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NCAA Championship
Women’s Golf’s Olivia Cason Tied for 11th at NCAA Championship
May 20, 2016 | Women's Golf
Olivia Cason registered five birdies in the first round of the NCAA Championship.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville freshman Olivia Cason is tied for 11th after the first round of the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship following a remarkable 2-under-par 70 on Friday in Eugene, Ore.
The Owensboro, Ky., native totaled five birdies on the day at the Eugene Country Club, tied for the second most in the 132-player field. She completed her seventh round even or below par this season and is set to tee off Saturday at 3:55 p.m. ET.
After the opening the day with a par on No. 1, Cason tallied her first birdie on No. 2, a par-4, 355-yard hole. She added another birdie on the front side, putting her at 1-under-par through nine. She then birdied two of her first four holes on the back nine and capped the day by chipping in for birdie on No. 18, a par-4, 400-yard hole.
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NCAA Championship
May 20, 2016
Eugene Country Club (par 72/6,331 yards)
Eugene, Oregon
TOP-FIVE TEAM SCORES (18-hole totals): 1. Oklahoma State – 284; 2. UCLA – 286; t-3. Washington – 289; t-3. Southern California – 289; 5. Arizona – 291
LOUISVILLE GOLFERS (of 132): t-11. Olivia Cason – 70
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