Borrelli Tied For Fourth Through 27 Holes
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – The Cal women’s golf team started its 2023 spring season at the Collegiate Invitational on Sunday and had three Bears post top-20 scores following the first 27 holes.
“I think we did a lot of good things that we can build on,” Cal head coach Nancy McDaniel said. “We as a team see a lot of opportunity out there. The last nine that we played, our scores went up a little bit and that’s just from staying mentally sharp.”
Graduate Annika Borrelli led the way in round one carding a 4-under 68, two strokes ahead of any other golfer in competition. She is currently tied for fourth overall at an even-par 108 at the midway point of round two.
“It doesn’t surprise me because she’s been working so hard and diligently over the break and she’s just put in some really good habits,” McDaniel said. “She’s really solid mentally and physically and that’s what you need out there.”
Joining Borrelli in the top-20 after day one are senior Tzu-Yi Chang and junior Cristina Ochoa. Chang had a top-10 first round of 1-over 73 and now sits tied for 15th at 3-over 111. Ochoa is in a seven-way tie for 20th after shooting 5-over 113 for the day.
Out of a 12-team field that includes three top-13 programs, Cal had the third-best score after round one shooting 6-over as a team. The Bears are currently in fifth-place at 15-over par.
“All the teams haven’t played for a while and we’re all coming back trying to figure out how to play 27 holes in one day, so I think fatigue got the better of a lot of teams,” said McDaniel. “We’ll try to get some really good sleep, come out and be aware of what we did on certain holes the day before and make the necessary adjustments with trusting our swings.”
Cal will tee off at 8:24 a.m. PT on Monday with 27 more holes to play.
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