Texas Tech University Athletics
Brooke Lowrance tied for first at UCLA tournament
June 21, 1999 | Women's Golf
TEMECULA, Calif. - Texas Tech University women's golfer Brooke Lowrance is tied for first after the opening round of the Pioneer Electronics/Bruin Classic with a 1-over-par 73.
The Snyder, Texas, junior is tied with Oklahoma's Isabelle Blais after the first day on the par 72, 6,019-yard Menefee Lakes Country Club layout. The two golfers lead a group of nine golfers bunched up in second with a 2-over 74.
The Red Raiders are in ninth out of 18 teams after the first round with a 315 total, 16 shots behind front-running Oregon. Stanford and Tulsa are tied for second at 304. New Mexico State (308) and Arizona State (309) round out the top five.
Texas (312) is tied for sixth with Tennessee, while Nebraska (322) is 12th and Oklahoma (325) is 15th.
Other than Lowrance's 73, only Lubbock sophomore Alana Soliz broke 80, firing a 6-over 78 to tie for 30th. Jamie Vannoy and Beth Covington, each shooting 10-over rounds of 82, are tied for 56th. Senior Kristin Kight, tied for 76th, struggled to a 12-over 84.
The 54-hole tournament continues tomorrow and conludes on Wednesday.
Fin. Name Scores t1 Brooke Lowrance 37-36 73 +1 t30 Alana Soliz 38-40 78 +6 t56 Jamie Vannoy 41-41 82 +10 t56 Beth Covington 40-42 82 +10 t76 Kristin Kight 42-42 84 +12 9th Texas Tech 73-78-82-82 315 +27 1 Oregon 299 t2 Stanford 304 t2 Tulsa 304 4 New Mexico State 308 5 Arizona State 309 t6 Tennessee 312 t6 Texas 312 8 Southern California 313 9 Texas Tech 315 t10 Oregon State 317 t10 New Mexico 317 12 Nebraska 322 t13 UCLA 323 t13 BYU 323 15 Oklahoma 325 16 San Diego State 330 17 Cal State-Northridge 338 18 Pepperdine 339
