USC leading after round one of the NCAA St. George regional championships

ST. GEORGE, Utah – Southern California is in first place after the first round of the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf St. George Regional Championships.

"I told the team the key to our round today was to stay patient," USC head coach Andrea Gaston said. "This is a gorgeous golf course, but it can be scary. You can make a high number out here. The wind came up and the course played a lot different today than it did in our practice round Wednesday. I thought they did a great job of being disciplined. That will be the key for the rest of the week – stay in the moment and play one shot at a time."

USC is five strokes ahead of second-place team California (+9). Throughout the first round, Cal, Arkansas and UNLV battled for second place, the three teams tying at one point. At the end of the round, UNLV is in third (+17) and Wisconsin is in fourth (+19), while Arkansas dropped to seventh (+22).

Pauline Loulier from Cal is in first place individually. She shot 68 (-3) in the first round. Individual player Alivia Brown from Washington State is tied for second with Karen Chung from USC. They both shot even par in the opening round.

“I love this golf course – it’s beautiful,” Loulier said. “The wind made it difficult today, so I just tried to stay focused on my game. My putting was really good, which is the reason I scored well.”

There are multiple ties on the leaderboard after the first day. Virginia and SMU are tied for eighth (+24), while TCU and Middle Tennessee are tied for 10th (+29). At 31-over-par, San Diego State and Denver are tied for 12th. One stroke behind, Colorado and Miami are tied for 14th (+32).

The regional championships will continue with the second round on Friday at 8 a.m. MDT at the Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club.

2015 NCAA Division 1 Women's Golf Regional Championships - May 7, 2015

Team Scores
Place	Team	Round 1	Total
1	Southern California	293	293
2	California	297	297
3	UNLV	301	301
4	Wisconsin	303	303
5	Stanford	304	304
6	New Mexico State	305	305
7	Arkansas	306	306
T8	Virginia	308	308
T8	SMU	308	308
T10	TCU	313	313
T10	Middle Tennessee	313	313
T12	San Diego State	315	315
T12	Denver	315	315
T14	Colorado	316	316
T14	Miami	316	316
16	Northern Arizona	317	317
17	Vanderbilt	319	319
18	University of Albany	331	331

Individual Scores
Place	Player	Round 1	Total
1	Pauline Loulier	68	-3
T2	Alivia Brown*	71	E
T2	Karen Chung	71	E
T4	Meghan MacLaren*	72	+1
T4	Casey Danielson	72	+1
T4	Dana Finkelstein	72	+1
T4	Brooke Ferrell	72	+1
T4	Annie Park	72	+1
T9	Lindsey McCurdy	73	+2
T9	Gaby Lopez	73	+2