After the first day at the Rose City Collegiate in Aurora, Oregon, the Idaho women’s golf team finds itself in fifth place and senior Leilanie Kim tied for sixth heading into Tuesday at Langdon Farms Golf Club.
The Vandals shot a 28-over-par 604-stroke performance in the first two rounds. Idaho shot 302 in both rounds. Kim shot a two-round, 3-over-par 147. She shot 74 in the first round and 73 in the second. Kim is five shots off the leader, California State Fullerton’s Tisha Alyn Abrea, who shot a 2-under-par 142 Monday. The collegiate concludes Tuesday.
Idaho junior Kristin Strankman carded a 5-over-par 149, tied for 11th. Senior Kaitlyn Oster had a homecoming as she is from nearby Hillsboro, Oregon. She is tied for 21st after a 7-over-par 151 performance.
Freshman Kendall Gray, who is making her second career start for Idaho, is tied for 46th after shooting a 13-over- par 157. Sophomore Amy Hasenoehrl, shot a 15-over-par 159, and tied for 62nd.
Seventy-five players and 13 teams competed in the collegiate.
The three California schools in the competition are leading the field after the first 36 holes. Cal. State Fullerton leads the field after shooting an 11-over-par 587. San Francisco is right behind with a 12-over-par 588 after two rounds, and UC Irvine is third after carding a 22-over-par 598.
Host Portland State sits in fourth and has a one-stroke lead over Idaho after shooting a 301 in the second round. Idaho has a one-stroke lead over in-state rival and sixth-place Boise State.
Idaho fared well against its Big Sky competition in the first day of the event.
Weber State and Montana are tied for 10th with 45-over-par, 621-stroke performances. Eastern Washington is 12th, shooting 46-over-par 622 and Northern Colorado is 13th, shooting 48-over-par 624.
Samantha Chan of UC Irvine is in second place after carding a 1-under-par 143 and Alison Lillie of San Francisco is in third after shooting an even-par 144.
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