NIC men 21st after first day

North Idaho College sophomore Kris Brett carded a four-over par 76 as the Cardinals finished the opening round of the NJCAA men's tournament in 21st place at the Odessa (Texas) Country Club Links Course on Tuesday.

"We got out to a great start after six holes," NIC coach Derrick Thompson said. "Then we hit a lull in the middle of the round after the wind picked up on the toughest part of the course. We finished pretty decently, but we definitely didn't play our best round."

The course also hasn't seen any measurable rain since last July, according to Thompson.

"It was playing really, really dry," Thompson added. "The course was playing fast and between the 20 to 30 mile per hour wind gusts, it made the yardage seem much longer."

McLennan and Central Alabama are tied for the lead with a 286. NIC shot 316.

"Most of the other teams are at 300 or above," Thompson said. "We're in 21st, but only by a handful of shots. We still haven't peaked yet. I think everyone on the team is motivated to play well tomorrow."

At Odessa Country Club

Links Course

Par 72

7,388 yards

TEAM SCORES - 1 (tie), McLennan, Central Alabama 286. 3, Indian Hills 287. 4, Brevard 293. 5 (tie), Scottsdale, Hutchinson 294. 7, Meridian 295. 8, Midland 296. 9, Odessa College 297. 10 (tie), Iowa Western, New Mexico 298. 12 (tie), Darton, Ranger, Pima, 301. 15, Dodge City, Wallace State-Hanceville 302. 17, Cape Fear 303. 18 (tie), Eastern Arizona, Faulkner State 309. 20, Trinidad State 314. 21, North Idaho 316. 22, Western Texas 318. 23, Kansas City 322.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS - 1, Paul Harris, Central Alabama, 68. 2, Nathan Anderson, McLennan, 69. 3 (tie), Jacob Allen, Scottsdale, Jon Paul Blampied, Indian Hills, John Dukes, Ranger, Ryley Haas, Hutchinson, 70. 7 (tie), William Anderson, Brevard, Chris Bell, Odessa, Tyler Erwin, Iowa Western, Jeff Hegeman, McLennan, Willy Hogan, New Mexico, Deane Rikard, Wallace State, Joe Sakulpolphaisen, Darton, Sam Schulte, Hutchinson, 71.

NORTH IDAHO - Kris Brett 76, Ben Johnson 80, Jeremy Jensen 80, Eli Bowen 80, Jake Erickson 83.

NIC slips to 12th

North Idaho College shot a second-day 389 to slip into 12th place at the NJCAA women's golf tournament at LPGA International Golf Club in Daytona Beach, Fla.

"Luckily for us, nobody really ran away with it today," NIC assistant coach Randy Boswell said. "We were getting off the tee a lot better today, but the wind grabbed the ball a little bit."

Freshman Rachel Westby shot a second-round 94 and sophomore Emily Thorud a 95 to lead NIC.

"We lost some strokes on the water hazards also," Boswell said. "We're not down and out yet and we hope the best golf is ahead of us."

at LPGA International Golf Club

Par 72

6,139 yards

TEAM SCORES - 1, Daytona State 295-302-597. 2, Redlands 305-311-616. 3, McLennan 333-329-662. 4, Seminole State, Fla. 329-334-663. 5, Rend Lake 345-341-686. 6, Texarkana 354-333-687. 7, Coastal Georgia 347-359-706. 8, Tyler 366-259-725. 9, Mesa 369-360-729. 10, Columbus State 375-386-761. 11, John A. Logan 392-370-762. 12, North Idaho 375-389-764. 13, South Mountain 384-384-768. 14, Iowa Western 391-383-774. 15, Seminole State CC 404-402-806. 16, Scottsdale 420-401-821. 17, Bismarck State 422-428-850. 18, Barton County 421-432-853.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS - 1, Amy West, Daytona State, 68-74-142. 2, Mitsuki Katahira, Daytona State, 74-73-147. 3 (tie), Ericka Schneider, Daytona State, 72-76-148, Jessica Schiele, Redlands, 71-77-148. 5, Elcin Ulu, Redlands, 76-74-150. 6, Elia Folch Sola, Seminole State (Fla.), 77-77-154. 7, Kelsey Chugg, Redlands, 79-78-157. 8, Jessica Pigati, Rend Lake, 80-78-158. 9 (tie), Maria Palacios, West Texas, 79-80-159, Kaylee Random, Daytona State, 75-84-159.

NORTH IDAHO - Rachel Westby 86-94-180, Natalia Arlint 93-100-193, Emily Thorud 101-95-196, Makena Schevenius 95-103-198, Kayla Lloyd 103-100-203.