University of Nevada Las Vegas
Wildcat Invitational
2/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Feb. 25, 2003
TUCSON, Ariz. - The UNLV women's golf team trimmed 13 strokes off its first-round team score, shooting 304 in the second round of the Wildcat Invitational on Tuesday to climb from 14th place to 11th.
All five players in the Rebel lineup improved upon their Monday score in Tuesday's second round at Arizona National Golf Course, including freshman Elena Kurokawa who leapt into a tie for 13th place after shooting 73. At seven-over, Kurokawa trails co-leaders Erica Blasberg of Arizona and Caroline Llano of Pepperdine by seven strokes.
Completing the Rebels' team scorecard were sophomore Hwanhee Lee (80-75--155), in 45th place overall, Sunny Oh (81-77--158) in 61st and Tina Mabanta (80-79--159) in 64th. Young Pak's (84-81--165) 81 was discarded.
UNLV trails Pepperdine for the overall team lead after the Waves shot a team 292 on Tuesday to overtake Arizona State.
Wednesday's third and final round will begin with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start.
