SPOKANE, Wash. — Freshman Emilia Schneider shot rounds of 69 and 73 and is tied for the lead after the first two rounds of the Kalispel Invitational on Monday at Kalispel GCC. The Hornets are tied for sixth place heading into the final round on Tuesday.
 
Schneider birdied her final five holes of the morning round to finish at 3-under. She opened plan on the fourth hole and was even until a bogey on the par-3 ninth. Schneider returned to even with a birdie on the par-5 12^th. Bogeys on Nos. 13 and 14 took her to 2-over where she remained until a birdie on the par-3 17^th started her comeback. She went on to birdie the par-4 18^th, first and second as well as the par-5 third to get to 3-under.
 
Schneider was 3-over through four holes of the second round before playing the next 14 holes at 2-under. She birdied the par-5 12^th and par-4 14^th, bogeyed the par-4 15^th and added her final birdie on No. 18. Her total of 142 ties her with Fresno State's Ariya Soldwisch for first place. The pair are one-shot ahead of pair of golfers who are tied for third and four others who are even and tied for fifth.
 
Jocelyn Tseng is tied for ninth overall while competing as an individual. Tseng was 2-over in the first round and followed with a 1-under par 71 in the afternoon. She was 3-over through four holes in the morning but had two birdies and one bogey over her next 14 holes. In the second round, she birdied her second hole and then ran off 11 straight pars. Birdies on the par-3 11^th and par-5 12^th took her to 3-under but she had a double-bogey on the par-4 14^th.
 
Tova Hatton had rounds of 75-71-146 and is tied for 12^th place. Hatton was 4-over but ended her first round with a birdie on the par-5 third. She started the second round with three-straight bogeys but those proved to be her only ones of the round. Hatton birdied the par-3 seventh, the par-5 10^th and 12^th and closed with a birdie on the par-5 third.
 
The team also counted rounds from Sophia Lee (73-80) and Darla May Dela Torre (78-76) towards its total.
 
Boise State holds a 12-stroke lead in the team standings. The Broncos shot 293-283-575 as a team and are trailed by Fresno State (587) and Grand Canyon (590) in the top three. Sacramento State finished at 18-over (594).
 
The third round will have a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The Hornets will be paired with Gonzaga, San Francisco and Utah Tech beginning on holes Nos. 5-9.
 
 
 
KALISPEL INVITATIONAL
Spokane, Wash. | Kalispel GCC
Par 72 | 6,037 Yards
 
Team Stadings
1. Boise State 292-283-575
2. Fresno State 300-287-587
3. Grand Canyon 298-292-590
4. Murray State 302-290-592
5. Sacramento State 295-299-594
6. Gonzaga 308-287-595
T7. San Francisco 303-295-598
T7. Utah Tech 299-299-598
T9. Cal State Bakersfield 302-297-599
T9. Utah Valley 294-305-599
11. Idaho 302-300-602
12. Eastern Washington 301-312-613
13. Portland State 313-308-621
14. UC Riverside 321-303-624
 
Individual Top Five
T1. Emilia Schneider, SAC, 69-73-142
T1. Ariya Soldwisch, FS, 73-69-142
T3. Sahya Kitabatake, CSUB, 71-72-143
T3. Leia Chung, BSU, 73-70-143
T5. Mella Gustavson, USF, 72-72-144
T5. Teal Matsueda, BSU, 72-72-144
T5. Chloe Jang, BSU, 73-71-144
T5. Samantha Phelan, UT, 73-71-144
 
Sacramento State Scores
T1. Emilia Schneider 69-73-142
T9. Jocelyn Tseng 74-71-145
T12. Tova Hatton 75-71-146
T49. Sophia Lee 73-80-153
T53. Darla May Dela Torre 78-76-154
T62. Florencia Dufey 79-77-156
T71. Ashley Koga 80-81-161