Oct. 20, 2007

PALO ALTO, Calif. - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- UNLV women's golf is in 12th place following the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate on Saturday as the Rebels have a team score of 616 (304-312, +48).

No. 2 Duke, the defending national champions, kept the team lead as the Blue Devils have a team score of 586 (282-292, +6). No. 4 Arizona State (293-293--586, +18) is second, followed by No. 1 UCLA (291-296--587, +19). Amanda Blumenherst of Duke remains in the lead for medalist honors, pacing the field with a total of 139 (66-73, -3) heading into the final round.

A pair of Rebels turned in strong rounds as freshman Therese Koelbaek and sophomore Natasha Krishna each shot second-round scores of 73 (+2) and both are in the top 25 of the leaderboard. Koelbaek is tied for 17th with a total of 148 (+8) and Krishna is tied for 22nd just one-stroke behind with a score of 149 (+9).

Rounding out the Rebels was Tonya Choate (76-83--159, +12) who was tied for 60th, Alejandra Guacaneme (77-84--161, +19) is tied for 70th and Nicole McGirr (82-83--166, +23) is tied for 83rd.

Of the 18 participating squads at this week's Stanford Intercollegiate, 11 are ranked among the nation's top-30 teams recognized in this week's edition of the Golfweek rankings, including top-ranked UCLA, second-ranked Duke and No. 4 Arizona State. No. 23 New Mexico is the only other Mountain West Conference team in the field.

Fans can follow the tournament live by going to www.unlvrebels.com and clicking on the live scoring link in the calender.

UNLV TEAM SCORE

12. UNLV 304-312--616 (+48)

UNLV INDIVIDUALS

T17. Therese Koelbaek 75-73--148 (+6)T22. Natasha Krishna 76-73--149 (+7)T60. Tonya Choate 76-83--159 (+17)T70. Alejandra Guacaneme 77-84--161 (+19)T83. Nicole McGirr 82-83--165 (+23)