Orange Coast Comes Back to Win Title

Orange Coast rallied to win the team title and Saddleback’s Karlie Ward took the individual title at the Orange Empire Conference women’s golf championships Monday on the north course at Los Serranos in Chino Hills.

OCC, which went undefeated during the regular season, trailed Saddleback by two strokes heading into the second and final round.

But every OCC player played better than she did in Wednesday’s first round on the same 5,938-yard, par-74 course.

Orange Coast finished at 718 and second-place Saddleback was at 721.

Ward, a freshman from Capistrano Valley High who had rounds of 80 and 81, was the medalist at 161.

Fullerton’s Hye Joon Jung (167) was second and Saddleback’s Olivia Slutzky (169) was third.

Robin Shaft had rounds of 87 and 83 for a team-low 170 for Orange Coast. OCC’s Jennifer Tunzi (175) was fifth and teammate Jan Cheng (184) was sixth.

Orange Coast and Saddleback, as well as Long Beach and Mt. San Antonio, advance to the two-day Southern California championship starting Sunday at Menifee Lakes.

The top two teams then advance to the state tournament Nov. 14-15 at Auburn Hills Country Club.