Houston Finishes First Day at Schooner Fall Classic

Sunday, September 26

Belmar Golf Club – Norman, Okla.

University of Houston

Schooner Fall Classic

Houston Finishes First Day at Schooner Fall Classic

9/26/2021 8:01:00 PM | Women's Golf

Delaney Martin, Maria Jose Martinez tied for 24th to lead Cougars

Live Scoring \| Pairings

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Oklahoma State	270	279		549	-11
2.	Illinois	282	285		567	+7
t3.	Florida State	281	287		568	+8
t3.	Texas A&M	280	288		568	+8
5.	Baylor	279	279		571	+11
6.	TCU	284	289		573	+13
7.	Texas State	287	287		574	+14
8.	Oklahoma	286	291		577	+17
9.	Iowa State	292	288		580	+20
10.	UTSA	293	290		583	+23
11.	Tulsa	297	288		585	+25
t12.	Houston	296	291		587	+27
t12.	North Texas	295	292		587	+27
14.	Kansas State	299	293		592	+32
15.	SMU	301	304		605	+45

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t24.	Maria Jose Martinez	74	70		144	+4
t24.	Delaney Martin	70	74		144	+4
t44.	Ariana Saenz	74	73		147	+7
t64.	Annie Kim	78	74		152	+12
79.	Nicole Abelar	83	79		162	+22

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Caley McGinty Texas A&M	67	67		134	-6
t2.	Kornkamol Sukaree Illinois	69	69		138	-2
t2.	Taglao Jeeravivitaporn Iowa State	68	70		138	-2
t4.	Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M	71	68		139	-1
t4.	Antonia Matte Baylor	69	70		139	-1
t4.	Gurleen Kaur Baylor	69	70		139	-1

NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Houston Women's Golf program stood in a tie for 12^th following the first 36 holes of the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club on Sunday evening.

As a team, the Cougars posted a score of 296 in the morning session and with a total of 291 in the afternoon round for a 36-hole score of 587 on the 6,112-yard, par-70 course.

Sophomore Delaney Martin and senior Maria Jose Martinez were tied for 24^th at 144 to lead the Cougars with each shooting 70 on the first day.

Senior Ariana Saenz was tied for 44^th at 147, while junior Annie Kim was tied for 64^th at 152. Sophomore Nicole Abelar stood in 79^th at 162,

Oklahoma State held the first-day lead at 549 to stand 18 strokes ahead of Illinois. Florida State (568), Texas A&M (568), Baylor (571), TCU (573), Texas State (574), Oklahoma (577), Iowa State (580) and UTSA (583) rounded out the Top-10 leaders.

Oklahoma's State's Caley McGinty held the first-day lead at 6-under 67 after shooting back-to-back 67s Sunday. Kornkamol Sukaree (Illinois) and Taglao Jeeravivitaporn (Iowa State) was tied for second at 138.

The two-day, 54-hole tournament wraps up with the final 18 holes beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday.

This is the Cougars' second fall tournament after competing at the season-opening Sam Golden Invitational at Wildhorse Golf Club at Robson Ranch in Denton, Texas, on Sept. 13-14.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the Schooner Fall Classic by clicking here.

TEE TIMES
For Monday's Final Round, the Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from Kansas State and SMU, beginning off No. 10.

Abelar will start the day for the Cougars at 8:30 a.m., with Kim (8:40 a.m.), Saenz (8:50 a.m.), Martin (9 a.m.) and Martinez (9:10 a.m.).

Complete pairings can be found by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Schooner Fall Classic, the Cougars will tee off at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 4-6 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The Cougars will join with their UH male counterparts at that event, which will air on GOLF Channel each day.

From there, Houston closes out its fall schedule when it competes at the Jim West Challenge on Oct. 17-18 at Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos, Texas.

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