GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Competing in their first of three tournaments in Arizona this month, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's golf team opened the RJGA Palm Valley Classic shooting a 303 and are tied for seventh place with Dominican.  Western New Mexico University is hosting the 28-team tournament at the Palm Valley Golf Club.
 
INSIDE THE PALM VALLEY CLASSIC
Location: Palm Valley Golf Club | Goodyear, Ariz.
Par | Yardage: 72 | 6,045 Yards
 
FROM THE TEE

• Pacing the Mountain Lions after round one is Julia Baroth who is sitting in a tie for 13^th place after posting a one-over par 73.  Baroth birdied her first hole of the day and finished the round hitting par or better on 16 holes.
• Dakotah Kreil and Olivia Florence are both tied for 35^th place after posting an opening score of 76.  After shooting three-over par on the front nine, Kreil rebounded to post a 37 on the back nine including a birdie on Par 5 hole No. 14.  Florence was reverse of Kreil, posting a 37 on the front nine followed by a 39.  Florence drained four birdies on the day, two of which came on par 5s.
• Sharing scores for 62^nd place are Emily Shimkus and Jordyn Allen who are six-over par with a 78.  Shimkus strung together six straight pars while Allen birdied par 5 hole No. 14 and par 3 hole No. 16.

 
TOURNAMENT LEADERS

• Cal State Monterey Bay leads all 28 teams with a one-under par 287.  Gam Singprasert of West Texas A&M and Isabel Carpenter of CSUMB are leading all 146 golfers after shooting a four-under par 68.

 
BEYOND THE SCORECARD

• UCCS leads the entire field in Par 5 scoring, boasting a 4.90 (-2).  The Mountain Lions are sixth overall in Pars after tallying 54.
• Baroth is tied for second individually in pars (15), while Allen, Florence and Kreil are all tied for sixth place in Par 5 scoring (4.75, -1).
• Today's score of 303 is the fifth best round of the season.

 
UP NEXT

• The second and final round of the Palm Valley Classic will conclude on Saturday.

 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.