Yo Maui HPU Sharks Shootout Results (Round 1)

KOHALA COAST, Hawaii – With the conclusion of the first round of the Yo Maui HPU Sharks Shootout on Friday, Menlo Women's Golf can be found sporting the same 9-over-par 297 score as No. 43 Simon Fraser with a pair of nationally-ranked teams in No. 40 and tournament host Hawaii Pacific as well as No. 49 Hawaii Hilo three and 10 strokes back respectively.

Menlo Sharing Midpoint Of Five Top-50 Teams Atop Leaderboard
In action at the Mauna Lani Resort Golf Club, Menlo is led by two Oaks among the top eight including sophomore Kim Penzold in a four-way tie for third and freshman Zihe "Clara" Yuan sharing eighth place with two others out of 56 golfers in total. Penzold began the day by parring her first four holes then delivered one of three birdies to help her hold a 1-under-par 71 while Yuan moved even with a birdie on Hole 2 before adding two more toward a 1-over-par 73 score at the round's completion.

Rounding out the top four Menlo qualifiers, sophomores Ester Otiepkova and Laura Goertzen can be found in 16th and 28th respectively. Otiepkova, sharing 16 th place with five others, settled in along the back nine, parring or birdying her last eight holes for the eventual 3-over-par 75 while Goertzen had a similar journey to her 6-over-par 78, putting five pars and two birdies on her scorecard during her final eight holes.

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The Yo Maui HPU Sharks will finish tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. HT (10:30 a.m. PT) out at Mauna Lani Resort Golf Club.