The UCLA women’s golf team started the NCAA Championships
with a good lead Tuesday.
How big was it? Try this: they were leading the whole tournament
field of 24 teams for most of round one.
By the end of the day the Bruins had slipped a bit, from first
to second behind No. 14 Oklahoma State. But the fact that No. 19
UCLA, playing in its first NCAA Championship tournament since 1997,
was that high at all was impressive. The Bruins are one stroke
ahead of No. 5 USC and two strokes ahead of top-ranked Duke, No. 3
Stanford, No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 Texas and No. 11 Pepperdine (all
rankings are according to Golfweek magazine).
Individually, UCLA senior co-captain Laura Moffat leads the
field with a 3-under-par 69. Freshman Melissa Martin is tied for
14th with a 73, freshman Gina Umeck is tied for 32nd with a 75,
senior co-captain Leilani Bagby is tied for 73rd with a 78, and
redshirt freshman Saki Uechi is tied for 93rd with a round of
80.
Brief compiled by Pauline Vu, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.