KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Ella Kraft shot a 4-under par round of 68 and is tied for third place following the first round of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational on Monday at Kapolei Golf Course. Kraft's score was the best for the Sacramento State women's golf team during the round and helped the Hornets to a tie for sixth place at 1-under par.
 
Kraft started her round with a par on the seventh hole and recorded her only bogey of the day on the par-3 eighth. Once on the back nine, the junior posted birdies on five holes (Nos. 10, 13, 14, 15 and 18) to get to 4-under. She held that score for the remainder of the round, ending her day with six consecutive pars. Kraft's score was 1-stroke off her career low which also came in Hawaii at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational last spring. She is currently in a three-way tie for third place, four shots behind Colorado State's Lacey Uchida and two back of Nevada's Nikki Chindavong.
 
Caitlin Maurice added an even-par round of 72 and is tied for 20^th place. Maurice was never more than 1-under or 1-over during her round. She traded bogeys and birdies over her first four holes and then moved to 1-under with a birdie on the par-4 15^th. A bogey on No. 18 was later followed by a birdie on the par-4 second and a bogey on the par-4 third. She moved back to 1-over after a bogey on No. 6 but dropped back to even with a birdie on the par-5 seventh.
 
Freshman Tova Hatton matched Maurice's score but is playing as an individual and does not count toward the team total. Hatton opened the round on the 18^th hole and parred 15 holes in a row. A bogey on the par-4 15^th made her 1-over before she birdied the par-5 17^th.
 
Darla May Dela Torre and Sneha Sharan completed the team score with rounds of 73 and 74, respectively. Dela Torre was 1-under through her first 11 holes with a pair of birdies and a bogey. However, she had five pars and two bogeys over her final seven holes. Sharan was 3-under through 14 holes with the help of four birdies and just one bogey. She ended her round with bogeys on Nos. 3 and 5 and a double bogey on No. 6.
 
Florencia Dufey was 5-over in the round (75) and is tied for 67^th place. Dufey had two birdies, three bogeys and a pair of double bogeys. Ashley Koga had a round of 81 as an individual. Koga had a birdies, eight bogeys and a double bogey.
 
The second round will start at 12 p.m. on Tuesday where the Hornets will be paired with Gonzaga and Grand Canyon.
 
Rainbow Wahine Invitational
Kapolei, Hawaii | Kapolei GC
Par 72 | 6,249 Yards
 
Team Standings
1. Colorado State 276
2. UC Irvine 294
T3. Osaka Gakuin 296
T3. Austin Peay 286
T3. Nevada 286
T6. Sacramento State 287
T6. Kansas State 287
T6. Gonzaga 287
T9. Santa Clara 291
T9. Grand Canyon 291
T11. North Dakota State 295
T11. Hawaii 295
13. Eastern Michigan 300
14. Wyoming 305
15. Utah Tech
 
Individual Top Five
1. Lacey Uchida, CSU, 64
2. Nikki Chindavong, NEV, 66
T3. Ella Kraft, SAC, 68
T3. Chaewon Baek, GON, 68
T3. Jillian Breedlove, AP, 68
 
Sacramento State Scores
T3. Ella Kraft 68
T20. Caitlin Maurice 72
T20. Tova Hatton 72*
T29. Darla May Dela Torre 73
T45. Sneha Sharan 74
T67. Florencia Dufey 77
86. Ashley Koga 86*