Sept. 22, 2006

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Results

UNLV women's golf struggled in its first appearance at the Fall Preview, shooting a team score of 315 (+27) on a difficult scoring day at LPGA International's Legends Course on Friday.

In a field that features nine of the top 10 teams from last year and 17 of the top 20, No. 2 Georgia has the lead after the first round with a team total of 289 (+1) as four players finished in the top 10 individually. The Bulldogs are nine shots in front of Auburn (298, +10) while Tennessee (299, +10) rounds out the top three. Nicole Smith of the Volunteers has the individual lead after the opening 18 holes, carding a five-under 67. Jacqui Concolino of Vanderbilt shot a two-under 70 and is in second place while a group of three players is tied for third at one-under par.

Da Sol Chung and Natasha Krishna fired the best rounds of the afternoon for the 16th-ranked Rebels, both shooting a four-over 76 on the par-72 course that will also serve as host of the 2007 NCAA Women's Championships. They are tied for 27th overall.

Kasi Lee (78, +6) is tied for 48th, Kristin Ingram (85, +13) is tied for 81st and Seema Sadekar (86, +14) is tied for 85th to round out the Rebel scorecard.

The tournament continues tomorrow with another 18 holes starting at 5:00 a.m. (PDT) and it concludes on Sunday. Fans can follow the tournament live by going to www.golfstatresults.com.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Georgia            289  +12. Auburn             298  +103. Tennessee          299  +114. Arizona State      300  +125. Vanderbilt         302  +146. Virginia           303  +15T7. UCLA              304  +16T7. Southern Cal      304  +16T9. Florida           305  +17T9. Oklahoma St.      305  +1711. Duke              306  +18T12. Arkansas         307  +19T12. Wake Forest      307 +1914. Purdue            311  +2315. Texas A&M         314  +2616. UNLV              315  +2717. California        320  +3218. UCF               331  +43

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS/UNLV

1    Nicole Smith, Tennessee        67 (-5)2    Jacqui Concolino, Vanderbilt   70 (-2)T3   Carolina Andrade, Georgia      71 (-1)T3   Danielle Nash, California      71 (-1)T3   Leau Wigger, Virginia          71 (-1)T27  Natasha Krishna, UNLV          76 (+4)T27  Da Sol Chung, UNLV             76 (+4)T48  Kasi Lee, UNLV                 78 (+6)T81  Kristin Ingram, UNLV           85 (+13)T85  Seema Sadekar, UNLV            86 (+14)