{"id":880738,"date":"2026-10-13T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880738\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:56:10","slug":"crowded-leaderboard-after-opening-round-at-hollins-cup-in-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880738\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowded leaderboard after opening round at Hollins Cup in Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emory University\u2019s Esther Jung, Washington-St. Louis\u2019 Jessy Young, and Randolph-Macon\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-hole tournament, featuring some the nation\u2019s top NCAA Division III women\u2019s programs, concludes Tuesday. Action continues at noon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"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)\" width=\"1600\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"4446325\" \/>UCSC\u2019s Jocelyn Choi hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo\u2019s 18th hole on Monday as head coach Paulette Pera watches. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p>Jung, Young, and Mussatt each shot even-par 72 in the opening round, but their rounds featured some ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p>Jung\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Emory\u2019s Amanda Zheng, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps\u2019 Katherine Keith, and Washington and Lee\u2019s Toral Bhatt are tied for fourth at 1-over-par 73.<\/p>\n<p>UC Santa Cruz\u2019s Adeline Truong, Washington-St. Louis\u2019 Nicole McGuire, and Emory\u2019s Zimo Li are tied for seventh at 3-over 75.<\/p>\n<p>Washington-St. Louis\u2019 Eliza Meltzer, and UCSC\u2019s Jocelyn Choi and Samantha Shaw are tied for 10th at 4-over 76.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Carys Code, a senior at Emory, is tied for 17th after firing 78.<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 ranked Emory, the two-time defending NCAA D-III champion, leads the 13-team tournament with a 10-over 298 total.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UC Santa Cruz women's golf coach Paulette Pera helps Samantha...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-13.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UC Santa Cruz women&#8217;s golf coach Paulette Pera helps Samantha Shaw line up a putt at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Olivia Lew hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-15.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Olivia Lew hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club\u2019s 18th hole on Monday during the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Olivia Lew lines up a putt during the second...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-11.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Olivia Lew lines up a putt during the second annual Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Maya London hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-12.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Maya London hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club\u2019s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Samantha Shaw tees off on Monday in the second...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-14.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Samantha Shaw tees off on Monday in the second annual Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Jocelyn Choi hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 18th...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Jocelyn Choi hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo\u2019s 18th hole on Monday as head coach Paulette Pera watches. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Samantha Shaw chips onto Pasatiempo\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 17th green on Monday...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-03.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Samantha Shaw chips onto Pasatiempo\u2019s 17th green on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Angeleia Ortiz hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-17.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Angeleia Ortiz hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club\u2019s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Elana McGrew hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-18.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Elana McGrew hits her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club\u2019s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Alyssa Castellanos watches her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-16.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Alyssa Castellanos watches her tee shot on Pasatiempo Golf Club\u2019s 18th hole on Monday at the second annual Hollins Cup. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong tees off on Pasatiempo\u00e2\u0080\u0099s...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-05.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong tees off on Pasatiempo\u2019s 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 &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Olivia Lew watches the flight of her tee shot...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-04.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Olivia Lew watches the flight of her tee shot on the 18th hole at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong hits out of trouble...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-01.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UC Santa Cruz golfers Alyssa Castellanos, Angeleia Ortiz and Elana...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-06.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UCSC\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Olivia Lew urges her ball into the cup on...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STC-L-LOCAL-1014-09.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UCSC\u2019s Olivia Lew urges her ball into the cup on the 17th hole on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 15<\/p>\n<p>UC Santa Cruz women&#8217;s golf coach Paulette Pera helps Samantha Shaw line up a putt at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler &#8211; Santa Cruz Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><br \/>\nFlag football<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>King City improved to 12-7 overall, 17-1 league.<\/p>\n<p>Pajaro Valley (8-6, 5-3) hosts Soledad (6-9, 3-4) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>North Salinas at Watsonville: The Wildcatz\u2019s PCAL Mission Division home game against the Vikings was rescheduled for Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting Scores<\/p>\n<p>Coaches are encouraged to report scores and highlights to sports@santacruzsentinel.com following games. 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