PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Camryn Carreon and Ana Gonzalez are in the top five individuals and the UTSA women's golf team is in third place after the opening day of the Conference USA Championship, which teed off Monday at PGA National Resort's Champion Course (par 72/6,154 yards).
The No. 49 Roadrunners carded a 308 for the first round, only one shot behind second-place Old Dominion (307 and five back of day-one leader Florida Atlantic (303). UTSA is one stroke ahead of FIU (309), three in front of Southern Miss (311) and four better than No. 44 and defending champion North Texas (312) in the 12-team field.
Individually, Carreon and Gonzalez each posted a 3-over-par 75 to pace the Roadrunners on Monday and settle into a tie for fifth place, five shots off the pace of 2-under par set by Florida Atlantic's Letizia Bagnoli.
Carreon, a junior from San Antonio, recorded birdies on the 495-yard, par-5 third hole as well as back-to-back on Nos. 14-15 to headline her opening scorecard.
Gonzalez, a super senior out of Monterrey, Mexico, who won the C-USA individual crown in 2019, birdied three holes — including two straight on Nos. 8-9 — on the front nine and also circled her number on the 355-yard, par-4 14th hole.
Hannah Holzmann posted a trio of birdies en route to a 77, and the senior from San Antonio has a share of 17th place with 36 holes left to play.
Nicole Polivchak provided the other counting score for UTSA with an 81 that featured three birdies, including on her final two holes, putting her in a tie for 36th.
Hunter Nugent rounds out the lineup in a tie for 52nd (86).
The second round is slated for Tuesday and UTSA will be paired with Florida Atlantic and Old Dominion with tee times starting at 7:40 a.m. CT off No. 1.
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