Emory University’s Esther Jung, Washington-St. Louis’ Jessy Young, and Randolph-Macon’s Morgan Mussatt, shared of the lead following the first round of the second annual Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz on Monday.
The 36-hole tournament, featuring some the nation’s top NCAA Division III women’s programs, concludes Tuesday. Action continues at noon.
UCSC’s Jocelyn Choi hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo’s 18th hole on Monday as head coach Paulette Pera watches. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Jung, Young, and Mussatt each shot even-par 72 in the opening round, but their rounds featured some ups and downs.
Jung’s round included six birdies, three bogeys, and a triple bogey-6 on hole No. 8. Young carded four birdies, one bogey, and a triple bogey-8 on hole, and No. 6. Mussatt shot three birdies and three bogeys.
Emory’s Amanda Zheng, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps’ Katherine Keith, and Washington and Lee’s Toral Bhatt are tied for fourth at 1-over-par 73.
UC Santa Cruz’s Adeline Truong, Washington-St. Louis’ Nicole McGuire, and Emory’s Zimo Li are tied for seventh at 3-over 75.
Washington-St. Louis’ Eliza Meltzer, and UCSC’s Jocelyn Choi and Samantha Shaw are tied for 10th at 4-over 76.
Defending champion Carys Code, a senior at Emory, is tied for 17th after firing 78.
No. 1 ranked Emory, the two-time defending NCAA D-III champion, leads the 13-team tournament with a 10-over 298 total.
No. 4 Washington-St. Louis is second at 12 over, and No. 6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is third at 19 over. No. 19 UCSC is fourth at 21 over and No. 2 Carnegie Mellon is fifth at 25 over.
UC Santa Cruz women’s golf coach Paulette Pera helps Samantha Shaw line up a putt at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Olivia Lew hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club’s 18th hole on Monday during the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Olivia Lew lines up a putt during the second annual Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Maya London hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club’s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Samantha Shaw tees off on Monday in the second annual Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Jocelyn Choi hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo’s 18th hole on Monday as head coach Paulette Pera watches. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Samantha Shaw chips onto Pasatiempo’s 17th green on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Angeleia Ortiz hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club’s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Elana McGrew hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club’s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Alyssa Castellanos watches her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club’s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong tees off on Pasatiempo’s first hole, at top, on Monday as the statue of Mary Hollins dons a UCSC golf hat at the second annual Hollins Cup golf tournament. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Olivia Lew watches the flight of her tee shot on the 18th hole at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong hits out of trouble on the 17th hole on Monday during the second annual Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz golfers Alyssa Castellanos, Angeleia Ortiz and Elana McGraw play the 18th hole on Monday at the Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UCSC’s Olivia Lew urges her ball into the cup on the 17th hole on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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UC Santa Cruz women’s golf coach Paulette Pera helps Samantha Shaw line up a putt at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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Flag football
At King City 35, Pajaro Valley 0: The Grizzlies dropped to third place in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division after losing to the division leading Mustangs on Monday.
King City improved to 12-7 overall, 17-1 league.
Pajaro Valley (8-6, 5-3) hosts Soledad (6-9, 3-4) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
North Salinas at Watsonville: The Wildcatz’s PCAL Mission Division home game against the Vikings was rescheduled for Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.
Watsonville (11-2, 5-2) is in second place with five games left in its regular season and the Vikings (2-8, 2-5) are in fifth place.
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