Women's Golf Concludes First Two Rounds of Dale MacNamara Invitational

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. -- The Southern Miss women's golf team wrapped up day one as the highest non-ranked team on the Dale MacNamara Invitational leaderboard, sitting in 10^th after two rounds. The Golden Eagles were in fifth after the first round before dropping down the leaderboard by days end -- all nine teams in front of Southern Miss are ranked inside the top-100 of the Golf Week/Sagarin Rankings.

Momoka Ando extended her streak of par-or-better rounds to seven, which dates back to the second round of the USA Intercollegiate. The junior opened the tournament with an even-par 72 and added a one-under 71 in the afternoon round. Ando sits tied for 11^th after enjoying a team-high seven birdies. Elena Melich was the low finisher in the first round for Southern Miss after opening the tournament with a one-under 71. Melich then fired a five-over 77 and is in a tie for 36^th.

Taylor Trible carded back-to-back three-over 75's to fall into a tie for 48^th. Jacee Fields started the day with a five-over 77 before knocking off two strokes for a three-over 75 in the second round. Fields is in a tie for 60^th, while Ragini Navet is in 82^nd.

Tuesday's final round will tee off at 8:30 a.m. via a shotgun start. Live scoring can be found here.

Individual Leaderboard
T11. Momoka Ando (72-71-143)
T36. Elena Melich (71-77-148)
T48. Taylor Trible (75-75-150)
T60. Jacee Fields (77-75-152)
82. Ragini Navet (82-79-161)

Team Leaderboard
1. #51 Tulsa
2. #30 South Florida
3. #41 Colorado State
4. #53 UTSA
T5. #76 Sam Houston
T5. #59 Nebraska
7. #85 Kennesaw State
8. #93 Abilene Christian
9. #90 BYU
10. Southern Miss
11. #92 Cal Poly
12. Oklahoma City
13. Arkansas State
14. Oral Roberts

Women's Golf Concludes First Two Rounds of Dale MacNamara Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Momoka Ando

Jacee Fields

Elena Melich

Ragini Navet

Taylor Trible