{"id":230849,"date":"2026-04-01T22:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/230849\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:02:11","slug":"mavericks-surge-into-top-five-at-ulm-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/230849\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks surge into top five at ULM Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     MONROE, La. \u2013 UT Arlington women&#8217;s golf made a big move up the leaderboard on the final day of the ULM Invitational. The Mavericks climbed four spots in the standings, finishing alone in fifth place. The four-spot ascent was tied for the biggest jump in the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UTA finished with a 29-over-par 893 for the tournament. The Mavericks turned in a 3-over 291 in the final round, their best team score of the Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of UTA players finished the tournament in the top 15. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/nitisha-manikandesh\/14655\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14655\" target=\"_blank\">Nitisha Manikandesh<\/a> \u2014 who entered the day in 12th \u2014 carded an even-par 72 in the final round, moving up three spots into a tie for ninth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The senior birdied six holes in the third round, the high-water mark for the team. Manikandesh was also among the best in the field on par 3&#8217;s, recording an even-par on such holes which was tied for the fifth-best score in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/tarini-bhoga\/14652\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14652\" target=\"_blank\">Tarini Bhoga<\/a> was the Mavericks&#8217; second-best finisher, placing in a tie for 15th place with a 4-over 220. The sophomore had the lowest score of the day and the tournament for any UTA player with a 2-under 70. Bhoga recorded par or better on 16 holes in the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Getting back on track after a shaky second round was <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/kamri-gabel\/14653\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14653\" target=\"_blank\">Kamri Gabel<\/a>. The senior shot a 1-over 73 in the third round that included 13 pars. Gabel parred eight holes on the back nine and birdied the other. The Highland Village-native finished tied for 49th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the UTA lineup were <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/chandler-browning\/14657\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14657\" target=\"_blank\">Chandler Browning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/nirjara-gulhane\/14654\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14654\" target=\"_blank\">Nirjara Gulhane<\/a> who each finished within two strokes of Gabel. Browning was one of four UTA players to rise in the standings after the third round, moving up six spots into a tie for 57th with a 4-over 76.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gulhane&#8217;s 5-over 77 on day two put her at 233 overall. The junior finished in a tie for 53rd.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UTA SCORES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT9) <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/nitisha-manikandesh\/14655\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14655\" target=\"_blank\">Nitisha Manikandesh<\/a> 71-74-72\u2013 217<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT15) <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/tarini-bhoga\/14652\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14652\" target=\"_blank\">Tarini Bhoga<\/a> 75-75-70\u2013 220<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT49) <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/kamri-gabel\/14653\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14653\" target=\"_blank\">Kamri Gabel<\/a> 74-85-73\u2013 232<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT53) <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/nirjara-gulhane\/14654\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14654\" target=\"_blank\">Nirjara Gulhane<\/a> 79-77-77\u2013 233<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT57) <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/chandler-browning\/14657\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14657\" target=\"_blank\">Chandler Browning<\/a> 81-77-76\u2013 234<\/p>\n<p>Team<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5) UT Arlington 299-303-291\u2013 893<\/p>\n<p>The regular season is now in the books for UTA. The Mavericks will return to action at the 2026 Western Athletic Conference Women&#8217;s Golf Championship. The tournament begins April 20 at the Stonebridge Country Club &#8211; Hills Course in McKinney.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8212; #BuckEm &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW ALONG<br \/>\nFor up-to-date news, photos and videos of the UTA women&#8217;s golf program, follow us on X (formally known as Twitter): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utamavswgolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsWGolf<\/a>, Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utamavswgolf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsWGolf<\/a> and Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/utamavswgolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\/UTAMavsWGolf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; MONROE, La. \u2013 UT Arlington women&#8217;s golf made a big move up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-230849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}