Sept. 13, 2009

Round One Results

PRIMM, Nev. - The No. 18 UNLV women's golf team opened its season with a first-round 16-over 304 on Sunday and is in seventh place at Golfweek's Conference Challenge, which is being played at Primm Valley Golf Club in Primm, Nev.

The Rebels are being paced by junior Alejandra Guacaneme, who navigated windy conditions to post a 1-over 73, which has her tied for fifth after 18 holes of play. Guacaneme rolled in five birdies, four bogies and one double bogey on her round, and she is five strokes behind Caroline Hedwall of Oklahoma State, who has the individual lead with a 4-under 68. Oklahoma State has the team lead with a 7-over 295, good for a one-stroke lead over Chattanooga.

"It was not as good of a start as we would have liked," UNLV head coach Missy Ringler said. "The wind did get to us a little, but we have two more rounds to bounce back. It was also a great first round by Alejandra."

UNLV senior Natasha Krishna and rookie Ellis Keenan are in a group that is tied for 22nd at 4-over 76, Therese Koelbaek is tied for 48th at 7-over 79 and Kristen Schelling is tied for 66th at 9-over 81. Koelbaek made the turn at just 1-over, but she carded a nine on the par-4 hole 10 after her ball got stuck in a bunker and she struggled to get it out.

The Rebels are one of four teams that appeared in Golfweek's preseason poll that make up the 18-team field, and the others are No. 12 Pepperdine, No. 16 Ohio State and No. 28 Cal. The tournament is being played on the Desert Course at the Primm Valley Golf Club, a par-72, 6,108-yard layout.

The tournament continues with 18 holes on Monday with UNLV teeing off at 8:00 a.m. (PT) off of hole one, and the tournament draws to a close on Tuesday. Live scoring is available courtesy of Golfstat by CLICKING HERE.