LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Junior Sophia Tejeda carded a one-under 71 to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's golf team on the first day of the Golf Iconic Classic on Monday at NMSU Golf Course. 
 
Tejeda is tied for seventh place and sits four shots off the lead held by Long Beach's Jasmine Leovao, who posted a four-under 67 in the opening round. Tejeda posted two birdies and three bogeys through the first seven holes in her round but answered with seven pars and two birdies to get under par.  

Junior Samantha Garza is tied for 16^th place after the first round after posting a one-over par 73. Garza record 15 pars, one birdie, and two bogeys in her round.
 
Sophomore Maria Jose Ramirez posted a three-over par 74 and sits tied for 30^th after the first round. Junior Mercedes Vega is tied for 70^th with an opening round 81 and senior and Brownsville Veterans alum Julie Lucio is tied for 79^th with a first round 86. 
 
As a team, the Vaqueros are in ninth place after posting a first round 299. UTRGV is one shot back of San Francisco and CSU Bakersfield for seventh place. Pepperdine leads after the first day after posting an opening round 284. 
 
The Vaqueros will be back on the course on Tuesday for the second round of the Golf Iconic Classic with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m.
 
Results

Place	Golfer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
T-7.	Sophia Tejeda	71	-	-	71
T-16.	Samantha Garza	73	-	-	73
T-30.	Maria Jose Ramirez	74	-	-	74
T-70.	Mercedes Vega	81	-	-	81
T-79.	Julie Lucio	86	-	-	86

 

Place	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1.	Pepperdine	284	-	-	284
2.	Long Beach	287	-	-	287
3.	Campbell	290	-	-	290
4.	Oral Roberts	291	-	-	291
5.	Cal Poly	293	-	-	293
6.	New Mexico State	294	-	-	294
T-7.	San Francisco	298	-	-	298
T-7.	CSU Bakersfield	298	-	-	298
9.	UTRGV	299	-	-	299
10.	UTEP	300	-	-	300
11.	Southern Utah	303	-	-	303
12.	South Dakota State	304	-	-	304
13.	UC Riverside	306	-	-	306
T-14.	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	308	-	-	308
T-14.	UT Arlington	308	-	-	308

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