NCAA San Antonio Regional Day One Results

THE RUNDOWN
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Baylor women's golf finished Thursday's first round of play in third place at the NCAA San Antonio Regional at the Briggs Ranch GC. BU shot 8-under-par 280 in the first of three rounds, giving the Bears an eight-stroke advantage over the six-team cut to make the NCAA Championships.

Baylor's 280 was the lowest postseason round in program history. The previous record of 286 was set in 2012 at the NCAA West Regional. The Lady Bears are just four strokes behind first-place Tennessee (12, 276) and two strokes behind the second-place UCLA (-10, 278). Washington (-7, 281) and Texas A&M (-7, 281) are tied for fourth, while Texas (-1, 287) is in sixth place. The top six teams in the 18-team regional will advance to the NCAA Championships.

Senior Hayley Davis is tied for first place after shooting 5-under 67, and freshman Dylan Kim is tied for seventh place after shooting 3-under 69. Freshman Giovana Maymon shot 1-under 71 and is tied for 24th place, while junior Laura Lonardi is tied for 39th place after a 1-over 73. Freshman Lauren Whyte shot 3-over 75 to sit in a tie for 56th place.

HIGHLIGHTS
? BU posted the second-best averages in par 3 scoring and par 4 scoring at 1-under 2.95 and 1-under 3.98, respectively.
? Davis was at even-par through the first 11 holes before shooting 5-under over the final seven holes.
? Davis led the individual field in par-4 scoring average at 3-under 3.70.
? Davis' 67 tied the second-lowest postseason round in program history. She now has six of Baylor's eight all-time postseason rounds below 70.
? Baylor had 20 birdies in Thursday's opening round, tied for third-most in the field.
? Davis, Lonardi and Maymon had four birdies apiece in the first round, while Kim had a team-high five birdies and Whyte carded three birdies.
? As a team, BU shot 4-under on No. 7 and No. 14.

STAT OF THE DAY
5 - The number eagles made by the 96-player field in Thursday's first round, one of which was Davis on No. 13.

TOP QUOTE
"Today went well," head coach Jay Goble said. "If you shoot under par it's a solid round and solid day. Our message this week is very similar to what it's been all semester - we're not going to pay attention to anything but playing our game and controlling what we can control. We have one day in the books, but we have more golf to play. We had a good day and we need to get ready for tomorrow. The team is at a good place at Briggs Ranch. The girls feel comfortable here and know the course well."

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor plays the second round of the NCAA San Antonio Regional on Friday. BU players will begin from the first tee with Whyte up first at 9:09 a.m. CT. She will be followed in nine-minute intervals by Lonardi, Maymon, Kim and Davis, respectively. Live scoring can be found at www.golfstat.com.