LEADERBOARD

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (SMU) – SMU women's golf wrapped up day one of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge in a tie for seventh place.
 
Facing a stacked field that includes each of the 16 teams ranked in the top 100 and 12 teams ranked in the top 50, the Mustangs shot 10-over par to end the day in a three-way tie for seventh place. Four Mustangs sit in the top half of the field. The 31^st-ranked Mustangs are just four shots back of a spot in the top three. The Lauren Mason-led Mustangs are tied with the third-ranked team in the country Oregon and sit in front of the second-ranked team, USC.
 
Making her collegiate debut, freshman Kirra St-Laurent shot a team leading 72. She sits at one-over after a three-birdie day that saw her shoot a 35 on her first nine holes. St-Laurent holds a share of 17^th-place.
 
Mackenzie Lee carded a 73, good for two over par to begin the second half of her senior season. She sits in a tie for 24^th.
 
One shot back, Celine Chen shot a 74 on Sunday. Chen birdied two of her final five holes to move up the leaderboard. She holds a share of 36^th.

Emily Odwin shot a 75, four-over to occupy a share of 44^th. After Sunday's round, Odwin has a 71.58 scoring average, still tops on the team.

Yoonjeong Huh carded an 82 to sit alone in 85^th.
 
The Mustangs will look to advance further up the leaderboard in the middle round on Monday.

TEAM LEADERBOARD
1 UCLA -2
2 Texas A&M +2
T3 Pepperdine +6
T3 Texas +6
5 Florida +8
6 Kansas +9
T7 SMU +10
T7 Arizona State +10
T7 Oregon +10
10 South Carolina +12
T11 UNLV +14
T11 San Jose State +14
13 Ohio State +17
T14 Miami +19
T14 USC +19
16 Cal +26

SMU LEADERBOARD
T17 Kirra St-Laurent +1
T24 Mackenzie Lee +2
T36 Celine Chen +3
T44 Emily Odwin +4
85 Yoonjeong Huh +11