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Cougars Battle Against the Wind in Hawai`i
The Cougars sit in fourth place tied with Colorado State and Ohio State.
March 21, 2007 KANE'OHE, Hawai`i - The BYU women's golf team battled the constant Hawaii winds on Monday, shooting rounds of 17-over-par 305 and 25-over-par 313 in the first 36 holes of the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational. With most scores in the high seventies, the Cougars had a mediocre day as they sit in fourth place tied with Colorado State and Ohio State. University of Arizona leads the tournament by one over Texas A&M and Rolling College follows in third place. "It was a good learning day for everybody as we played in these challenging conditions," said head coach Sue Nyhus, "Hopefully we'll take the things we learned today, and elevate our games to another level tomorrow." Freshman Daphne Vines led the pack of Cougars with scores of three-over-par 75 and six-over-par 78 to finish tied for 14th after the first day of competition. "I was expecting to see much lower scores from the field but the course played tough today," said Vines, "I know as a team we will play better tomorrow because we have adjusted our games to the conditions." Rachel Newren and Natalia Jimenez follow Vines both with scores of four-over-par 76 and seven-over-par 79. Newren and Jimenez are tied for 21st. Danielle von Arnim shot a six-over-par 78 for both rounds to finish tied for 24th for the day. Juli Erekson is tied for 36th with rounds of nine-over-par 81 and six-over-par 79 and. Freshman Hannah Summerhays had rounds of six-over-par 78 and seven-over-par 79 to finish tied for 29th. Alexis Edwards finished tied for 44th for the day with rounds of seven-over-par 79 and nine-over-par 81. Ashley Childers rounds out the Cougars in 54th place with rounds of eight-over-par 80 and ten-over-par 82. The Cougars will be challenged once more Wednesday morning with a 7:30 am shotgun start.
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