Women Golfers In Second Place After First Round In Las Vegas

The No. 8 University of Oklahoma women's golf team shot a first-round 293 (+5) at the Las Vegas Founders Women's Collegiate Showdown on Monday in Las Vegas, Nev., and is in second place after 18 holes. The Sooners' first round tied for their lowest first-round score of the season (the other came at the Kent Youel Invitational last week). OU heads into the second round trailing No. 7 ranked New Mexico by five strokes.

Three Sooners are in the top 15 heading into second round play. Senior Lisa Meldrum is leading the Sooners after carding a two-below-par 70 in the first round. Meldrum is in third place and trails the leader, Trisha Quick (Colorado State), by only two strokes. Sophomore Amparo Gala recorded a 72 (E) and is tied for fifth. Gala's round tied for her season best this fall. Junior Emily Milberger shot a 74 (+2) and is tied for 12th while senior Hope Edge is tied for 33rd after carding a 77 (+5). Rouding out the Sooner squad is Freshman Jaclyn Stelzer who is tied for 53rd with a first-round score of 80 (+8).

Oklahoma will play 18 holes Tuesday and conclude the tournament of Wednesday. The 15-team field that includes three top-25 teams is playing at the 6,914-yard, par-72 Anthem Country Club.

Team Standings

1.	New Mexico	288
2.	Oklahoma	293
3.	Tennessee	297
4.	Missouri	299
5.	Colorado State	300
6.	San Jose State	303
7.	Kent State	304
8.	UNLV	306
9.	Hawaii	310
10.	San Diego State	314
11.	UC-Irvine	316
12.	Colorado	319
13.	Nevada	320
14.	Eastern Washington	324
15.	Brigham Young	325

Individual Standings

1.	Trisha Quick, Colorado State	68
2.	Katrina Leckovic, New Mexico	69
3.	Lisa Meldrum, Oklahoma	70
4.	Maria Ohlsson, Missouri	71
T5.	Amparo Gala, Oklahoma	72
	Carmina Calle, San Jose State	72
	Shannon Johnson, New Mexico	72