Jack Urquhart | Posted: 18 Apr 2019 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Cougars in third after first round of WCC Championship

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SPOKANE, Wash. – BYU women's golf finished the first day of the West Coast Conference Championship in third place at Manito Golf & Country Club.

"Tomorrow is moving day," BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. "We'll look to move up the leaderboard to put ourselves in contention for Saturday."

With a 16-over score of 300, the Cougars trailed leader Gonzaga by eight strokes. Pepperdine had the day's second-best round at 14-over.

Naomi Soifua shot a team-best two-under to be tied for second overall. She was two strokes off the pace set by Gonzaga's Quynn Duong, who sat alone atop the leaderboard with an even-par.

Rose Huang and Anna Kennedy both scored four-over par to tie for ninth place on the day. Allysha Mae Mateo shot six-over, with Annick Haczkiewicz rounding out BYU's lineup with a seven-over.

The Cougars will play the second round on Friday and final round on Saturday. Live scoring is available on GolfStat.com.

 

Round One Individual Results

Player Round 1 To Par Position
Naomi Soifua 73 +2 T2
Rose Huang 75 +4 T9
Anna Kennedy 75 +4 T9
Allysha Mae Mateo 77 +6 T17
Annick Haczkiewicz 78 +7 T19

Round One Team Results

Team Round 1 To Par Position
Gonzaga 292 +8 1
Pepperdine 298 +14 2
BYU 300 +16 3
Santa Clara 306 +22 4
San Francisco 310 +26 5

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