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ABILENE, Texas \u2013 UT Arlington women’s golf wrapped up the first day of its third tournament of the spring, using an improved second round to finish with a solid showing in day one. The Mavericks sit in sixth place out of a 16-team field going into the third and final round.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UTA finished with scores of 298 and 292 over the first two rounds for a 30-over-par 590 in total.<\/p>\n
Three Mavericks ended day one inside the top 30, including Tarini Bhoga<\/a>. The sophomore was the Mavericks top finisher of the day, sitting in a tie for 16th place with a 4-over 144 through two rounds.<\/p>\n Bhoga’s day was highlighted by a 1-over-par 71 in the opening round in which she birdied three holes. The Frisco native had a bogey-free front nine, recording par on every hole except for the seventh, which she birdied.<\/p>\n Just two strokes behind Bhoga was Kamri Gabel<\/a>. Gabel carded a 2-over 72 in the second round \u2014 the lowest on the team \u2014 to finish 6-over for the day, putting her in a tie for 25th place. The senior birdied five holes in the first round, the most in any round for a Maverick on day one.<\/p>\n Coming off her best leaderboard finish of the season at the Texas Golf Throwdown, Nirjara Gulhane<\/a> finished day one in a tie for 30th, turning in a pair of 4-over 74’s in the first two rounds. The junior parred 13 holes in the second round and needs to finish better than 40th for her best placement of the season.<\/p>\n Carmen Gonzalez Lo-A-Njoe<\/a> opened up the day with an 11-over 81, but improved her score by eight strokes in round two. That shot the junior 17 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for 56th going into the final day of competition.<\/p>\n Wrapping the action up for UTA was Chandler Browning<\/a> who sits in a tie for 66th. The redshirt senior finished with a 16-over 156.<\/p>\n The final round of the West Texas Classic begins with a shotgun start at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Abilene Country Club \u2013 North Course in Abilene.
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