Stephanie Kim broke NAU's single-round record with a four-under par 68 on Monday. She's tied for the lead after two rounds at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic at Ocotillo Golf Course in Chandler.
"I was not expecting the school record," Kim said in a media release. "I tried to play the round one shot at a time and I felt ready for the round going into it."
Kim shot the 68 in the first round and a two-over-par 74 in the second round. She is tied with Montana's Lauren Howell at two-under-par 142 heading into the final round today.
The previous record of 69, which was held by four different golfers, was set by Lauren Gray in 2001 and was tied in 2008 by Sophia Choi. Last year, Bethany Leclair tied it and junior Alexa Kim recorded the score at the Grand Canyon Invitational in the fall.
NAU is in fourth place in the 23-team field and trails leader Texas El-Paso by nine strokes.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Utah State 4, NAU 3
The Lumberjack women's tennis team lost its first Big Sky Conference contest and broke its five-match winning streak, losing to Utah State 4-3.
The loss also broke NAU five-match doubles winning streak as the Jacks fall to 10-4 overall and 5-1 in the Big Sky. It was the team's first loss since February 26.
Freshman Malia Wahinepio won the No. 4 singles match (6-3, 6-3) while No. 5 Nicole Perez (6-1, 6-1) and No. 6 Yumi Hasegawa each won their 10th-consecutive singles match.
NAU plays at Washington State on Friday.
MEN'S TENNIS
NAU 5, Idaho State 2
The NAU men's tennis team ended its four-match losing streak after beating Idaho State 5-2 on Sunday. The Lumberjacks swept the doubles and won four singles matches to improve to 9-8 overall and 4-2 in the Big Sky.
Idaho State, which ended a 25-match losing steak on Saturday, fell to 1-7 and 1-4.
In singles play, freshman Hugo Ramadier won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 while junior David Flodberg won the No. 5 match 6-2, 6-1 for the Jacks. No. 6 Kevin Taylor clinched the win for NAU with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory.
No. 1 Andrew Reiff ended the match with a hard-fought win (3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-3) against the Bengals' Javier Royo.
The Jacks will play four matches in five days starting this Friday at Gonzaga to conclude their season.
