Sept. 26, 2016
Round One PDF Results | Live Results
WOLCOTT, Colo. ââ'¬" The San Diego State women's golf team finds itself in a familiar perch atop the standings at the Golfweek Conference Challenge after shooting a collective 1-under-par 287 during the opening round Monday at Red Sky Golf Club.
With four players among the individual top 20, the defending tournament champion Aztecs forged a four-stroke advantage over second-place Pepperdine (+3), while Tennessee (+5) remains six shots behind in third heading to Tuesday's second round at the par-72, 6,261-yard Tom Fazio Course.
SDSU was paced by Mila Chaves (Asunción, Paraguay), who fired a 2-under 70 to finish the day in a tie for second, along with Coastal Carolina's Malene Kroboll Hansen. In her fall debut, the Aztec junior offset two bogeys with four birdies, including a successful drain on the par-5, 505-yard No. 18. With her total, Chaves finds herself just two strokes in back of Pepperdine's front-runner Tatiana Wijaya, who carded a 68.
Sirene Blair (South Jordan, Utah) also remains in contention three shots off the pace after ending round one in a tie for fourth with another Pepperdine player Katherine Zhu and Sophie Hausmann of Idaho at 1-under 71. After recording a bogey at No. 6, the SDSU senior and three-time all-Mountain West performer ¬made par on 10 of her next 11 holes before completing the day with a birdie on the 18th green.
Elsewhere, Natalie Vivaldi (Oceanside, Calif.) sits one shot in back of Blair in a tie for seventh on the crowded leaderboard after shooting an even-par 72. The Aztec senior transfer countered three bogeys with a trio of birdies, including an impressive conversion on the par-4, 340-yard No. 12, which ranked as the fifth-most difficult hole on Monday.
Meanwhile, junior Georgia Lacey (Del Mar, Calif.) occupies the 19th position after carding an opening-round 74. The Torrey Pines High alumna sank a team-high five birdies, featuring a successful make on the par-4, 355-yard No. 11, which ranked as the second-toughest hole of the day. Lacey added eight pars as well; however, four bogeys and a triple stymied her advance.
Rounding out the SDSU contingent was fellow classmate Haleigh Krause (Eugene, Ore.), who landed in a tie for 29th after firing a 75 in round one.
San Diego State will tee off alongside Pepperdine and Tennessee during the second round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge on Tuesday, beginning at 11:30 a.m. MT/10:30 a.m. PT on hole No. 1. A live scoring link will be available on GoAztecs.com throughout the tournament.
Golfweek Conference Challenge
Round One Results
Red Sky G.C. - Fazio Course
Wolcott, Colo.
Par 72, 6,261 yards
Team Scores (Top 5 of 16 teams + SDSU)
1. San Diego State 287 (-1)
1. Pepperdine...291 (+3)
3. Tennessee...293 (+5)
4. Old Dominion...298 (+10)
5. Denver...298 (+10)
Individual Leaders (Top 6 of 90 players + SDSU)
1. Tatiana Wijaya, Pepperdine...68 (-4)
T2. Mila Chaves, San Diego State...70 (-2)
T2. Malene Kroboll Hansen, Coastal Carolina...70 (-2)
T4. Sirene Blair, SDSU...71 (-1)
T4. Katherine Zhu, Pepperdine...71 (-1)
T4. Sophie Hausmann, Idaho...71 (-1)
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T7. Natalie Vivaldi, SSDSU...72 (E)
T19. Georgia Lacey, SDSU...74 (+2)
T29. Haleigh Krause, SDSU...75 (+3)