Cougars Tied for Seventh at West Regional

AUBURN, Wash. -- Kelsey Vines shot a 2-over 74 and led the BYU women's golf team into a tie for seventh place after the first round of the NCAA West Regional Thursday in Auburn, Washington.

The Cougars shot a 15-over 303 on the day one at the Washington National Golf Course, putting them four strokes out of fourth place and 15 strokes behind leader USC.

Vines, a sophomore, stands tied for 17th after recording three birdies on day one.

Annika Afoa and Jade Bollinger are tied for 26th and 41st respectively after shooting first rounds of 75 (+3) and 76 (+4).

Senior Emily Copier and junior Maggie Yuan moved into ties for 66th and 94th respectively. Copier carded a first-round 78 (+6) while Yuan posted a 9-over 81.

Round two begins Friday at 8 a.m. MT. Follow the action live by visiting www.golfstat.com.

The Field - 2011 NCAA West Regional

1. USC

2. Virginia

3. Tennessee

4. UC Davis

5. Texas A&M

6. Oregon

T7. BYU

T7. South Carolina

T7. Arizona

T10. Iowa State

T10. Washington

12. Portland State

13. Denver

T14. San Diego State

T14. New Mexico

T14. Tulsa

17. UTSA

18. Georgia

19. San Jose State

20. Oklahoma

21. Pepperdine

22. New Mexico State

23. Oral Roberts

24. Texas El Paso

T7 Brigham Young University +15 303

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T17 Kelsey Vines +2 74 74

T26 Annika Afoa +3 75 75

T41 Jade Bollinger +4 76 76

T66 Emily Copier +6 78 78

T94 Maggie Yuan +9 81 81