Cougars in Position After Two Rounds

YORBA LINDA -- The BYU women's golf team began spring tournament play Monday, finishing the first to rounds in eighth place at The Gold Rush in Yorba Linda, Calif.

Coming off of a career-best finish at the Turtle Bay Invitational in November where she tied for seventh place, sophomore Kelsey Vines led the Cougars on day one, finishing in 14th place after a second-round 76.

After three-consecutive top-20 individual finishes during fall competition, senior Jade Bollinger shot rounds of 80 and 82 to move into a tie for 27th place going into the final round.

Maggie Yuan and Annika Afoa finished tied for 32nd and 39th respectively. Amanda Keith sits in a tie for 45th place.

Senior Emily Copier, who is competing as an individual, finished day one tied for 18th place overall after consecutive rounds of 79.

Tee times for the third and final round are set to begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Follow third-round action live by visiting www.golfstat.com

The Field - The 2011 Gold Rush by Goldsmith
1.  San Diego State
2.  Long Beach State 
3.  Portland State 
4.  Gonzaga 
5.  New Mexico State 
6.  San Francisco 
7.  CSU Northridge
8.  BYU  
9.  Cal Poly
10. UC Riverside
11. Colorado State
12. CSU Fullerton
8      Brigham Young University
                                   1st rd. 2nd rd.     total
T14 Kelsey Vines                      80     76          156
T27 Jade Bollinger                    80     82          162
T32 Maggie Yuan                       83     80          163
T39 Annika Afoa                       84     80          164
T45 Amanda Keith                      81     84          165
              Team                    324    318         642
T18 Emily Copier*                     79     79          158
* competing as an individual