With such a handful of experience at the next level, Gundy and his staff are expecting a new look to the Sun Devils’ in-game dynamics come Saturday. “Special teams wise they were completely different last year than they were Thursday night,” Gundy said. “So, (they were) really vanilla against Northern Arizona to show anything and be considerably different (this Saturday).” The key to containing an offense styled as Arizona
State’s is containing and shutting down the quarterback. ASU quarterback Emory Jones, a Florida transfer, provides mobility for the Sun Devils. Gundy still expects a significantly different offensive scheme from the Sun Devils, knowing with the plethora of experience Edwards, Billick, and Lewis provide, they are bound to have some twists and turns come Saturday. “They might have some changes based on what’s happened,” Gundy said. “Then maybe they’re not (so different offensively). We won’t know that so we kind of have to prepare for both.” Cobb, Benson, Bishop still adjusting to roles: In 2021, OSU employed maturity at the linebacker position. Two fifth-year seniors,
both of which ranked top 10 in the Big 12 in tackles with one of them being the conference leader, providing a veteran presence to an already experienced defense. This season, Malcolm Rodriguez and Devin Harper are in the NFL, shedding light to a new duo of starters at the linebacker spot. Junior linebackers Mason Cobb and Xavier Benson made their first career starts in this past Thursday’s season opener against Central Michigan. Senior linebacker Lamont Bishop filtered in as the game progressed, taking in a significant amount of snaps as well. As expected in a debut, there were missed assignments, spotty tackling and blown coverages. Gundy maintained a full sense of confidence in his See Gundy on page 3