University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mountain West Championship
4/25/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 25, 2014
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team moved from sixth to third after posting a 2-over-par 290, the lowest single round score of the tournament, on Tuesday at the Mountain West Championship.
After two rounds, the Rebels are three strokes off the lead at 17-over 593 (303-290) in the tournament, which is being played at the par-72, 6,324 yard, Dinah Shore Tournament Course at the Mission Hills Country Club.
UNLV junior Dana Finkelstein jumped from a tie for eighth to a tie for the tournament lead after posting a 3-under 69 in the second round, which is the lowest individual single round score of the tournament. She is in a four-way for the lead at 2-under 142 (73-69) with Fresno State's Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (71-71) and Madchen Ly (71-71) and New Mexico's Manon Molle (71-71).
New Mexico carded a 7-over 295 for the second consecutive day and sits atop the team leaderboard at 14-over 590 (295-295). Fresno State is two shots back, and one shot ahead of the Rebels, at 16-over 592 (296-296) in the tournament. San José State is fourth at 18-over 594 (294-300) and San Diego State (293-308) and Boise State (296-305) are tied for fifth at 25-over 601.
Senior Demi Mak, who was the 2012-13 Mountain West Championship runner-up, ranks second for UNLV and sits ninth at 4-over 148 (74-74). Freshman Avery French turned in an even-par 72 in the second round and moved from a tie for 24th to a tie for 10th at 5-over 149 (77-72). Junior Mayko Chwen Wang is tied for 25th at 10-over 154 (79-75) and Marguerite Swearingen is 44th at 25-over 169 (88-81).
UNLV, which is the defending tournament champions, are also looking for three key points in the Governor's Series, presented by NV Energy. The competition between UNLV and Nevada, Reno is in its second year and the Rebels hold an 18.0-12.0 advantage over the Wolf Pack. After the two rounds, UNLV holds a 25 shot lead over UNR, which sits eighth at 42-over 618 (308-310). To track the scoring, visit the Governor's Series page at UNLVRebels.com
The final round of the 2014 Mountain West Women's Golf Championship will begin Saturday morning at 7 a.m. PT. Live scoring is available at UNLVRebels.com and GolfStat.com. Swearingnen will be first to tee-off at 8:30 a.m., followed by Wang, French, Mak and Finkelstein.
