April 9, 2018 Day Two Results | @UNLVWGolf
NAPA, California (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV women's golf was on the course Monday morning for the second round of the Silverado Showdown in Napa, California, and carded a score of 19-over 307 as a team. The result moved their tournament total to 32-over (608), which is good for 16th place heading into Tuesday's final round.
After carding a 2-over (74) on day one, sophomore Nastasia Kossacky shot a 5-over 77 in round two to sit in a tie for 44nd at 7-over for the tournament. Junior Elizabeth Prior and freshman Polly Mack are a shot behind Kossacky at 8-over in a tie for 53rd after shooting 77 and 76, respectively, Monday. Junior Shannon Oh will enter the final round in a tie for 60th at 9-over, followed by senior Mackenzie Raim in a tie for 75th at 13-over.
Fourth-ranked Stanford shot a tournament-best 7-under 281 to jump from a tie for fifth to outright leader after 36 holes at 1-under (575). Eighth-ranked USC, who entered the day in the top spot, is only two strokes behind the Cardinal at 1-over (577). Sixth-ranked Texas and top-ranked UCLA are tied for third after two rounds at 6-over (582), while California rounds out the top five at 8-over (584).
USC's Jennifer Chang and Stanford's Mika Liu started day two in the top two spots on the leaderboard and finished the day tied for the lead at 6-under (138).
Chang's 66 in round one remains the low score of the tournament through 36 holes. Cal's Jiyoon Jang is right on their heels in third at 5-under (139), followed by a three-way tie for fourth with UCLA's Patty Tavatanakit, Arizona's Bianca Pagdanganan and Arizona State's Olivia Mehaffey all at 4-under (140).
REBEL SCORES: - T44nd - Nastasia Kossacky, sophomore (74-77 -- 151, +7)
- T53rd - Elizabeth Prior, junior (75-77 -- 152, +8)
- T53rd - Polly Mack, freshman (76-76 -- 152, +8)
- T60th - Shannon Oh, junior (76-77 -- 153, +9)
- T75th - Mackenzie Raim, senior (80-77 -- 157, +13)
TOP FIVE TEAMS:1. Stanford (294-281 -- 575, -1)
2. USC (290-287 -- 577, +1)
T3. Texas (295-287 -- 582, +6)
T3. UCLA (292-290 -- 582, +6)
5. California (293-291 -- 584, +8)
REBEL NOTES:
•The Silverado Showdown marks the last regular season tournament for UNLV, who will compete in the 2018 Mountain West Championship in Rancho Mirage, California, next week
•The tournament, co-hosted by Oregon and Colorado, features eight teams in Golfweek's top-25.
•UNLV has won two tournaments this spring, both in Las Vegas
•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. They also won their own Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown in October 2017
•Their second tournament win this spring was a 53-stroke win at the Jackrabbit Invitational, March 12-13
• 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: The Rebels will play their final round of the regular season Tuesday morning, beginning with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. PT.
