RESULTS

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Junior Valeria Patino leads the Vandals to the sole possession of 7^th place after the first two rounds of the Grand Canyon Women's Spring Invitational. After two rounds at the GCU Championship Golf Course, the Vandals sit four strokes behind 5^th place UTEP.

Patino rallied after a triple bogey on the first hole of the day, firing in five birdies in the first round. She kept her momentum going in the second-round carding three more birdies. Patino scored even in both rounds and currently sits in a tie for 7^th with 18 holes left to play on Tuesday.

Junior Vicky Tsai improved by four strokes in the second round, carding a 2-over 74. Tsai tallied four birdies in her first two rounds and sits in a tie for 34^th with a total score of 8-over, 152. Two strokes behind is graduate student Laura Gerner, who carded a 10-over, 154. After carding 4 birdies in her first two rounds, Gerner sits in a tie for 42^nd.

One stroke behind Gerner is graduate student Jaime Bellingham. Improving by three strokes in her second round, Bellingham sits in a tie for 46^th with a total score of 11-over, 155. Junior Eddie Hsu carded a 15-over, 159 and is tied in 62^nd entering the final round.

Grand Canyon holds first place in the team leaderboards with a two-stroke lead over Cal Baptist with one round left to play. Individually, Taigiralani Luafalealo leads on the individual leaderboard with a score of 4-under, 140.

The final round is set to tee-off at 8 A.M. Tune into GoVandals.com for the recap following the conclusion of play on Tuesday.
 

T7	Valeria Patino	72	72	144
T34	Vicky Tsai	78	74	152
T42	Laura Gerner	77	77	154
T46	Jaime Bellingham	79	76	155
T62	Eddie Hsu	78	81	159