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Uriell Under Par for Razorbacks

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EUGENE, Ore. – University of Arkansas women’s golfer Alana Uriell likes the postseason. The Razorback sophomore fired an opening round two-under 37-33 — 70 leading No. 11 Arkansas to a tie for sixth place after day one action at the 2016 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday.

Uriell, who also paced the Razorbacks at the NCAA Regional in Palo Alto, California, last weekend posted 11 consecutive par holes on the par 71, 6,331-yard course. She birdied No. 12 and No. 15 helping Arkansas to a four-over 292. Just 17 strokes separate the 24 teams in the field with three rounds of stroke play remaining.

The top 15 teams after three rounds move on to a fourth round of stroke play to determine the individual winner. The top eight teams after the fourth round move on to match play as the championship continues.

Senior Regina Plasencia and freshman Cara Gorlei were both one-over and are tied for 39th overall. Plasencia was up-and-down on the front nine and finished with a bogey on No. 13 and a birdie on No. 16 shooting 38-35 — 73.
Gorlei also finished strong with a pair of birdies on the back nine shooting 40-33 — 73.

Junior Summar Roachell is tied for 85th opening with a four-over 40-36 — 76 and freshman Maria Fassi rounds out the Razorback scoring, shooting 38-40 — 78. Fassi is tied for 111th.

 

The Field

1 No. 5 Oklahoma State 284 -4
2 No. 3 UCLA 286 -2
T3 No. 13 Washington 289 +1
T3 No. 2 Southern California 289 +1
5 No. 10 Arizona 291 +3
T6 No. 7 Northwestern 292 +4
T6 No. 11 ARKANSAS 292 +4
T8 No. 15 Virginia 293 +5
T8 No. 25 Ohio State 293 +5
T8 No. 18 South Carolina 293 +5
11 No. 26 BYU 294 +6
T12 No. 12 Stanford 295 +7
T12 No. 16 Florida State 295 +7
14 No. 47 Michigan 296 +8
T15 No. 21 Tennessee 297 +9
T15 No. 4 Florida 297 +9
T15 No. 20 Oregon 297 +7
T18 No. 28 North Carolina 298 +10
T18 No. 19 Furman 298 +10
T18 No. 6 Georgia 298 +10
T21 No. 33 Miami 299 +11
T21 No. 5 Duke 299 +11
23 No. 1 Alabama 300 +12
24 No. 24 Texas 301 +13

@RazorbackWGolf Scores

T6 Arkansas 292 292
T11 Alana Uriell (2) 37-33 — 70
T39 Regina Plasencia (3) 38-35 — 73
T39 Cara Gorlei (5) 40-33 — 73
T85 Summar Roachell (4) 40-36 — 76
T111 Maria Fassi (1) 38-40 — 78