Oct. 18, 2008
Second Round Results
PALO ALTO, Calif. - It was a rough second round Saturday for the UNLV women's golf team at the Stanford Intercollegiate, which is being played at the Stanford Golf Course.
UNLV junior Natasha Krishna carded a one-under 70 on the day, but the rest of her teammates all finished above par as the Rebels posted a 14-over 298 on the day and are currently 13th with a 585 (+17). It was a difficult scoring day for the entire 16-team field, with no team and just eight individuals recording sub-par rounds.
Krishna used her steady round that featured two birdies and a bogey to move into the top 20, as she is currently tied for 17th after two rounds of play. Krishna started the day tied for 48th, but moved up more than 30 spots heading into tomorrow's final round, and has a total of 143 (73-71, +1).
"We struggled a little bit out there today and I felt that course played, especially on the greens," UNLV head coach Missy Ringler said. "Natasha played well today and really read the greens."
UCLA remained at the top of the leaderboard with a score of 563 (-5), two shots better than Oklahoma State. Cowgirl golfer Caroline Masson held onto the top spot among the individuals, shooting a one-under 70 today to give her a 36-hole score of 135 (-7). She leads Ryann O'Toole of UCLA and Lizette Salas of USC by three strokes heading into Sunday's final round.
UNLV sophomore Therese Koelbaek, who shot three-under par to open the tournament, gave back five shots today with seven bogies against just two birdies, falling from a tie for third to a tie for 26th. Koelbaek has a two-round total of 144 (68-76, +2).
Fellow sophomore Alejandra Guacaneme (70-77--147, +5) is tied for 46th, freshman Kristen Schelling (76-75--151, +9) is tied for 67th and rookie Bethany Glassford (77-85--162, +20) is tied for 89th.
UNLV is part of an impressive field that includes No. 1 USC, No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 6 Vanderbilt and No. 9 Duke. A total of 16 teams are competing in the tournament, which concludes Sunday on the par-71, 6,117-yard course.
Fans can follow the tournament live.
