NAPA, CALIFORNIA (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team played another 18 holes for round two at the Silverado Showdown Monday in Napa, California, and finished the day in 17th with a two-round score of 43-over 619.
Sophomore
Polly Mack shot an identical 2-over 74 in round two to move to 4-over 148 on the tournament, which has her tied for 16th heading into the final round Tuesday. Senior
Elizabeth Prior is tied for 49th at 9-over after a 78 Monday, followed by fellow senior
Shannon Oh in a tie for 79th at 15-over (159). Sophomore
Cathy Liu is one shot behind Oh in a tie for 84th at 16-over and freshman
Veronica Joels is in 90th at 20-over.
Northwestern jumped from a tie for second to first with the best team round of the day - a 3-under 285 - and will head into the last round with an 11-shot lead over second-place Stanford. No. 1 USC is one shot behind the Cardinal at 12-over, followed by San Jose State in third at 13-over and Oregon in fifth at 17-over.
A pair of Northwestern golfers - Brooke Riley and Stephanie Liu - who were tied for the lead after the first 18 holes are still atop the leaderboard, with Riley in first at 4-under after two rounds of 70 and Liu in second at 2-under. A third Northwester golfer - Kelly Sim - is tied for third with San Jose State's Natasha Andrea Oon at 1-under, while USC's Gabriella Ruffels is in fifth at even.
NEXT UP FOR THE REBELS: The Silverado Showdown concludes Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. PT
REBEL SCORES:
- 17th - UNLV – (303-316 -- 619, +43)
- T16th – Polly Mack, sophomore (74-74 -- 148 , +4)
- T49th – Elizabeth Prior, senior (75-78 -- 153, +9)
- T79th – Shannon Oh, senior (76-83 -- 159 , +15)
- T84th – Cathy Liu, sophomore (78-82 -- 160, +16)
- T86th – Veronica Joels, freshman (82-82 -- 164, +20)
TOP FIVE TEAMS
1. Northwestern (291-285 -- 576, E)
2. Stanford (294-293 -- 587, +11)
3. USC (291-297 -- 588, +12)
4. San Jose State (289-300 -- 589, +13)
5. Oregon (297-296 -- 593, +17)
REBEL NOTES:
• UNLV has finished in the top-10 in all five tournaments this spring, including a first-place finish at Battle at Boulder Creek and a second place finish at Rebel Beach
• Polly Mack earned her first outright victory at the Mountain View Invitational this spring with a career-low 54-hole score of 10-under. She was named Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Week for the second time this spring after her victory
• The Rebels finished second at their second annual Rebel Beach Invitational at Spanish Trail Country Club in February, which is co-hosted by Long Beach State. Prior blew out the field with a seven-shot victory for her second straight tournament win
• The Rebels opened the spring with a team win at the Battle of Boulder Creek, with Prior and Mack tying for medalist honors
• Prior and Mack were named Co-Mountain West Women's Golfers of the Week after their win at Boulder Creek, then Prior earned it a second consecutive week after her win at Rebel Beach
• Last spring, the Rebels won three consecutive MW titles for the first time since they won three in a row from 2004-06
• UNLV has won four conference championships in seven years under head coach Amy Bush-Herzer
