OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City women's golf launches its spring season on Monday at the West Texas Classic Invite, hosted in Abilene, Texas, by Abilene Christian University.
 
The 19^th-ranked Stars start the two-day event at Abilene Country Club on Monday.
 
OCU Notebook
 
Previously: Oklahoma City finished in a tie for third place Tuesday at USAO's Battle at Winter Creek women's golf tournament. The Stars were 41 over par for the round and tied with USAO at 75 over for the tournament with rounds of 300, 310 and 329. Logan Allen was the brightest Star, finishing second, two strokes behind Texas Wesleyan's Makenna Junkin.  Allen was three over par for the tournament with rounds of 70, 72 and 77. She was the only Star to record multiple birdies in the third round on Tuesday, collecting four on holes five, 14, 17 and 18. She finished the tournament with a dozen birdies. Klaudie Karnikova and Beatriz Pinheiro tied for 13th at 24 over par. Karnikova went 75-82-83 while Pinheiro had rounds of 79, 74 and 87. Taylor Tevis birdied the fourth hole on Tuesday during her round of 84. She finished 18th at 27 over par with rounds of 76 and 83 on Monday. Paula Ortiz, who also birdied the fourth hole, finished out the team scoring for OCU in 35th at 39 over par. She shot 88 and 82 on Monday and finished up with an 85 on Tuesday. Carrie Bowers ended up in 23rd place at 30 over par with rounds of 84, 79 and 83. Gracie Levonitis had rounds of 87, 79 and 84 to finish at 34 over par and in 29th place.
 
OCU Lineup: Logan Allen, Klaudie Karnikova, Paula Ortiz, Taylor Tevis and Gracie Levonitis make up the OCU team for the tournament. Carrie Bowers is playing as an individual.
 
Fall Averages: The Stars won one tournament and placed third in two others in the fall. Logan Allen led the team this fall at 75.2 strokes per round, followed by Klaudie Karnikova at 77.9, Taylor Tevis at 80.7, Gracie Levonitis at 81.6, Paula Ortiz at 82.3 and Carrie Bowers at 84.1
 
The Field: OCU is the lone NAIA team in the 17-team field. The other teams, all NCAA Division I, are ACU, Texas Tech, Texas-El Paso, Drake, Texas-Arlington, South Dakota State, Texas Southern, Prairie View A&M, Northern Colorado, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Toledo, Bowling Green, Lamar, Incarnate Word, Utah Valley and Stephen F. Austin.