No. 41 Women finish in sixth after round one of Austin Regional
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 41 BYU women’s golf ties for sixth place after the first round of the 2018 NCAA Austin Regionals Monday afternoon at the University of Texas Golf Club.
“We had a strong start and let some holes go towards the end,” BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. “If we clean up a little bit, we will be in good shape. We did what we needed to do today, but we need to do better tomorrow.”
The Cougars fired a team score of 291 (+3) to tie with No. 14 Florida. BYU sits three strokes behind No. 35 Baylor and Virginia Tech while being one stroke ahead of No. 19 Auburn. In the lead, No. 8 Texas holds all team at (-7).
In the first round, Kendra Dalton and Rose Huang both carded a 71 (-1) tying for 15th, only four strokes behind the leader. Dalton, birdied holes four and five, while Huang birdied on the par-5 fifth hole and the par-3 12th hole.
Naomi Soifua finished tied for 42nd, carding a 74 (+2) on day one. Like her teammates, Soifua birdied the par-5 fifth hole and the par-3 12th hole.
Annie Yang finished one stroke behind Soifua carding a 75 (+3) tying for 47th. Yang birdied on three holes in the first round, 1, 5 and 12.
Anna Kennedy rounded out the scoring for the Cougars, a stroke behind Yang. She finished the day tied for 55th carding a 76 (+4).
The BYU women’s golf team will continue in the second round of play Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. CDT in the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional. Live scoring can be found on the BYU women’s schedule page.
2018 NCAA Austin Regional - May 7, 2018
The University of Texas Golf Club
Place | Player | Round 1 | Total | To-Par |
T15 | Kendra Dalton | 71 | 71 | -1 |
T15 | Rose Huang | 71 | 71 | -1 |
T42 | Naomi Soifua | 74 | 74 | +2 |
T49 | Annie Yang | 75 | 75 | +3 |
T55 | Anna Kennedy | 76 | 76 | +4 |
Place | Team | Round 1 | Total | To-Par |
1 | No. 8 Texas | 281 | 281 | -7 |
2 | No. 3 Arkansas | 284 | 284 | -4 |
3 | No. 11 Michigan State | 285 | 285 | -3 |
T4 | Virginia Tech | 288 | 288 |
E |
T4 | No. 35 Baylor | 288 | 288 | E |
T6 | No. 41 BYU | 291 | 291 | +3 |
T6 | No. 14 Florida | 291 | 291 | +3 |
8 | No. 18 Auburn | 292 | 292 | +4 |
9 | No. 38 Texas A&M | 295 | 295 | +7 |
T10 | UTSA | 298 | 298 | +10 |
T10 | No. 30 Miami | 298 | 298 |
+10 |
T12 | No. 21 Oklahoma | 299 | 299 | +11 |
T12 | No. 48 East Carolina | 299 | 299 | +11 |
T14 | No. Texas Tech | 300 | 300 | +12 |
T14 | No. 25 Houston | 300 | 300 | +12 |
16 | Houston Baptist | 301 | 301 | +13 |
17 | Georgetown | 302 | 302 | +14 |
18 | Missouri State | 319 | 319 | +31 |
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