WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND MEN'S FIRSTAND SECOND ROUNDS
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The Montana State University Billings' student-athlete,
Eric Gravbrot, sits in third place after shooting eight-under-par through the first two rounds of the Oredigger Invitational.
Gravbrot opened the tournament with a 72 in the first round and a 64 in the second round. The sophomore sits three shots out of first place with one day remaining in the invitational hosted by Colorado School of Mines. Gravbrot made one eagle and 12 birdies Monday. Colorado Christian's Nathaniel Goddard leads the 56-golfer field with a 133 total.
The Yellowjacket men are in fifth place out of 10 teams, and shot a 567 in the first two rounds.
Brad Harrelson is in 13th place and two-under-par.
Gage Huft is two-over with a 144 in 24th place.
Marcus Drange and
Wyatt Nielson are in 26th and 42nd place. MSUB shot a 287 in the first round and improved by seven strokes in the second round.
Fort Lewis College (Colo.) leads the men's teams with a 557, just 10 strokes ahead of Montana State Billings. Fort Lewis' Charlie Laudermilk shot a 67 in both of the first two rounds and sits in second place in the individual standings. FLC's top three finishers are all under par.
On the women's side in the Regis Invitational, Montana State Billings sits in third place as a team. The Yellowjackets' top four finishers all shot eight-over-par, each finishing with an 80 through the first round.
Cayley Fish,
Katie Fish,
Capri Ingram, and
Mariah Cleveland are all tied in 15th place.
“The girls played very well today,” MSUB women's and men's golf head coach Shawn O'Brien said. “We hit the ball very consistent along with everyone scoring the same. The good thing about our team right now is anyone of our girls can lead us. We are excited for tomorrow.”
Colorado State-Pueblo leads the women's team standings after shooting 16-over in the first round. CSU-Pueblo placed three golfers inside the top 10, including Leina Kim's third place 74. Western New Mexico's Haley Raymond and Regis' Nicole Hulbert lead the 48-golfer field.
The Yellowjackets look to make a surge up the leaderboards Tuesday, the final day of the tournament. Both teams tee off in the morning.
