Sept. 8, 2014

Team Results | Individual Results

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Missouri State women's golf team opened the 2014-15 season at the Chip-N Club Invitational in sixth place after 36 holes Monday.

The Bears shot a 43-over-par 619 led by senior Estefania Acosta's two-round total of 153.

Ohio State is atop the leaderboard through the first two rounds with a 19-over-par 595. Wichita State (plus-24, 600) is second, followed by Missouri (plus-26, 602). North Dakota State and host Nebraska (plus-30, 606) are tied for fourth in the 10-team field. Samantha Stewart of Wichita is the individual leader at even with a two-shot advantage after a one-under first round and one-over second.

"We were very disappointed in the first round, but happy with the way we were able to bounce back in the afternoon," MSU coach Kevin Kane said. "We need to be ready to play right away. It was a mixed bag - some good rounds, but we're also too experienced to be shooting scores in the 80s."

An Ibague, Colombia, native, Acosta is tied for 19th overall after a second-round 76 at the 6,251-yard Wilderness Ridge Golf Course.

Freshman Stine Pettersen fired Missouri State's best round of the day, an even-par 72, to finish in a tie for 24th place after the first day of action. A native of Moss, Norway, Pettersen recorded two birdies and an eighth-hole eagle in the round. She opened the day with an 83 for a 155 total.

Senior Chiara Citterio and Acosta tied for the Bears' best first-round scores of the day, each shooting 77. Citterio finished with an 80 for 157 to tie for 31st place.

Junior Megan Furnish shot a career-best one-over-par 73 in her second round of the day. A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, product, Furnish posted birdies on the eighth, 14th and 16th holes. She shot an 81 in the first round and sits in a tie for 22nd place at 154.

Junior Ariel Tidwell is tied for 54th after an 83-82-165 finish.

The tournament concludes Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

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