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PING/ASU Invitational
Season-low round leads Women's Golf to fifth place after day one at PING/ASU Invitational
04.12.2013 | Women's Golf
April 12, 2013
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Texas Women's Golf team shot a season-best 286 (-2) in Friday's first round of the PING/ASU Invitational to finish the day tied for fifth place in the 17-team field at Karsten Golf Course. Seniors Desiree Dubreuil and Madison Pressel carded a pair of 2-under-par 70s and are tied for 11th place to lead the Texas squad in its final regular-season tournament before next week's Big 12 Championship.
Dubreuil and Pressel - the Longhorns' Nos. 1 and 2 players for the tournament - were among 26 players that opened the 54-hole affair with subpar rounds. An additional eight players carded level par on the 6,223-yard course.
Dubreuil notched five birdies, including Texas' only one on the closing hole, but was offset by three bogeys. Pressel's scorecard included four total birdies, but a bogey-birdie-bogey finish put her in the clubhouse at -2.
Senior Katelyn Sepmoree was among the under-par players and her 1-under 71 tied her for 19th place. Sophomore Bertine Strauss and freshman Natalie Karcher finished the opening round tied for 48th place at 3-over 75.
UCLA (279, -9) holds a one-stroke lead over Duke (280), and Southern California (283) and Alabama (284) round out the four teams ahead of Texas.
Duke's Laetitia Beck and Washington's Jennifer Yang share the first-round lead at 5-under 67, and five players are one stroke back and share third place.
Texas is set to being Saturday's second round at 10:40 a.m. Central on the first tee alongside Alabama and UC Davis.
PING/ASU Invitational
ASU Karsten Golf Course (par 72, 6,223 yards)
First-round Team Standings
1. UCLA - 279 (-9)
2. Duke - 280 (-8)
3. Southern California - 283 (-5)
4. Alabama - 284 (-4)
T5. TEXAS - 286 (-2)
T5. UC Davis - 286 (-2)
7. Texas A&M - 287 (-1)
8. Arizona - 288 (E)
9. Stanford - 289 (+1)
T10. South Carolina - 291 (+3)
T10. Arizona State - 291 (+3)
T12. TCU - 292 (+4)
T12. Washington - 292 (+4)
14. Colorado - 298 (+10)
15. UNLV - 305 (+17)
16. Oregon - 311 (+23)
17. California - 313 (+25)
First-round Player Standings
T1. Laetitia Beck, Duke - 67 (-5)
T1. Jennifer Yang, Washington - 67 (-5)
T3. Patricia Garcia, Arizona - 68 (-4)
T3. Ani Gulugian, UCLA - 68 (-4)
T3. Rachel Morris, Southern California - 68 (-4)
T3. Emma Talley, Alabama - 68 (-4)
T8. Lindy Duncan, Duke - 69 (-3)
T8. Erynne Lee, UCLA - 69 (-3)
T8. Tiffany Lua, UCLA - 69 (-3)
Texas Players
T11. Desiree Dubreuil - 70 (-2)
T11. Madison Pressel - 70 (-2)
T19. Katelyn Sepmoree - 71 (-1)
T48. Bertine Strauss - 75 (+3)
T48. Natalie Karcher - 75 (+3)
