Oregon golfers sit in 11th
After shooting a career-low 73 in the first round of the Spartan Invitational on Monday, freshman Johnna Nealy continues to lead Oregon with a 73-76-149 after the second day at the 5,938-yard, par-72 Corral de Tierra Country Club in Salinas, Calif.
Nealy stands tied for 21st while senior Kathy Cho shot 75-77-152 to tie for 31st. Freshman Jess Carlyon improved her first round score of 84 by eight strokes to close out the second round tied for 55th (84-76-160).
Oregon moved up one place to 11th out of 16 teams after carding a 308-310-618 composite.
California maintained a one shot lead over New Mexico State by shooting 300 for a two-day total of 589 to lead the 21st Annual Spartan Invitational. Washington shot 3-under and captured the second day low round of 285. The Huskies and Pepperdine stand tied for third place.
The final round tees off at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
— from staff and wire reports
North Dakota falls to SDSU
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (U-WIRE) — As they have all year, the North Dakota men’s basketball team struggled on the road, losing to South Dakota State in the Wells Fargo North Central Conference Finals on SDSU’s home court.
North Dakota looked strong the previous night in a 68-53 route of Nebraska-Omaha, which advanced them into Saturday’s game with the Jackrabbits.
The team trailed by as many as 12 points on two different occasions during the first half, before the they went on an 8-0 run sparked by a Jerome Beasley dunk. However, Omaha remained consistent and held a five-point 29-24 lead entering halftime.
— Matt Schill (U. North Dakota)