NIC's Taylor leads after first day of NWAC golf

TACOMA, Wash. - Hugh Taylor of North Idaho College shot a 4-under-par 66 to grab the first-day lead at the Northwest Athletic Conference men's golf tournament Sunday at Oakbrook Golf Course.

Taylor leads by four shots.

NIC's men are tied for sixth; Walla Walla leads Community Colleges of Spokane by two strokes.

Bellevue leads the women's tournament by 16 strokes over North Idaho College. NIC teams can only compete for individual titles in their first season in the NWAC. Mackenzie Phillips and Jenna Kaik of NIC are tied for eighth after shooting 85.

Both tourneys conclude today.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Walla Walla 290. 2, CC Spokane 292. 3, Olympic 300. 4, Southwestern Oregon 301. 5, Skagit Valley 302. 6 (tie), Bellevue, North Idaho 303. 8, Green River 309. 9, Grays Harbor 317. 10, Columbia Basin 325.

INDIVIDUALS - 1, Hugh Taylor, NIC, 66. 2, Daniel Dolin, Walla Walla, 70. 3 (tie), Zack Spencer, CC Spokane, Montana Frame, Southwestern Oregon, 71. Also: 21 (tie), Michael Porter, NIC, 76. 37 (tie), Adam Power, NIC, 80. 41 (tie), Kenny Dodge, NIC, 81.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Bellevue 243. 2, North Idaho 259. 3, Olympic 262. 4, CC Spokane 263. 5, Southwestern Oregon 264. 6, Centralia 267. 7, Grays Harbor 333.

INDIVIDUALS - 1 (tie), Lindsey Gullikson, Bellevue; Naydeen Martinez, Columbia Basin, 74. 3, Sally Fletcher, Olympic, 79. Also: 8 (tie), Mackenzie Phillips, NIC; Jenna Kaik, NIC, 85. 12 (tie), Elsa Goodsen, NIC, 89. 28 (tie), Bailey Wiedmer, NIC, 102.