Women's Golf

Cruising In The Mercedes Benz

Oct. 18, 2002

Results

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Live Scoring

With matching 74s, Hwanhee Lee and Sunny Oh led the UNLV women's golf team to a fifth-place showing through one round at the Mercedes Benz Women's Intercollegiate on Friday.

The two 74s, a 77 from sophomore Christine Hentzner, and Elena Kurokawa's 81 added up to a Rebel team score of 306. The Swedish Junior National Team paced the field on Monday with a 12-over 300 team round, three strokes better than Auburn, the top Division I school on the leaderboard.

Individually, Lee and Oh are tied with four other players for fifth place. First-round leader Ashley Prange of North Carolina was the only golfer in the 78-player field to post an even score on the par-72 Gettysvue Polo Golf Course.

As for the rest of the Rebels on the leaderboard, Hentzner sits in a tie for 22nd, Kurokawa is tied for 43rd, and Young Pak is tied for 67th after a 12-over round of 84.

Second-round play at the Mercedes Benz Women's Intercollegiate will begin at 7:00 a.m. EDT.

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