Martinez Leads Houston at Mountainview Collegiate

Friday, March 22

The Preserve at SaddleBrooke – Tucson, Ariz.

All Day

University of Houston

MountainView Collegiate

3/23/2019 1:37:00 AM | Women's Golf

Freshman shoots 69 in First Round to stand in second; Second Round tees off Saturday morning

SADDLEBROOKE, Ariz. – University of Houston freshman Maria Jose Martinez opened her first MountainView Collegiate appearance with a 3-under 69 to finish in a tie for second after the First Round at The Preserve on Friday.

The Alvarado, Mexico, native tallied her first birdie of the day on No. 3 on the 6,281-yard, par-72 course and picked up another on No. 6 to finish her front-nine at 2-under. A final birdie on No. 14 highlighted her back-nine and propelled her into a tie for second in the individual standings.

Texas State's Geraldine Wong led the MountainView Collegiate at 4-under 68 after the first day. Martinez was joined by Anne-Cha Mora (Texas State), Faith Summers (SMU), Amber Park (Texas A&M) and Rino Sasaki (Washington) in a tie for second.

Freshman Hannah Screen and senior All-American Leonie Harm were tied for 45^th at 75. Senior Maddy Rayner was tied for 54^th at 76, while junior Amanda Elich was tied for 69^th at 78.

Senior Tatiana Pineda is competing as an individual and was tied for 65^th at 77.

As a team, the Cougars ended the first round in a tie for ninth-place with 295 on the 6,218-yard, par-72 course.

Texas State held the overall team lead at 282, two shots ahead of UNLV. Iowa State (286), Washington (286) and Texas A&M (288) completed the Top-Five leaders. Oregon State (289), SMU (289), Missouri (292) and Kansas State (295) joined Houston inside the Top Ten.

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SECOND-ROUND PAIRINGS
The Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from Missouri and SMU beginning at 10 a.m. (CDT), Saturday.

Elich will start the day for the Cougars off No. 1 at 10 a.m. (CDT). She will be followed by Rayner (10:08 a.m.), Screen (10:16 a.m.), Harm (10:24 a.m.) and Martinez (10:32 a.m.).

Pineda begins the Second Round at 10:48 a.m. (CDT) off No. 10.

UP NEXT
Following the MountainView Collegiate, the Cougars return to Texas to compete in the Bruzzy Challenge at Lantana Golf Club in Dallas on April 1-2 for their regular-season finale.

From there, the team will head to Palm City, Fla., to participate in American Athletic Conference Championships at the Hammock Beach Resort on April 14-16.

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