RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team saw two Rebels end a windy second day of the 2022 Mountain West Championship in the top 10 on the leaderboard at Mission Hills Country Club. Freshman Sydney Bryan had the best UNLV round of the day on the Dinah Shore Course (Par 72 6,270 yards) - an even 72 - to move into seventh at 3-over, while senior Veronica Joels remained in the top 10 in a tie for eighth at 4-over. 

As a team, the Rebels moved up a spot to fifth place at 23-over. Coming in behind Bryan and Joels was junior Nicole Lorup, who shot a 1-over Tuesday to sit tied for 20th at 7-over. Freshmen Kendall Todd and Hina Matsui are 38th and 44th at 13-over and 22-over respectively.

Fifth-ranked San Jose State entered the second round with a 12-shot lead and saw that margin grow to 25 shots despite shooting 2-over as a team on a day the course conditions were challenging for everyone. Fresno State remained in second place at 18-over, followed by New Mexico in third at 19-over, Boise State in fourth at 21-over and the Rebels in fifth. After a tournament-record 65 in the opening round, SJSU's Natasha Andrea Oon extended her lead to six shots after a 2-under 70 put her at 9-under overall. Her teammate Lucia Lopez-Ortega is in second at 4-under, while New Mexico's Lauren Lehigh is in third after her 3-under 69 - the only round under 70 on the day - took her to 1-under through 36 holes.

UP NEXT: Wednesday's final round will begin at 7:00 a.m. with the Rebels teeing off starting at 7:45 a.m. PT.

NOTES:
• Rebels won three regular season team tournament titles in 2021-22 and finished at par or better in five straight during one stretch, 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.