Women's Golf

San Francisco A Treat For Rebels

Nov. 5, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -

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The UNLV women's golf team is tied for second and a pair of Rebels sit atop the leaderboard after the opening two rounds of play at the USF/Richmond Country Club Invitational.

Rebel freshman Alejandra Guacaneme has the individual lead with a two-round total of one-over 143 after she opened the tournament with a 69 (-2) and the capped it with a 74 (+3). Teams played 54-holes on Monday at the Richmond Country Club Course, a par-71, 5,963-yard course.

Guacaneme was three strokes ahead of fellow UNLV rookie Therese Koelbaek, who has a share of second place with a 54-hole total of 146 (75-71, +4).

Texas Tech has the opening-day lead with a 606 (305-301, +38), just two strokes ahead of both UNLV and UC Davis, who each carded totals of 607 (+39). The Rebels are part of a nine-team field that includes No. 38 Texas Tech, No. 45 Oregon and the host No. 49 Dons.

UNLV senior Tonya Choate is tied for 38th with a two-round total of 163 (75-78, +21) and Melissa Mabanta is in 41st with a score of 164 (82-82, +22). Natasha Krishna was forced to take DQ for the first round after she forgot to sign her scorecard, but she did not let that bother her and she carded a two-over 73 in the second round.

The Rebels also had Kasi Lee and Nicole McGirr competing as individuals at the tournament. Lee is tied for 36th with a score of 162 (80-82, +20) and McGirr is 49th with a score of 170 (80-90, +28).

The teams will close out the tournament with 18 holes on Tuesday.

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Players Mentioned

Alejandra Guacaneme

Alejandra Guacaneme

5' 3"
Junior
2L
Therese Koelbaek

Therese Koelbaek

5' 8"
Junior
2L
Natasha Krishna

Natasha Krishna

5' 4"
Senior
3L
Melissa Mabanta

Melissa Mabanta

5' 3"
Senior
3L

Players Mentioned

Alejandra Guacaneme

Alejandra Guacaneme

5' 3"
Junior
2L
Therese Koelbaek

Therese Koelbaek

5' 8"
Junior
2L
Natasha Krishna

Natasha Krishna

5' 4"
Senior
3L
Melissa Mabanta

Melissa Mabanta

5' 3"
Senior
3L