ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In its first action of the 2023-24 season, the California women's golf team recorded its best round in the last 15 years, carding a 9-under-par 279 in round two to move up to fifth place heading into the final day of the Dick McGuire Invitational at UNM Championship Golf Course.

Despite a slow. rain-affected start, the Golden Bears quickly rebounded with four golfers shooting par or better in round two and three ending the day in the top 20 individually. Junior Kaylyn Noh (+1, 145) led the way with a 5-under 67 in round two – one stroke shy of the 18-hole individual program record – picking up seven birdies to move up 51 spots on the leaderboard over the last 18 holes.

Noh will head into Tuesday's final round in a tie for 20th place with teammates Adora Liu and Rina Tatematsu. Liu also went sub-70 for the first time in a Cal uniform, shooting 3-under 69 in round two with birdies on holes 3, 6, 9, 13 and 16. Tatematsu was consistent in her Bear debut, carding a 1-over 73 in round one and an even-par 72 in the second round.

Also seeing her first action for the Bears was freshman Constance Fouillet (+3, 147), who rounded out Cal's scorers in round two with a 1-under 71.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Pepperdine	-14	292	270		562
2	Arizona St.	-3	295	278		573
3	UNLV	+1	291	286		577
4	Ohio St.	+5	296	285		581
5	California	+6	303	279		582
T6	New Mexico	+9	292	293		585
T6	Kent St.	+9	290	295		585
8	Kansas	+10	302	284		586
9	Iowa St.	+13	297	292		589
T10	SMU	+14	298	292		590
T10	Texas St.	+14	298	292		590
T10	Oregon St.	+14	302	288		590
13	Denver	+17	303	290		593
14	San Diego St.	+23	295	304		599
T15	Boise St.	+25	296	305		601
T15	Northwestern	+25	302	299		601

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
 

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T20	Kaylyn Noh	78 (+6)	67 (-5)		145 (+1)
T20	Adora Liu	76 (+4)	69 (-3)		145 (+1)
T20	Rina Tatematsu	73 (+1)	72 (E)		145 (+1)
T32	Constance Fouillet	76 (+4)	71 (-1)		147 (+3)
T71	Cristina Ochoa	81 (+9)	73 (+1)		154 (+10)

 
ROUND 3 TUESDAY
The Bears will begin the day with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. PT just one stroke behind fourth-place Ohio State. Follow along with live scoring at Golfstat.com.

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