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Rebels Finish Ninth At PING/ASU Invitational

March 25, 2018

Final Results | @UNLVWGolf ‏

TEMPE, Arizona (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV women's golf finished out the final round of the PING/ASU Invitational at Arizona State's Karsten Golf Course Sunday morning carding an 8-over 296 to move their tournament total to 20-over 884. With that final tally, the Rebels finished the tournament in ninth place.

After entering the day in a tie for 27th at 3-over, freshman Polly Mack shot a round under 70 for the second time in her last five rounds, carding a 69 Sunday to jump up into a tie for 11th at even for tournament. Junior Elizabeth Prior was the Rebels' next highest finisher in a tie for 33rd at 7-over (223), followed by sophomore Nastasia Kossacky and Mackenzie Raim, who both came in at 9-over (225) to tie for 42nd. Freshman Cathy Liu, playing as an individual, finished in 55th at 12-over 228 after shooting an even round Sunday, while junior Shannon Oh was a shot behind Liu at 13-over (229) to tie for 56th.

No. 15 Arizona, who started the final day tied for third at 1-under, turned in the round of the tournament Sunday with an 11-under 277 to win by four strokes at 12-under over No. 16 Washington. No. 17 Oklahoma led after two rounds, but dropped back to third at 3-under (861), followed by Georgia in fourth at 2-under (862) and tournament host No. 8 Arizona State in fifth at 2-over (866).

Individually, Georgia's Jillian Hollis turned in a tournament single-round best 65 to shoot up from tied for ninth to the top of the leaderboard and take medalist honors at 9-under 207. Arizona teammates Haley Moore and YuSang Hou, along with Washington's Wenyung Keh, finished in a three-way tie at 6-under (210), while fellow Husky Sarah Rhee was one shot behind the trio in fifth at 5-under (211).

REBEL OF THE DAY: Mack's 69 Sunday was the best round of any Rebel at the the three-day event and was her second round under 70 in her last five. The freshman carded a 68 in the second round of the Jackrabbit Invitational in UNLV's last tournament prior to ASU.

REBEL SCORES:

T11th - Polly Mack, freshman (74-73-69 -- 216, E)
T33rd - Elizabeth Prior, junior (75-71-77 -- 223, +7)
T42nd - Mackenzie Raim, senior (70-77-78 -- 225, +9)
T42nd - Nastasia Kossacky, sophomore (78-74-73 -- 225, +9)
55th - Cathy Liu, Freshman (78-78-72 -- 228, +12)*
T56th - Shannon Oh, junior (79-73-77 -- 229, +13)

*Playing individually

TOP FIVE TEAMS:

1. Arizona (285-290-277 -- 852, -12)

2. Washington (284-288-284 -- 856, -8)

3. Oklahoma State (286-283-292 -- 861 , -3)

4. Georgia (285-297-280 -- 862, -2)

5. Arizona State (298-282-286 -- 866 , +2)

REBEL NOTES:

•UNLV entered the weekend in Tempe having won two of its last three tournaments
•UNLV recently recorded its second home tournament win of the 2017-18 season as they shot a 17-over at the inaugural Rebel Beach Invitational at Spanish Trail Golf Club Feb. 26-27 to win by two strokes, then followed that with a 53-stroke win at the Jackrabbit Invitational last week
• 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: UNLV will have a weekend off before concluding its regular season slate at the Silverado Showdown in Napa, California, April 8-10.

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Players Mentioned

Nastasia Kossacky: 5' 8"; Sophomore; 1L

Cathy Liu: 5' 8"; Freshman; HS

Polly Mack: 5' 8"; Freshman; HS

Mackenzie Raim: 5' 5"; Senior; 3L

Shannon Oh: 5' 3"; Freshman; HS

Elizabeth Prior: 5' 6"; Freshman; HS

Mackenzie Raim: 5' 5"; Freshman; HS

Players Mentioned

Nastasia Kossacky
: 5' 8"; Sophomore; 1L

Cathy Liu
: 5' 8"; Freshman; HS

Polly Mack
: 5' 8"; Freshman; HS

Mackenzie Raim
: 5' 5"; Senior; 3L

Shannon Oh
: 5' 3"; Freshman; HS

Elizabeth Prior
: 5' 6"; Freshman; HS

Mackenzie Raim
: 5' 5"; Freshman; HS