Mavericks In Third After Two Rounds at Oak Hills

Monday, October 3

Oak Hills Country Club

Omaha

Big O Classic (Day 1)

Sydney Taake leads the Mavericks and currently shares eighth place overall.

Mavericks In Third After Two Rounds at Oak Hills

Oct 3, 2022 | Women's Golf

Omaha, Neb.- The Omaha women's golf team is in third place after two rounds at the Big O Classic on Monday.

The Mavericks posted a team score of 308 in the first round of golf at Oak Hills Country Club, adding 311 in the second for a day-one total of 619. Omaha sits six strokes behind Wichita State, who owns second place with 613. Creighton leads the co-hosted event with a team score of 610. The Mavericks have five players within six strokes of each other after the first day.

Sydney Taake leads the Mavericks with a day one total of 153. The sophomore shares eighth place after scoring 76 (+4) and 77 (+5) in the first two rounds. One stroke behind Taake, and currently tied for 11th place is Mika Miyata. The junior matched scores of 77 (+5) in rounds one and two to finish the day with a total score of 154.

A stroke behind Miyata is Nicole Hansen, who totaled 155 through two rounds. Hansen posted a 78 (+6) in the first round, improving by one stroke to 77 (+5) in the second to share 14th place among all competitors. Two strokes behind Hansen is Macarena Garcia. The freshman from Salamanca, Spain is the fourth Maverick in the top-20 after scoring a 77 (+5) in round one and an 80 in round two. Two strokes behind Garcia and rounding out the top-five is Emily Karmazin. The freshman shares 24th place after posting a 79 and 80 in the first two rounds on Monday.

Golfing individually, Maddie Simon and Emma Kirvan scored 165 and 170, respectively. Simon shares 35th place, and Kirvan holds 53rd overall.

The final round of the Big O Classic begins with tee times starting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Follow the action with live scoring, available at Omavs.com.