France-born Dumez got off to a strong start to her 2022-23 campaign, making three birdies in the first six holes. The strong start allowed the Red Raiders top scorer to finish at -2 overall.
The junior made the fourth and final birdie of the round on No. 10 to drop to -3 overall, but a late bogey on 18 left her back at -2 overall.
Two Red Raiders natives of Singapore made their college debuts on Friday Shannon Tan And Canadian Lauren Zaretsky broke the six-player streak.
Playing in her home state of California, sophomore Libby Fleming She shot an opening round of 74 (+2) to find herself in the 20th (tied for 18th) heading into tomorrow’s second round.
Defending national champion and consensus No. 1 Stanford shares the 18-hole lead with No. 11 Texas A&M. The Cardinal and Agios scored a team score of 358 (-2 overall).
Big 12 foe No. 15 Oklahoma State is tied for third after shooting a six-over team 366, while No. 22 Arkansas is five shots behind at +11 overall (371). Mississippi State remains in sixth place, while the Red Raiders are three shots behind (+20), Oklahoma (+24) and Vanderbilt (+32) around the eight team field.
Texas A&M’s Jenny Park shot the best round of the day (66) and sits at -6 overall. Stanford’s Rose Zhang is two shots back after shooting an opening-round 68.
Texas Tech Results:
Gala Dumez:-2, T5
Libby Fleming : +2, T18
Cecilia Nielsen: +4, T24
Shannon Tan: +6, T30
Lauren Zaretsky, +7, T33
Chiara Hoarder+9, T42
Checking in with Jojo (HC) Jojo Robertson)::
“I can’t think of a better place to start our season. We didn’t have a good day today but we’re looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow. Gala’s round today was really strong. The conditions were tough and she handled it really well. Well done.”
Next:
The Red Raiders return to the Link tomorrow for the second round of the Carmel Cup. Libby Fleming It starts at 8:58 p.m. (CT) for Tech.
