OSU first, OU second early in Dale McNamara Fall Preview

The Oklahoma State Cowgirls lead state rival Oklahoma by four strokes at the Dale McNamara Fall Preview after Mondays opening 18 holes. The Cowgirls, coached by former TU golfer Courtney Jones, carded a first round score of 2-under par 278 at the par-70 Tulsa Country Club course.
 
Oklahoma State’s Julie Yang shot a 3-under par score of 67 to pace the individual field, followed by Stanford’s Lauren Kim with a 2-under 68. Nine golfers are tied for third place with scores of 1-under par 69.
 
"I think the girls did well. This is exciting. They’ve been working very hard, and have been back in Stillwater since August 19th,  so it was fun to see the hard work pay off out here in a tournament. This golf course makes you think and they did a good job of staying patient today, said Jones of her Cowgirl team.
 
Oklahoma scored a round of 282 and sits one stroke ahead of third-place Arizona and Duke with rounds of 283. Arizona State, coached by Melissa McNamara Luellen, another former TU golfer and daughter of the tournament’s namesake Dale McNamara, is in fifth-place with a score of 284. Rounding out the top-10 schools are sixth-place Stanford (286), Vanderbilt (287), Georgia and No. 1-ranked Southern Cal (288) and North Carolina (289).
 
A young Tulsa squad, with three newcomers playing their first collegiate round of golf, scored a round of 316 for 15th place. Tulsa is the only team in the field not ranked among the nation’s top-20 teams, as ranked by the Golf World/WGCA Coaches’ poll.
 
Tulsa senior Kayla Riede had the best round of the day for the Hurricane with an eight-over par 78 for 68th place, while sophomore Antonia Von Wnuck and freshman Valeria Otoya are tied for 69th place after a rounds of 79 on Monday.
 
"We knew the field was loaded.  Any time you get 14 of the top-20 schools in the country here, we knew what it would be like. We were excited to get these teams to Tulsa and at the Tulsa Country Club. The scores were good today. It’s great competition," said Tulsa coach Randy Keck. "Anytime you take three new players and put them in the lineup against this field, you’d hate to use the word scared, but they were nervous and scared. I used it as a motivational tool to show them where they’ll have to be at the end of the spring. It gives them something to work towards and excites them about where they can get to."
 
Junior college transfer Franziska Voellinger shot a round of 80 for 72nd place for the Hurricane, while sophomore transfer Alex Haun’s 84 put the Tulsa newcomer in 74th place.

Play resumes on Tuesday with the second 18 holes. Players will begin tee times at 8:00 am.
 
 
Dale McNamara Fall Preview
at Tulsa Country Club
Teams with Players

Pos.    Team/Player (seed)    Rd 1    Total

1    Oklahoma State       278
1    Julie Yang (2)    67    67
T12    Casie Cathrea (1)    70    70
T12    Isabella Deilert (5)    70    70
T21    Jayde Panos (3)    71    71
T52    Lauren Falley (4)    75    75
2    Oklahoma    282   
T3    Chirapat Jao-Javanil (2)    69    69
T3    Kaitlyn Rohrback (5)    69    69
T31    Alexandra Kaui (1)    72    72
T31    Emily Collins (4)    72    72
T56    Anne Tanguay (3)    76    76
T3    Duke     283
T3    Alejandra Cangrejo (3)    69    69
T12    Yi Xiao (4)    70    70
T21    Laetitia Beck (1)    71    71
T38    Celine Boutier (2)    73    73
T46    Sandy Choi (5)    74    74
T3    Arizona    283
T3    Andrea Vilarasau (4)    69    69
T3    Kendall Prince (5)    69    69
T21    Jessica Vasilic (2)    71    71
T46    Shelby Martinek (1)    74    74
T46    Lindsey Weaver (3)    74    74
5    Arizona State    284
T3    Noemi Jimenez (1)    69    69
T12    Emilie Alonso (2)    70    70
T12    Daniela Ordonez (4)    70    70
T52    Laura Blanco (3)    75    75
T56    Monica Vaughn (5)    76    76
6    Stanford    286
2    Lauren Kim (4)    68    68
T3    Mariah Stackhouse (1)    69    69
T38    Mariko Tumangan (3)    73    73
T56    Casey Danielson (2)    76    76
T65    Marissa Mar (5)    78    78
7    Vanderbilt    287
T3    Morgan Ransom (4)    69    69
T12    Irina Gabasa (2)    70    70
T21    Kendall Martindale (1)    71    71
T63    Antonia Scherer (5)    77    77
75    Katie Rose Higgins (3)    85    85
T8    Georgia    288
T12    Harang Lee (3)    70    70
T31    Mary Ellen Shuman (5)    72    72
T38    Manuela Carbajo Re (1)    73    73
T38    Rocio Sanchez Lobato (2)    73    73
T46    Sammi Lee (4)    74    74
T8    Southern California    288
T3    Kyung Kim (2)    69    69
T21    Gabriella Then (5)    71    71
T38    Sophia Popov (4)    73    73
T52    Annie Park (1)    75    75
T56    Doris Chen (3)    76    76
10    North Carolina    289
T21    Elizabeth Mallett (1)    71    71
T31    Jackie Chang (3)    72    72
T38    Katherine Perry (2)    73    73
T38    Samantha Marks (5)    73    73
T69    Leslie Cloots (4)    79    79
11    Alabama    290
T12    Daniela Lendl (3)    70    70
T21    Stephanie Meadow (2)    71    71
T46    Janie Jackson (5)    74    74
T52    Emma Talley (1)    75    75
T65    Cammie Gray (4)    78    78
T12    Arkansas    291
T12    Regina Plasencia (1)    70    70
T31    Gaby Lopez (2)    72    72
T38    Emily Tubert (3)    73    73
T56    Summar Roachell (4)    76    76
T65    Emma Lavy (5)    78    78
T12    Tulane    291
T21    Emily Penttila (2)    71    71
T31    Silvia Garces (3)    72    72
T31    Madison Opfer (4)    72    72
T56    Gemma Dryburgh (1)    76    76
73    Belen Goicoechea (5)    83    83
14    Texas    292
T21    Bertine Strauss (1)    71    71
T21    Natalie Karcher (2)    71    71
T46    Anne Hakula (5)    74    74
T56    Julia Beck (4)    76    76
T63    Tezira Abe (3)    77    77
15    Tulsa    316
T65    Kayla Riede (3)    78    78
T69    Antonia VonWnuck (1)    79    79
T69    Valeria Otoya (5)    79    79
72    Franziska Voellinger (2)    80    80
74    Alex Haun (4)    84    84