Cowgirls open Veritex Bank Collegiate in ninth

Dallas, Texas - The 28^th-ranked Oklahoma State women's golf team finished day one of the Veritex Bank Collegiate in ninth place following a 2-over 290 performance in round two at Trinity Forest Golf Club.

The Cowgirls struggled in the cooler morning temperatures, shooting 19-over collectively, but as the weather heated up, so did the Pokes. All six Cowgirls improved on their first-round totals leading to a 17-shot improvement between rounds one and two (the largest turnaround among the 14-team field). OSU is currently 17 strokes behind the leader Texas Tech heading into Tuesday's final round.

Marta Silchenko and Grace Kilcrease led the Cowgirls, both going 4-over for the day to end in a tie for 16th. Silchenko fired a team-low 2-under 70 in round two, rattling off four birdies in her final 18 holes. Kilcrease went 75-73 on the day while logging the 100th round of her collegiate career.

Freshmen Summer Lee and Tarapath Panya bounced back from their first rounds by firing a 74 (+2) and a 73 (+1), respectively. Lee heads into the final round in a tie for 35^th. Panya earned her first collegiate eagle on her second-to-last hole of the day and sits in a tie for 27^th.

Thitaporn Saithip went 12-over for the day while freshman Lucy Darr, competing as an individual, sits in a tie for 27^th following a second-round score of 73.

The Cowgirls will conclude the Veritex Bank Collegiate tomorrow morning with a final 18 holes beginning with an 8:30 a.m. CT shotgun start.

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Team Leaderboard:
1. Texas Tech (+4) — 290-290
2. Tulsa (+7) — 298-285
3. Houston (+9) — 293-292
4. SMU (+10) — 297-289
5. UCF (+14) — 299-291
6. Tarleton State (+16) — 299-293
7. Boston College (+18) — 299-295
8. Iowa (+19) — 296-299
9. Oklahoma State (+21) — 307-290
10. Yale (+24) — 295-305
11. UT Arlington (+42) — 310-308
12. Incarnate Word (+56) — 318-314
13. East Texas A&M (+60) — 316-320
14. Lamar (+68) — 320-324

Individual Leaderboard:
T16. Grace Kilcrease (+4) — 75-73
T16. Marta Silchenko (+4) — 78-70
T27. Tarapath Panya (+6) — 77-73
*T27. Lucy Darr (+6) — 77-73
T35. Summer Lee (+7) — 77-74
T47. Thitaporn Saithip. (+11) — 80-75
* - Competed as an individual

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