SADDLEBROOKE, Ariz. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team shot a second-round 2-over-par 290 on Saturday at the Mountain View Collegiate, which is being co-hosted by Missouri and Kansas State at Mountain View Golf Club (par 72, 6,352 yards) just outside of Tucson.

San Jose State leads the event after 36 holes by two shots at 24-under 552. Oklahoma State is second at 22-under, followed by Texas Tech in third at 21-under. Texas A&M is fourth at 11-under, while Arkansas rounds out the top five at 10-under. The Rebels are in seventh place at the 16-team event at 3-under 573.

Individually, there is a three-way tie for first at 9-under between Oklahoma State's Han-Hsuan Yu, Arkansas' Kajal Mistry and San Jose State's Natasha Oon. Three other golfers are two shots back in a tie for fourth place at 7-under.

UNLV is led by senior and Las Vegas native Veronica Joels and junior Nicole Lorup, who are both tied for ninth at 4-under. Freshman Hina Matsui is 2-over in a tie for 43rd, freshman Kendall Todd is at 3-over tied for 47th, and freshman Toa Yokoyama, who is playing as an individual, is tied for 66th at 8-over. 

UP NEXT: The tournament's final round will be held Sunday morning with tee times starting at 8 a.m. Live scoring will be available on Birdiefire here.

NOTES:
• The Rebels have won three of their last six tournaments and finished at par or better in five straight during that span, a new program record
• UNLV opened the spring campaign winning its home tournament, The Show, by 13 strokes at 4-under 860 at Spanish Trail Country Club
• UNLV won two tournaments during the fall portion of its season for the first time in program history (Dale McNamara & The Clash at Boulder Creek)
• UNLV shot an 8-under 280 in the final round of the fall (eighth lowest all-time) and opened the spring with a 12-under 276 at The Show (T-3rd lowest all-time) 
• The Rebels won the 2021 Dale McNamara Invitational Oct 11-12 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by 11 strokes, marking first tournament win since 2019 (Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown); Three Rebels finished in the top six with freshman Sydney Bryan winning her first collegiate tournament at 4-under 212
• UNLV finished at 3-under at the Jim West Invitational, marking the first time the Rebels finished under par in back-to-back tournaments since the spring of 2017
• UNLV has six returners from last year's squad and welcomed seven newcomers to the squad this year, including six freshmen
• Marissa Uradomo, a four-time MVC All-Conference golfer at Indiana State, joined Bush-Herzer's staff as an assistant coach in September of 2021
• Head coach Amy Bush-Herzer is in her 11th year at the helm of the program. She has led her team to a conference championship four times