WOLCOTT, Colo. — Tova Hatton shot 71 and Sophia Lee 72 to guide the Sacramento State women's golf team during the opening round of the Golfweek Red Sky Classic on Monday. The Hornets are tied for ninth place out of 20 teams with two rounds remaining.
 
Facing some of the nation's best team and enduring a lengthy weather delay, Sacramento State is just six strokes out of the top five. Hatton is tied for 11^th at 1-under par. The sophomore started on the 10th hole and recorded her first birdie on the par-4 13^th. She added a second birdie on the par-5 18^th to get to 2-under and remained there until a bogey on the par-4 eighth.
 
Lee had a bumpier path to her even-par round of 72. The freshman was 1-under on the back nine with birdies on Nos. 11, 14 and 15 and bogeys on Nos. 13 and 17. Lee started the front side of the course with a bogey before returning to 1-under with a birdie on the par-4 fourth. She had five pars over her final six holes with the exception being a bogey on the par-5 sixth.
 
Darla May Dela Torre added a round of 73 and is tied for 33^rd place. Dela Torre had one birdie and one bogey on the back nine to stand even at the midway point of her round. She bogeyed three of the first holes on the front nine but rallied late with birdies on Nos. 8 and 9.
 
Ella Kraft and Jocelyn Tseng each shot 78 to complete the team total. Kraft had four birdies, six bogeys and a pair of double bogeys in her round. Tseng tallied a birdie, three bogeys and two doubles.
 
LSU owns a two-stroke lead at 14-under. The Tigers were led by Francesca Fiorellini who set the school and course record with a 9-under par round of 63. Fiorellini posted nine birdies without a bogey.
 
USC (12-under), Pepperdine (10-under), Arizona (1-under) and Denver (even) completed the top five in the first round.
 
The Hornets will begin the second round at 9 a.m. PT off the first tee. The team will be paired with Charlotte, Mercer and Northern Arizona in 10-minute increments.
 
GOLFWEEK RED SKY CLASSIC
Wolcott, Colo. | Red Sky GC
Par 72 | 6,376 Yards
 
Team Standings
1. LSU 274
2. USC 276
3. Pepperdine 278
4. Arizona 287
5. Denver 288
6. UC Irvine 291
T7. Boise State 292
T7. Miami 292
T9. SACRAMENTO STATE 294
T9. Charlotte 294
11. Mercer 295
T12. Northern Arizona 297
T12. Campbell 297
14. Kansas 299
15. New Mexico State 300
16. UNC Ashville 305
17. Eastern Michigan 307
18. Little Rock 308
19. East Tennessee State 311
20. Jacksonville State 312
 
Individual Top Five
1. Francesca Liorellini, LSU, 63
2. Kylie Chong, USC, 66
T3. Jeneath Wong, PEP, 67
T3. Jasmine Koo, USC, 67
5. Ryleigh Knaub, LSU, 68
 
Sacramento State Scores
T11. Tova Hatton 71
T22. Sophia Lee 72
T33. Darla May Dela Torre 73
T75. Ella Kraft 78
T75. Jocelyn Tseng 78