Behind solid scores from Bobbi Pierson and Cheyenne Molina, the Western New Mexico University women’s golf team opened the 2015 fall season currently tied for seventh after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Samuel Proal Invitational hosted by CSU-Pueblo at the Pueblo CC on Monday.
The Lady Mustangs fired a 326 to tie with Lubbock Christian. Wayland Baptist holds a three-stroke lead on the field with an opening 309. The top RMAC school in the field is Metro State University Denver as they are tied for second with a 312. Metro State’s Cha Cha Willhoite leads on the individual side with a 72, holding a slight one-stroke advantage.
Pierson and Molina each carded first round 79’s to sit in a tie for 17th and lead the way for WNMU. Adrianna Grijalva and newcomers Shelby Turner and Gabby Singh all shot 84’s to tie for 37th to round out the golfers for the Lady Mustangs. The final round will wrap up play Tuesday morning.
