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March 8, 2010

BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- Freshman Desiree Dubreuil carded an even-par 72 in the opening round of the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational and leads the Texas Women's Golf team on the individual leaderboard in a tie for 16th place. As a team, the Longhorns recorded a first-round score of 13-over 301 and are in 14th place.

Dubreuil's scorecard included a birdie on her opening hole of the par-72, 6,246-yard Boulder Creek Golf Club. She played at 1-under through her first 17 holes before making a long bogey on the par-3, 142-yard 17th hole to finish the round at even par.

Freshman Haley Stephens is tied for 43rd place at 3-over 75, and freshman Katelyn Sepmoree is one stroke back and tied for 49th place with a 4-over 76. Freshman Madison Pressel is knotted at 66th place after an up-and-down round that included two birdies, four bogeys and two doubles for a 6-over 78. Sophomore Nicole Vandermade rounded out the UT squad with an 8-over 80 and is tied for 81st.

Host UNLV leads the 18-team field by four strokes with a 7-under 281 to open the first of three rounds of play. Idaho is in second place at 3-under 285, while Ball State and Missouri are tied for third at 1-over 289.

Idaho's Kayla Mortellaro fired an opening round 7-under 65 to take the individual lead. Texas State's Valdis Jonsdottier is in second place with a 5-under 67, and UNLV's Therese Koelbaek is in third at 4-under 68.

Texas will resume competition in its third event of the spring season Tuesday morning when it tees off with New Mexico State and Campbell 10:18 a.m. Central on the 10th tee. Live scoring is available online at www.GolfStat.com.

UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational Results (Top Five Teams) - Round One
1. UNLV, 281 (-7)
2. Idaho, 285 (-3)
T3. Ball State, 289 (+1)
T3. Missouri, 289 (+1)
5. Texas Tech, 292 (+4)

Top Five Individuals
1. Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho - 65 (-7)
2. Valdis Jonsdottir, Texas State - 67 (-5)
3. Therese Koelbaek, UNLV - 68 (-4)
T4. Kristtini Cain, Ball State - 69 (-3)
T4. Amanda Jacobs, Idaho - 69 (-3)
T4. Kristen Schelling, UNLV - 69 (-3)
T4. Britney Yada, Portland State - 69 (-3)

Texas Players
T16. Desiree Dubreuil, 72 (E)
T43. Haley Stephens, 75 (+3)
T46. Katelyn Sepmoree, 76 (+4)
T66. Madison Pressel, 78 (+6)
T81. Nicole Vandermade, 80 (+8)

POST-ROUND QUOTES
Head Coach Martha Richards
On the team’s overall performance: I think today is both disappointing and frustrating. We’ve had good weather to prepare and we worked hard at home in practices, but we’re not getting it done. We have got to find a way to get better. You can only say you’re young for so long, and we’re past that. The time has come for us to find a way to shoot lower numbers. We need to grow up and choose the direction we’re going to go in. I believe in this group, but it’s time for us to start playing like we’re capable of.

On the play of freshman Desiree Dubreuil: Desiree had a good, steady round of golf. She has a lot of fight in her, and she saved some pars with some good up-ands downs. She was our rock today, our one steady constant.

On what she expects to see in tomorrow’s round: I’ve asked the team to show us what we’re made of tomorrow. We’ve talked the talk long enough, but it’s time to walk the walk and let our sticks do the talking.