Women's Golf in 8th at Pac-10 Championships - Oregon State University Athletics

TUSCON, Ariz. – The Oregon State women’s finds themselves in 8^th place after the first day of play at the Pac-10 Women’s Golf Championships, hosted by Arizona. The second 18-hole round of the 54-hole tournament will be played on Tuesday (April 25) and the final round will be on Wednesday (April 26).

The Beavers shot a 307 in Monday’s opening round of play of the Championship, held at the Par-72 Oro Valley Country Club. Arizona State leads the tournament with a 1-under-par 287.

“They had a few holes that kind of jumped out at them. I think they played pretty well for having never seeing the golf course before yesterday. I expect them to use what they learned today in tomorrow’s round. Overall I think they played really well. They didn’t necessarily score well, but they played well. I’m anticipating that tomorrow they will score really well as well.” Head coach Rise Lakowske said after Monday’s first round. “Leah (Whiting) played very steady. She didn’t score as well as she could have, but played well. I was very pleased with Sara (Natwick), how she played and how she handled her first Pac-10’s. She played very well today.”

Senior Leah Whiting had the best day for the Beavers, shooting a 3-over-par 75. Whiting is tied for 22^th after the first round. Jillian Ferrante is tied for 24^th after a first round 76. Sara Natwick and Julianna Uhrik are tied for 33^rd. Both shot a 78 in Monday’s opening round. Natwick is a freshman playing in only her second varsity event.

Ana Kostina of Washington State and Azahara Munoz of Arizona State are tied atop the leaderboard after turning in 2-under-par 70’s. Tied for 3^rd place are USC teammates Irene Cho and Veronica Felibert, each with 71. UCLA’s Tiffany Joh is also tied for third with a 71.

Team Scores: 1. Arizona State 287; 2. UCLA 291; 3. USC 293; 4. California 296; 5. Stanford 299; 6. Washington State 300; 7. Arizona 301; 8. Oregon State 307; 9. Washington 308; 10. Oregon 314

OSU Scores: T22. Leah Whiting 75; T24. Jillian Ferrante 76; T33. Sara Natwick 78; T33. Julianna Uhrik 78; 46. Jessi Gebhardt 82