Cougars in fifth place at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic

Day 1 results from Wyoming Cowgirl Classic

MARICOPA, Ariz. – The BYU women's golf team carded a team total of 300 in the afternoon round of the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic on Monday to give the Cougars a two round score of 605, good for fifth place with just one round remaining at the par-72 Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Course in Maricopa, Ariz.

Rounds of 76 from Alex White, Carly Oldroyd and Maria Yacaman, combined with a 77 from Kendra Dalton gave BYU a team score of 305 in the morning round, leaving the Cougars in a tie for 11th with Northern Arizona.

“It was a tough first round,” said BYU head coach Carrie Roberts. “Lea (Garner) was shooting a little short and missing a little more green than usual, which definitely took a toll. She made adjustments and did really well in round two though.”

Despite hot, windy conditions, BYU managed to rally in the afternoon. Garner led the Cougars in the second round, shooting a one-over-par 73—an impressive nine strokes better than her morning round. White was just a stroke behind Garner with a 74. Oldroyd and Yacaman carded rounds of 76 and 77 respectively to complete the BYU scoring in the afternoon.

BYU’s second round score of 300 tied tournament leader Nevada for best team score of the afternoon and lifted the Cougars from 11th to 5th place. BYU is within two shots of fourth place Lamar (603) and 11 shots of first place Nevada (594) heading into Tuesday’s final round.

“That shows a lot of fight from the girls,” Roberts said. “To have the best score on a tough afternoon shows our toughness. We’re looking to step up tomorrow and make a statement.”

The Cougars will begin the final round on Tuesday, April 7, with a shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. MST. Live scoring will be available on the BYU women's golf schedule page.

Team
Place Rd. 1	Place Rd. 2	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	1	Nevada	294	300	594	18
T3	2	Washington State	296	303	599	23
T3	3	San Francisco	296	304	600	24
T8	4	Lamar	302	301	603	27
T11	5	Brigham Young	305	300	605	29
T5	6	Boise State	300	307	607	31
T8	7	Idaho	302	307	609	33
T13	8	Seattle	307	303	610	34
2	9	Santa Clara	295	316	611	35
T5	10	Montana State	300	312	612	36
10	T11	UTEP	303	311	614	38
T5	T11	New Mexico State	300	314	614	38
T11	13	Northern Arizona	305	310	615	39
T13	14	Montana	307	312	619	43
20	T15	Sacramento State	315	311	626	50
15	T15	Northern Colorado	308	318	626	50
T17	17	Eastern Washington	312	315	627	51
T17	18	Wyoming	312	317	629	53
21	T19	Portland State	316	315	631	55
16	T19	Weber State	310	321	631	55
T17	21	Southern Utah	312	323	635	59
22	22	Utah Valley	323	315	638	62

Individual
Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Total	To-Par
T16	Alex White (2)	76	74	150	6
T25	Carly Oldroyd (5)	76	76	152	8
T33	Maria Yacaman (4)	76	77	153	9
T49	Lea Garner (1)	82	73	155	11
T71	Kendra Dalton (3)	77	81	158	14