SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sneha Sharan, Caitlin Maurice and Ashley Koga are each in the top six and the Sacramento State women's golf team is tied for first place after the first two rounds of the Causeway Invitational on Monday at Del Paso CC. The Hornets finished the first day at 14-under par and are tied with Oregon State for the lead.
 
Sacramento State sat in second place following the first round as the Hornets were 3-under par as a team. Sharan was 4-under and found herself in second place in the individual standings. Sharan was never over par during her opening round as she posted six birdies and two bogeys. After starting on No. 8 with a pair of pars, she played the back nine at 3-under with birdies on Nos. 9, 13, 16 and 18 and a bogey on No. 11. Sharan opened the front nine with three pars and then dropped to 5-under after birdies on the par-5 fourth and par-4 sixth before ending with a bogey on the par-4 seventh.
 
Maurice was 3-under in the morning round to also land among the top 10 players in the field. Maurice was bogey free with birdies on the par-3 14^th and fifth and the par-4 eighth.
 
The team total was completed by freshmen Tova Hatton (73) and Darla May Dela Torre (75). Hatton was 3-under through 10 holes before playing her final eighth holes at 4-over. Dela Torre had three birdies and six bogeys.
 
Ashley Koga, who was playing as an individual, was also under par in the first round. Koga started on No. 16 and moved to 2-under with birdies on the par-4 third and par-5 fourth. She returned to even after bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8 but finished her round with birdies on the par-4 ninth and par-5 13^th along with five pars.  
 
The Hornets were an amazing 11-under during the second round to tie for the second-lowest round in program history. The mark was one stroke off the record of 276 which came at the Evie Odom Invitational on Oct. 21, 2021 and matched the score from the 2021 Causeway Invitational.
 
Sharan and Maurice were each 4-under during the second round and sit in second and third place, respectively. Both players finished the round with four birdies without a bogey. Sharan was 8-under for the day and is five strokes back of Oregon State's Kyra Ly who shot 65-66-133. Maurice had sole possession of third place at 69-69-137.
 
Hatton and Ella Kraft were also under par in the second round to complete the team's total. Hatton's round was highlighted by an eagle on the 487-yard, par-513^th hole. She also had four birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey and is in eighth place.
 
Kraft posted a 1-under par round of 71 with three birdies and two bogeys.
 
Koga had a steady second round with one birdie and one bogey to accompany 16 pars. She is tied for sixth place overall.
 
CAUSEWAY INVITATIONAL
Sacramento, Calif. | Del Paso CC
Par 72 | 6,086 Yards
 
Team Standings
T1. Sacramento State 285-277-562
T1. Oregon State 278-284
3. UC Davis 288-288-576
4. Colorado 290-287-577
T5. Cal Poly 290-296-586
T5. San Francisco 294-292-586
7. Nevada 295-292-587
8. Seattle U 301-287-588
9. BYU 298-300-589
T10. Fresno State 297-301-598
T10. San Diego State 305-293-598
12. Gonzaga 310-299-609
 
Individual Top Five
1. Kyra Ly, OSU, 65-66-131
2. Sneha Sharan 68-68-136
3. Caitlin Maurice 69-68-137
T4. Lauren Calderon 70-70-140
T4. Katelyn Lehigh 70-70-140
 
Sacramento State Scores
2. Sneha Sharan 68-68-136
3. Caitlin Maurice 69-68-137
T6. Ashley Koga 70-72-142
T8. Tova Hatton 73-70-143
T32. Ella Kraft 76-71-147
T50. Florencia Dufey 77-74-151
T60. Darla May Dela Torre 75-80-155