Women’s Golf in Third after First Day at Lady Luck Invitational

Monday, March 2

Las Vegas Country Club – Las Vegas, Nev.

University of Houston

Lady Luck Invitational

Maelynn Kim lines up putt at Chevron Collegiate

Women’s Golf in Third after First Day at Lady Luck Invitational

3/2/2026 9:31:00 PM | Women's Golf

Live Scoring Tee Times Las Vegas Country Club

Junior Maelynn Kim tied for fourth at 145; Teammates Moa Svedenskiöld, Natalie Saint Germain join her among Top-25 leaders

LAS VEGAS – University of Houston Maelynn Kim posted a 36-hole score of 145 to tie for fourth and lead the Cougars following the first day of the Lady Luck Invitational at Las Vegas Country Club on Monday evening.

As a team, the 30^th-ranked Cougars finished the first 36 holes with a score of 594 to stand in third on the 6,592-yard, par-72 course.

Senior Moa Svedenskiöld rebounded from a 77 in the morning to shoot even-par 72 in the afternoon and was tied for 19^th at 149. Senior Natalie Saint Germain opened the tournament with a 71, thanks to three birdies and was tied for 21^st at 150.

Senior Alexa Saldaña was tied for 30^th at 153, and junior Ellen Yates was tied for 44^th at 156.

#16 UCF held the first-day lead at 584 to finish four strokes ahead of #30 Kent State. Host UNLV (596), #49 Oregon State (598), Northern Arizona (606), #28 Oklahoma State (606), #19 Baylor (609), UTSA (611) and New Mexico (614) rounded out the Top-10 leaders.

UNLV's Foong Zi Yu was the only student-athlete to finish under par at 140 and held a four-stroke lead over Grace Quintanilla (Texas State) and Veronika Kedronova (Kent State). Maria Jose Barragan (BYU) and Pimpisa Sisutham (UCF) joined Kim at 145.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the Lady Luck Invitational by clicking here.

TEE TIMES
For Tuesday's Final Round , the Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from UCF and Kent State beginning at 10:30 a.m. (CST).

Svedenskiöld begins the day in the first group off No. 1 with Kim (second group off No. 1), Saldana (first group off No. 2), Saint Germain (second group off No. 2) and Yates (No. 3) following.

Fans can find complete Lady Luck Invitational tee times and pairings by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Lady Luck Invitational, Houston continues its western tour when its tees off at the MountainView Collegiate at The Preserve Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz., on March 20-22.

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