Sunday, February 11
Palos Verdes, CA
All Day
University of Nevada Las Vegas
vs
Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge
2/11/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Feb. 11, 2018
Round One Results | @UNLVWGolf
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV women's golf played its first round of the spring Sunday at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, California. The Rebels carded a 22-over 306 to sit in 16th heading into Tuesday's second round.
Junior Elizabeth Prior, who entered the tournament ranked No. 31 individually in the country, shot a 2-over 73 and is in a tie for 19th. Senior Mackenzie Raim, who won the tournament a year ago, was the second-best UNLV finisher of the day after carding a 5-over 76.
Arizona and reigning NCAA champion Arizona State finished round one tied atop the leaderboard at 1-over, holding a seven shot lead over third place, currently occupied by No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Alabama at 8-over.
ASU's Olivia Mehaffey shot a round-one best 3-under 68 to lead the tournament by one stroke. Baylor's Gurleen Kaur, Alabama's Kristen Gillman and Texas' Kaitlyn Papp all sit a shot behind Mehaffey in a tie for second.
REBEL OF THE DAY: Prior picked up where she left off in the fall with her 73 on day one. In October, the Surrey, England, native shot a 16-under to win the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown - tying the lowest three-round score in program history.
REBEL SCORES:
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV women's golf played its first round of the spring Sunday at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, California. The Rebels carded a 22-over 306 to sit in 16th heading into Tuesday's second round.
Junior Elizabeth Prior, who entered the tournament ranked No. 31 individually in the country, shot a 2-over 73 and is in a tie for 19th. Senior Mackenzie Raim, who won the tournament a year ago, was the second-best UNLV finisher of the day after carding a 5-over 76.
Arizona and reigning NCAA champion Arizona State finished round one tied atop the leaderboard at 1-over, holding a seven shot lead over third place, currently occupied by No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Alabama at 8-over.
ASU's Olivia Mehaffey shot a round-one best 3-under 68 to lead the tournament by one stroke. Baylor's Gurleen Kaur, Alabama's Kristen Gillman and Texas' Kaitlyn Papp all sit a shot behind Mehaffey in a tie for second.
REBEL OF THE DAY: Prior picked up where she left off in the fall with her 73 on day one. In October, the Surrey, England, native shot a 16-under to win the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown - tying the lowest three-round score in program history.
REBEL SCORES:
- T19th - Elizabeth Prior, junior (73, +2)
- T53rd - Mackenzie Raim, senior (76, +5)
- T64th - Nastasia Kossacky, sophomore (78, +7);
- T75th - Polly Mack, freshman (79, +8)
- T81st - Alyssa Getty (80, +9)
T1. Arizona (285, +1)
T1. Arizona State (285, +1)
T3. Alabama (292, +8)
T3. UCLA (292, +8)
5. Northwestern (293, +9)
REBEL NOTES:
• Last year, Mackenzie Raim tied for first at the same tournament, marking her first collegiate tournament win just a few miles from where she grew up
• Last season, UNLV won the Mountain West Championship for the second straight year
• UNLV has appeared in 15 straight NCAA Regionals• The Rebels have won three conference championships in seven years under head coach Amy Bush-Herzer
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: Round two begins Monday morning, with the first Rebel teeing off at 10:17 a.m. PT.
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