University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mountain West Championship
4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) - No. 17 UNLV women's golf's golf shot a 7-over-par 295 in the first round of the Mountain West Championships on Monday and is in first place at the par-72, 6,324 yard, Dinah Shore Tournament Course at the Mission Hills Country Club. Junior Alexandra Kaui is tied for fourth place with an even-par 72 and was just one of five golfers in the field of 45 to not go over-par.
Kaui birdied twice in the back nine with one bogey to go from 1-over 37 on the front nine and finish even-par. Sophomores Mackenzie Raim and Harley Dubsky are tied for sixth place one stroke behind Kaui. Both Raim and Dubsky had three birdies in the first round. Freshmen Kaylee Benton and Elizabeth Prior both turned in a 5-over 77 to tie for 19th place.
No. 22 San Diego State trail by just one stroke with a team score of 8-over 296. Fresno State is in third place at 9-over 297, and New Mexico State is in fourth place at 13-over 301.
Three golfers are tied for first place at 1-under 71: Colorado State's Katrina Prendergast, Fresno State's Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir and San Diego State's Georgia Lacey. Alexandra Moisand of New Mexico is tied with Kaui for fourth place.
The Mountain West Championship serves place as to whether UNLV or Nevada, Reno will receive three points in the Governor's Series contest, the all-sports competition between the two schools that is presented by NV Energy and Barrick Gold. Nevada, Reno is 15 strokes behind UNLV in seventh place. Women's golf has claimed the three points for UNLV in all three years of the competition.
The second round of the conference championship will start tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., and UNLV will tee off with Fresno State and San Diego State on the first hole at 8:30 a.m. Prior will start off things for the Rebels and will be followed by Benton, Dubsky, Raim and Kaui.
Day One Results
