Kristinsdottir Tied For The Lead After Day One Of Mason Rudolph Challenge
The Demon Deacons are in 9th place after a round of 303
Olafia Kristinsdottir
Olafia Kristinsdottir

Sept. 21, 2012

By Gary Petit (@GaryWFU), Wake Forest Athletic Communications

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Wake Forest junior Olafia Kristinsdottir fired a 1-under 71 and is in a three-way tie for the lead after the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Challenge.

As a team, the Demon Deacons carded a round of 303 and are in 9th place in the 15-team field.

Kristinsdottir got off to a great start with a birdie at the opening hole. She then closed the front nine with three-straight birdies and made the turn with a two-shot lead at 3-under par. Bogeys at Nos. 11 and 13 dropped her back to 1-under and that's where she finished after five-straight pars. She is tied with Briana Mao from Virginia and Caroline Powers of Michigan State. This is the second time that Kristinsdottir has shot a 71 at the Mason Rudolph as she was also 1-under in the second round in 2010.

Sophomore Marissa Dodd played a solid round on Friday and finished with a 3-over 75. She made a double-bogey at her second hole but then played just 1-over the rest of the way. Freshman Mariana Sims had a similar round as she was 5-over through her first seven holes and finished the day with a 6-over 78. Dodd is in a tie for 18th and Sims is in a tie for 48th.

Sophomore Allison Emrey made seven bogeys and carded an opening round 79 while fellow sophomore Emily Wright came in with an 88.

Texas shot the round of the day with a 6-over 294 and leads Arizona by four shots after the first round. Kentucky is third at 11-over and Virginia is fourth at 12-over.

 

 

The Demon Deacon are in the first wave off the front nine Saturday morning beginning at 9 a.m. EST. Wake is paired with Michigan State and Stanford. Golfstat.com will have live scoring of the final two rounds.

Wake Forest     303    +15   9th
O. Kristinsdottir     71    -1   t-1st
Marissa Dodd     75    +3   t-18th
Mariana Sims     78    +6   t-48th
Allison Emrey     79    +7   t-54th
Emily Wright     88    +16   80th
 

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