Women's Golf 12th at Big 12 Championship

Friday, April 25

Stillwater, Okla.

All Day

Colorado

Round One

Photo by: CUBuffs.com

April 25, 2008 | Women's Golf

By: Allie Musso, Assistant SID

STILLWATER, Okla. ? The University of Colorado women's golf team is in 12th after the first round of play here at the 12th Annual Big 12 Women's Golf Championships at the Karsten Creek Golf Course here Friday.

Oklahoma State is the team leader after one round of play, shooting 303 (+15) to give them a comfortable lead over Texas A&M by 12 strokes (315) and third place Missouri (317). CU shot 351 and sits at the bottom of the pack after day one.

Oklahoma State's Jaclyn Sweeney leads the medalist race with a two-over 74. She is followed closely by teammates Pernilla Lindberg (75) and Karin Kinnerud (76), giving the Cowgirls the first-day boost that they need.

Buffalo sophomore Christine Kim and senior Lindsay Senger led the way for CU individually, each posting a round one total of 87 to tie for 44th place. The pair both recorded a birdie but had a number of bogeys that kept them from gaining any ground on the rest of the pack.

Sophomore Dominique Pytlewski followed closely behind with a first round total of 88 and she currently sits in a tie for 48th place. Pytlewski kicked off the tournament with a birdie on her first hole, but she had a pair of triple-bogeys on the back nine that kept her from having the first round showing that she would have liked.

Freshman Stephanie Simich was eight-over through her first nine holes and opened the front nine with back-to-back birdies, but she was unable to keep that momentum as she finished 17-over and tied for 51st place (89).

Junior Cierra Ko rounded out the scoring for the Buffs, as she finished with a first-round total of 91, good for 55th place individually.

“We're a very young and inexperienced team that doesn't quite know how to handle a challenging situation,” said Kelly. “This was not the first day performance that we expected and we will look to stay tough and rebound tomorrow and Sunday in order to finish out the tournament strong.”

The 2008 Big 12 Women's Golf Championship will resume Saturday morning as the teams continue to battle it out during the second round of play. CU golf fans can follow the action and check the CU tee times for Saturday's action at www.golfstat.com.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS

T44 Christine Kim ............ 87

T44 Lindsay Senger ........ 87

T48 Dominique Pytlewski . 88

T51 Stephanie Simich ...... 89

T55 Cierra Ko................... 91

TEAM RESULTS

1 Oklahoma State ........... 303

2 Texas A&M University .. 315

3 Missouri, U. ................. 317

4 Texas ......................... 321

5 Nebraska..................... 326