LAS VEGAS, Nev. (February 17, 2020) – The Northern Arizona golf team improved as the first day of the Rebel Beach Intercollegiate progressed with the Lumberjacks firing a two-round score of 26-over par 602 (305-297) on Monday. NAU finished the first two rounds at Spanish Trail Country Club in 11th place on the team leaderboard.
After shooting 17-over par 305 in the first round, NAU was eight strokes better in the second round at nine-over par 297. The Lumberjacks were tied for eighth among the field in the second round with their seventh-best team round of the season overall.
No. 3 USC is at the head of the field at 18-under par 558 (284-274), including an impressive 14-under par performance in the second round. Fresno State is the only other team under par at four-under par 572 (286-286) at the end of Monday's action.
On the individual leaderboard, sophomores
Aleksandra Chekalina and
Elle Kocourkova are tied for 31st at six-over par 150. Both players shot identical scores of 77-73 to pace the Lumberjacks.
Freshman
Alyza Flores posted NAU's best first round score at three-over par 75 and finished the day one stroke behind Chekaline and Kocourkova at seven-over par 151 (75-76).
Flores and Kocourkova tied for the team-lead with five birdies apiece through the first two rounds, while Chekalina saved par on 27 holes – tied for sixth-most in the entire field.
Senior
Morgan Messick was four strokes better in the second round, finishing with the team's third-best round in the afternoon, and concluded the day at 10-over par 154 (79-75). Sophomore
Ashley Croft rounded up NAU's lineup at 11-over par 155 (76-79), a score that was matched by senior
Emma Reyes, who is competing as an individual.
NAU will tee-off the third and final round at 9 a.m. MST on Tuesday. Live scoring will be available on
Golfstat.
Team Leaderboard
1. No. 3 USC – 284-274 = 558 (-18)
2. Fresno State – 286-286 = 572 (-4)
3. BYU – 289-297 = 586 (+10)
4. New Mexico – 296-294 = 590 (+14)
5. UNLV – 295-299 = 594 (+18)
6. UC Irvine – 300-295 = 595 (+19)
T6. Long Beach State – 304-291 = 595 (+19)
T6. Nevada – 297-298 = 595 (+19)
T9. Gonzaga – 304-292 = 595 (+20)
T9. Colorado – 301-295 = 596 (+20)
11. Northern Arizona – 305-297 = 602 (+26)
NAU Individual Scores
T31.
Aleksandra Chekalina – 77-73 = 150 (+6)
T31.
Elle Kocourkova – 77-73 = 150 (+6)
T35.
Alyza Flores – 75-76 = 151 (+7)
T50.
Morgan Messick – 79-75 = 154 (+10)
T53.
Ashley Croft – 76-79 = 155 (+11)
T53.
Emma Reyes* – 76-79 = 155 (+11)
* Playing as individual
