Women End First Round at Otter Invitational Tied for Eighth

Monday, March 19

Pebble Beach, Calif.

All Day

Dartmouth College

Day One

Women End First Round at Otter Invitational Tied for Eighth

3/19/2018 8:30:00 PM | Women's Golf

Jessica Kittelberger Maddie Nelson Kristen Soh Moon Cheong Julianne Strauch First-Round Scoring

By: Dartmouth

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Sophomore Maddie Nelson and senior Jessica Kittelberger each carded a six-over 77 in the opening round of the Otter Invitational, hosted by Cal State Monterey Bay, helping Dartmouth finish the day in a tie for eighth with two other teams at 28-over par (312). The Big Green trail seventh-place Yale by two strokes, while Dallas Baptist owns an eight-stroke lead on the field at seven-over par (291).

Starting on the 10th hole at the 5,804-yard, par-71 Poppy Hils Golf Club, Dartmouth got off to a good start, playing the back nine at 10-over par as a team. Kittelberger had the most consistent nine holes to start with a birdie on 17 and a pair of bogeys to be at one-over par, while freshman Moon Cheong was just a stroke behind after recovering from a triple-bogey on the opening hole thanks to a pair of birdies.

The Big Green crew found a bit more trouble on the front nine, although Nelson settled in to a groove, making par on the final six holes after back-to-back bogeys left her at six-over. Also playing the second nine at two-over, as Nelson did, was Los Angeles native Kristen Soh, thanks to a birdie on her final hole. Soh finished up her round with a seven-over 78, and Cheong carded a nine-over 80.

Dartmouth also had two golfers playing as individuals, one of which was freshman Julianne Strauch who had the best Big Green round of the day with a five-over 76 with three birdies and eight pars.

Dallas Baptist's Hanna Harrison was the lone golfer to break par today with a nearly flawless three-under 68 featuring four birdies, 13 pars and a single bogey. She will take a three-stroke lead over Keila Takeuchi from the host school into the second and final round tomorrow, which will begin at 7:30 a.m. (PDT).