STATE COLLEGE, PA. --- The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team is tied for 18th after 18 holes at the NCAA East Regional on the Penn State Blue Course. UTC shot 311 and is tied with San Diego State and Augusta State.

Senior Maria Juliana Loza (Bucaramanga, Colombia) is tied for 17th leading the Mocs with a one-over par 73. The 73 is even more impressive considering the wind and rain she battled during the round. She had a team-high three birdies and 11 pars.

Sophomore Marion Duvernay (Publier, France) carded a five-over par 77. She got off to a rough start bogeying three of the first four holes. She birdied 18 to close out her round.

Sophomore Jordan Britt (Chattanooga, Tenn.) was one off Duvernay's pace. She ended her round with a nice birdie on the par three 17 and then dropping an eight-foot par putt on 18. Sophomore Sophie Weilguni (Langenlois, Austria) shot 83, while freshman Mette Kryger (Nivaa, Denmark) posted an 87.

No. 25 South Carolina leads at even-par 288. No. 2 Alabama is second at 292 (+4), while No. 15 Florida stands in third at 294 (+6). Texas A&M's Katerina Ruzickova fired a five-under 67 to grab the lead by one over Janet Vongphoumy (Maryland).

Chattanooga returns to the course for round two of three in the morning.  UTC tees off No.10 at 8:25 a.m., led by Kryger. She's followed by Weilguni (8:36), Britt (8:47), Duvernay (8:58) and Loza (9:09). Live scoring of the round can be found on the GoMocs.com women's golf schedule page.

NCAA East Regional
May 10-12 • Penn State Blue Course • State College, Pa.

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