THORNTON, Colo. -- Tristan Gabbard made history by winning her collegiate debut at The Swan Memorial Tuesday afternoon at the Todd Creek Golf Club.

The Fulshear native became the first student-athlete in the 14-year history of the Midwestern State women's golf program to win her debut carding scores of 71, 77, and 70 on the way to a 2-over total of 218.

Gabbard displayed poise down the stretch going bogey-free over the final 11 holes carding birdies on two par-5s (Hole Nos. 8 and 14) and on the par-4, 370-yard ninth hole to finish off her second par-or-better round with a 2-under 70.

Gabbard became the third freshman in program history to win a tournament joining 2015 NCAA Division II national champion Brenna Moore and 2015 Lone Star Conference medalist Sierra Campbell. Moore and Campbell both claimed wins in their third collegiate tournament.

Fellow frosh Kodi Nolen also closed strong by reeling off 16 pars in the final round to finish with a 2-over 74. The Midlothian native tied for 10th with an 11-over total of 227 after carding scores of 79 and 74 in Monday's opening two rounds.

It is the first occasion that two MSU freshmen finished in the Top 10 in a debut at the same tournament.

As a team, the Mustangs delivered the lowest score of the third round with a 9-over 297 allowing MSU shave eight strokes off of the lead before settling for a runner-up finish in the season opening tournament.

Midwestern finished with a 43-over, 54-hole total of 907 to finish four strokes behind Colorado Christian.

Freshman Alli Reily tied for 19th in her collegiate opener carding scores of 82, 72, and 89 for a 16-over total of 232.

Senior Beatrice Perucchini delivered three team countable scores (79-78-77) on the way to tying for 24th with a 17-over total of 233.

Sophomore Brecklyn Flanagan notched two countable scores before finishing tied for 37th with scores of 80, 81, and 77 for a 22-over total of 238.

Swan Memorial

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Colorado Christian	+39	305	293	305	903
2	Midwestern State	+43	309	301	297	907
3	Angelo State	+55	312	299	308	919
4	Colorado State-Pueblo	+60	314	310	300	924
5	Biola (Calif.)	+61	314	303	308	925
	Cameron	+61	309	314	302	925
7	Colorado Mesa	+73	313	320	304	937
8	UC Colorado Springs	+78	319	314	309	942
9	Metro State (Colo.)	+81	323	307	315	945
10	Chadron State (Neb.)	+87	318	315	318	951
11	Fort Hays State (Kan.)	+91	327	310	318	955
12	Fort Lewis (Colo.)	+105	326	321	322	969
	Regis (Colo.)	+105	330	323	316	969
14	South Dakota Mines	+147	341	338	332	1011
15	Black Hills State (S.D.)	+174	344	348	346	1038
16	Adams State (Colo.)	+292	401	379	376	1156

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Tristan Gabbard	Midwestern State	+2	71	77	70	218
2	Cassidy Phelan	Colorado Mesa	+6	74	79	69	222
	Emily Donaldson	Colorado Christian	+6	73	77	72	222
4	Courtney Andersson	Colorado Christian	+7	80	68	75	223
	Kiersten Bryant	Colorado Christian	+7	76	71	76	223
6	Morgan Brasser	Fort Hays State	+9	73	73	79	225
7	Ashley Davis	Cameron	+10	74	81	71	226
	Kylie Severin	Colorado State-Pueblo	+10	78	75	73	226
	Madison Voisard	Biola	+10	78	68	80	226
10	Kodi Nolen	Midwestern State	+11	79	74	74	227
	Elly Waters	Colorado Mesa	+11	75	81	71	227
	Ozlyan Juarez	Angelo State	+11	75	74	78	227

  

Midwestern State Scorecard

2	Midwestern State	+43	309	301	297	907
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Tristan Gabbard (1)	+2	71	77	70	218
T10	Kodi Nolen (4)	+11	79	74	74	227
T19	Alli Reily (3)	+16	82	72	78	232
T24	Beatrice Perucchini (2)	+17	79	78	76	233
T37	Brecklyn Flanagan (5)	+22	80	81	77	238