BOULDER CITY, Nev. – The Roadrunner women's golf team opened the Jackrabbit Invitational with two rounds of golf on Monday. Seniors Tori Peers and Ariel Lee led CSU Bakersfield through the first day of competition with a pair of rounds each in the mid 70's.
"It wasn't our best day," said Meghan Thomason, CSUB's Director of Golf. "We need to clean it up on the greens and make better decisions tomorrow. A top-four finish is definitely within reach, so, that will be the goal."
Round 1
Senior Tori Peers led all `Runners with a first-round score of 77 (+5). The native of Grand Island, Neb. carded a pair of birdies, one on the front nine and one on the back nine. Fellow senior Julia Stewart came in two strokes behind Peers after a strong back-nine score of one-over-par.
Rounding out the CSUB scoring four were senior Ariel Lee and sophomore Macey Mills. Lee, a native of Singapore, scored a 79 (+7) while Mills, who is a Bakersfield native, posted a score of 81. Redshirt junior Sara Scheidt finished with a score of 82 in Round 1, but missed out on contributing to the team score despite three birdies.
At the end of the first round, the `Runners were in eighth place of nine teams. With a four-woman score of 316 (+28), CSUB was still right in the mix of things, sitting just seven strokes behind third-place South Dakota State.
Round 2
Lee improved four strokes from Round 1 to Round 2, posting a score of 75 (+3) to pace all `Runners. Peers' 76 helped her wrap up the first day of competition as CSUB's leader with a two-round total of 153 strokes (+9). The senior finished the day tied for 15th overall among 56 student-athletes while Lee was just one stroke behind her teammate after Day 1.
With a second-round score of 80, Scheidt made her mark on the team score while Stewart's 81 rounded out the scoring four. Mills posted a score of 84 in Round 2 and was close behind her teammates on the day.
As a team, CSUB improved four strokes in the second round with a score of 312 and finished tied for sixth overall with 628 strokes (+52). The `Runners wrapped up Day 1 just seven strokes behind fourth-place Northern Iowa.
CSUB will conclude the Jackrabbit Invitational on Tuesday with one final round of golf. A shotgun start will again kick off the action at 7:45 a.m. (PT).
~GoRunners.com~
