Monday, October 28
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i
All Day
Colorado
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First Round
Ellen O'Shaughnessy
Photo by: Brent DePaepe/CU Athletics
Buffs Get Elusive Fast Start, In Fifth At Nanea
October 28, 2024 | Women's Golf
KAILUA-KONA, Hawai'i — Colorado women's golf is in fifth place after the first round of the Nanea Invitational opening with an even-par 292, Monday on the 6,449-yard par 73 Nanea Golf Club.
The Buffaloes have had played very steady this fall and have put together some very solid rounds, which has resonated on a national level. Colorado entered Nanea with a 36-20-1 record against the competition and vaulted 18 spots to No. 55 in the latest NCAA Division I rankings (as of Oct. 23). But the one thing that has eluded the Buffaloes lately is a fast start. Colorado answered that call Monday with its best fall opening round in relation to par over the last four tournaments.
Top ranked Stanford holds the overall lead at 13-under, two strokes ahead of No. 8 Arizona State. No. 47 San Jose State is fourth at 6-under while No. 6 Texas is at 2-under, just two strokes ahead of the Buffaloes. Colorado has a first-round lead over three other top 50 programs in the 11-team field.
The last two tournaments, Colorado has started slow, shooting over par in its first rounds, only to improve measurably over the final 36 holes. At Stanford, the Buffaloes opened at 13-over, before bouncing back with rounds of 7-over and 1-over. Overall Monday marked Colorado's fifth team round of even or better this season.
"Our big talk last week at Stanford was 'how can we build on this momentum and start earlier?'," Colorado assistant coach Mia Landegren said. "It's so fun with a team like this, where when you talk to them, they take it seriously and they proved that today and sitting in fifth is great.
"And from here it can go one of two ways, but we don't want to look at outcome, we want to look at the process. The team is excited, and they know they're in a good place and they are starting to believe in themselves more."
Sophomore Carolyn Fuller and freshman Ellen O'Shaughnessy led the Buffaloes on Monday, each carding 1-under-par rounds of 72. They are tied, with just each other, for 19th on the leaderboard only two shots out of the top six and five outside the lead.
For Fuller it was her second-straight round of 1-under after carding a disappointing 80 in the second round at Stanford just nine days ago. She rebounded from that effort with a 70 in the final round on Stanford's par 71 course.
Starting from No. 10 in Monday's first round, Fuller played the back at 1-under. A double-bogey at the turn sent her back to 1-over, but she rallied for three birdies on the front on a pair of par 4s at the third and fifth and another at the 166-yard par-3 eighth to finish in the red.
"Carolyn is playing great," Landegren said. "She had that one high round at Stanford, but we've just worked through some things. She's figured out what she needs to do with her swing and I feel like she trusts herself. We just had fun, it was a very leisure day. It's fun when you can tell her what number to hit and they can pull it off, and that's what she did coming in on those last six holes."
O'Shaughnessy, who didn't make the trip to Stanford, carded her third under par round of her debut season. Starting at the ninth, she was 1-over right away but pulled back to even with a birdie on the course's longest hole, the 536-yard par-5 18th. O'Shaughnessy made it two birdies in a row after the turn at the first and picked up one more at the 390-yard par-4 seventh before closing with a par at the eighth.
"Ellen played really solid," Landegren said. "Her game was just steady. In the beginning she had some putts that weren't falling and then toward the end she got it to come together. She's very even-keel and puts the ball where she wants and gets it done."
Junior Morgan Miller and freshman Sydney Givens are tied for 26th just two shots back of their teammates after matching rounds of 1-over 74. Senior Maria Eidhagen Harrouch is tied for 45th at 4-over 77.
Individually, Stanford's Megha Ganne San Jose State's Lucia Lopez Ortega and Arizona State's Isla McDonald-O'Brien are tied for the lead at 6-under.
Tuesday's second round is set for a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. MT. The Buffaloes will once again start on holes six through 10 and pair with the team in sixth through eighth place in the standings, No. 27 California, No. 46 Washington and Michigan.
The Buffaloes have had played very steady this fall and have put together some very solid rounds, which has resonated on a national level. Colorado entered Nanea with a 36-20-1 record against the competition and vaulted 18 spots to No. 55 in the latest NCAA Division I rankings (as of Oct. 23). But the one thing that has eluded the Buffaloes lately is a fast start. Colorado answered that call Monday with its best fall opening round in relation to par over the last four tournaments.
Top ranked Stanford holds the overall lead at 13-under, two strokes ahead of No. 8 Arizona State. No. 47 San Jose State is fourth at 6-under while No. 6 Texas is at 2-under, just two strokes ahead of the Buffaloes. Colorado has a first-round lead over three other top 50 programs in the 11-team field.
The last two tournaments, Colorado has started slow, shooting over par in its first rounds, only to improve measurably over the final 36 holes. At Stanford, the Buffaloes opened at 13-over, before bouncing back with rounds of 7-over and 1-over. Overall Monday marked Colorado's fifth team round of even or better this season.
"Our big talk last week at Stanford was 'how can we build on this momentum and start earlier?'," Colorado assistant coach Mia Landegren said. "It's so fun with a team like this, where when you talk to them, they take it seriously and they proved that today and sitting in fifth is great.
"And from here it can go one of two ways, but we don't want to look at outcome, we want to look at the process. The team is excited, and they know they're in a good place and they are starting to believe in themselves more."
Sophomore Carolyn Fuller and freshman Ellen O'Shaughnessy led the Buffaloes on Monday, each carding 1-under-par rounds of 72. They are tied, with just each other, for 19th on the leaderboard only two shots out of the top six and five outside the lead.
For Fuller it was her second-straight round of 1-under after carding a disappointing 80 in the second round at Stanford just nine days ago. She rebounded from that effort with a 70 in the final round on Stanford's par 71 course.
Starting from No. 10 in Monday's first round, Fuller played the back at 1-under. A double-bogey at the turn sent her back to 1-over, but she rallied for three birdies on the front on a pair of par 4s at the third and fifth and another at the 166-yard par-3 eighth to finish in the red.
"Carolyn is playing great," Landegren said. "She had that one high round at Stanford, but we've just worked through some things. She's figured out what she needs to do with her swing and I feel like she trusts herself. We just had fun, it was a very leisure day. It's fun when you can tell her what number to hit and they can pull it off, and that's what she did coming in on those last six holes."
O'Shaughnessy, who didn't make the trip to Stanford, carded her third under par round of her debut season. Starting at the ninth, she was 1-over right away but pulled back to even with a birdie on the course's longest hole, the 536-yard par-5 18th. O'Shaughnessy made it two birdies in a row after the turn at the first and picked up one more at the 390-yard par-4 seventh before closing with a par at the eighth.
"Ellen played really solid," Landegren said. "Her game was just steady. In the beginning she had some putts that weren't falling and then toward the end she got it to come together. She's very even-keel and puts the ball where she wants and gets it done."
Junior Morgan Miller and freshman Sydney Givens are tied for 26th just two shots back of their teammates after matching rounds of 1-over 74. Senior Maria Eidhagen Harrouch is tied for 45th at 4-over 77.
Individually, Stanford's Megha Ganne San Jose State's Lucia Lopez Ortega and Arizona State's Isla McDonald-O'Brien are tied for the lead at 6-under.
Tuesday's second round is set for a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. MT. The Buffaloes will once again start on holes six through 10 and pair with the team in sixth through eighth place in the standings, No. 27 California, No. 46 Washington and Michigan.
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||||
| T19. | Carolyn Fuller | 72 (-1) | ||||
| T19. | Ellen O'Shaughnessy | 72 (-1) | ||||
| T26. | Sydney Givens | 74 (+1) | ||||
| T26. | Morgan Miller | 74 (+1) | ||||
| T45. | Maria Eidhagen Harrouch | 77 (+4) | ||||
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| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||||
| T1. | Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Arizona State | 67 (-6) | ||||
| T1. | Lucia Lopez Ortega, San Jose State | 67 (-6) | ||||
| T1. | Megha Ganne, Stanford | 67 (-6) | ||||
| T4. | Kelly Xu, Stanford | 69 (-4) | ||||
| T4. | Raya Nakao, Oregon State | 69 (-4) | ||||
| TEAM SCORES | ||||||
| Rank | Team | Score (To Par) | ||||
| 1. | Stanford | 279 (-13) | ||||
| 2. | Arizona State | 281 (-11) | ||||
| 3. | San Jose State | 286 (-6) | ||||
| 4. | Texas | 290 (-2) | ||||
| 5. | Colorado | 292 (E) | ||||
| 6. | California | 294 (+2) | ||||
| 7. | Washington | 296 (+4) | ||||
| 8. | Michigan | 297 (+5) | ||||
| T9. | BYU | 298 (+6) | ||||
| T9. | Oregon State | 298 (+6) | ||||
| 11. | Hawai'i | 311 (+19) | ||||
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