Buffaloes In Sixth After Two Rounds At The Molly Collegiate Invitational

Monday, September 30

Portland, Ore.

All Day

Colorado

First Two Rounds

Sophomore Alisha Lau

Photo by: Tony Harman

Buffaloes In Sixth After Two Rounds At The Molly Collegiate Invitational

September 30, 2019 | Women's Golf

Results

By: Linda Sprouse, Associate SID

PORTLAND, Ore. — The University of Colorado women's golf team had a few tough breaks on Monday and is currently sixth after shooting rounds of 306 and 298 on the first day of the Molly Collegiate Invitational.

The Buffs recorded a 28-over 604, which is just one stroke behind fifth-place Washington. The Huskies recorded a 304 in the first round before scoring a 298 in the second.

"We played some good golf today, but we had too many doubles and triples once again," head coach Anne Kelly said. "The course we are playing is a championship course that has hosted many USGA events. It has very challenging greens and we need to do a better job tomorrow managing those. Tee to green the team hit the ball well, we just need to have better patience and concentration when we get around the greens."

Stanford has a seven-stroke advantage on the field heading into the final round as the Cardinal carded a 3-over 579 (291-288) on the 6,141-yard par 72 Waverley Country Club course. Oregon is second (586), Georgia is third (594) and San Diego State is fourth (597).

Sophomore Alisha Lau leads the way for Colorado through 36-holes, and is tied for eighth individually. She shot rounds of 77 and 71 for a 4-over 148. Her first round started well with a pair of birdies followed by four straight pars. But then she hit a bump in the road, recording four bogeys and a par. She finished the round off with four pars and three more bogeys for the 5-over round.

"Alisha played a very solid second round today, which was exciting to see," Kelly said. "She has had a long road back from her surgery last year."

Her second round also started well, but this time she was able to play a little more consistent and stay under par. Starting again on No. 8, she made five straight pars before earning the first birdie of the round. On No. 14, she tallied a bogey to go back to even, but Lau focused and finished the back nine with two pars and two birdies. As she started back on the front nine, she had a bogey on No. 1, but bounced back with six pars to finish.

The Buffs have a pair of athletes tied at 16^th with sophomore Malak Bouraeda and freshman Sophie Johnson as both finished the day with 7-over 151's. Bouraeda carded a 74 in the first 18-holes, which included three birdies, 11 pars, three bogeys and one double, and had a 77 in the second round with two birdies, 12 pars, two bogeys, one double and a triple.

Johnson shot a 6-over 78 in her first round with one birdie, 12 pars, four bogeys and one double. She saw improvement in the second 18, shooting a 73. In that round she had five birdies, nine pars, three bogeys and a triple.

Senior Kirsty Hodgkins had another tough day, shooting a pair of 77's. She is tied for 32^nd overall with a 10-over 154. She shot identical rounds with three birdies, eight pars, six bogeys and one double in each.

Playing in her first tournament as a member of the scoring team, freshman Issy Simpson is tied for 60^th. She shot a 164 (20-over after carding rounds of 83 and 81.

The Buffaloes also have one individual in the mix, sophomore Kelsey Webster. She is currently tied for 51^st and is 15-over (159). She recorded an 80 and a 79, respectively, in her two rounds.

Stanford has a pair of individuals in the top two spots on the leaderboard. Andrea Lee is first with a 4-under 140 (71-69) and Angelina Ye is second with a 2-under 142 (69-73). They are the only two individuals under par after two rounds.

The second day of action starts Tuesday at 8 a.m. PT.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
T9.	Alisha Lau	75-71—148
T17.	Malak Bouraeda	74-77—151
T17.	Sophie Johnson	78-73—151
T33.	Kirsty Hodgkins	77-77—154
T52.	*Kelsey Webster	80-79—159
T61.	Issy Simpson	83-81—164
(*—played as an individual)

TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
1.	Andrea Lee, Stanford	71-69—140
2.	Angelina Ye, Stanford	69-72—141
3.	Caroline Caig, Georgia	75-69—144
T4.	Briana Chacon, Oregon	73-72—145
T4.	Caterina Don, Georgia	70-75—145

TEAM SCORES
Rank	Team	Score
1.	Stanford	291-288—559
2.	Oregon	298-287—585
3.	Georgia	297-297—594
4.	San Diego State	301-296—597
5.	Washington	305-298—603
6.	Colorado	306-298—604
7.	Oregon State	309-298—607
8.	UC Davis	309-307—616
9.	Colorado State	309-313—622
10.	California	317-307—624
11.	Santa Clara	326-306—632