Lobos Tied for 15th Through Two Rounds at NCAA Regional

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After finishing round one of the 2021 NCAA Columbus Regional 16th out of 18 squads Monday, The University of New Mexico women’s golf team sits tied for 15th overall through two rounds as the teams wrapped up round two on Tuesday. Freshman Myah McDonald is now the Lobo leader with a score of 154 (+10).

New Mexico shot a score of 310 in both rounds for a two-round total of 620 (+44) to tie Nebraska for 15th. In the lead is Georgia (577, +1) followed by Michigan (584, +8) and Duke (585, +9). All five of the top teams in the field through two rounds are ranked in the top 30 in the nation. UNM is No. 46.

“It was colder and the winds were up today. the hole locations were tough, so the course played much harder,” head coach Jill Trujillo said. “The team toughed it out, but we still need to be better around the greens.”

McDonald moved up to tie for 49th Tuesday after shaving two strokes off of her first-round 78 to shoot a team-low 76 (+4) on the day. She is +10 overall followed closely by sophomore Lauren Lehigh who is just one stroke behind after posting three more strokes in round two (76, 79).

Just two strokes behind Lehigh is the rest of the Lobo squad, including sophomore Napat “Jenny” Lertsadwattana (77, 80), senior Caroline Jansson (79, 78) and senior Serena Chong (80, 77). The trio is tied for 68th with a score of 157 (+13).

The team collected seven birdies in round two, led by three from McDonald. Lehigh registered two while Chon also registered two.

Due to expected morning frost Wednesday, tee times have been pushed back to 9 a.m. ET (7 a.m. MT) for the third and final round. The Lobos are set to tee off at 10 a.m. ET (8 a.m. MT).