Women's Golf | 2/17/2025 11:06:00 PM
MT. PLEASANT, SC – North Carolina A&T women's golf is back.
The Aggies returned to action after the semester break on Monday for the first round of the Rivertowne Invitational hosted by Charleston Southern at the par 72, 5,832-yard golf course at the Rivertowne Country Club.
Most teams did not finish their second round due to running out of daylight. However, the Aggies did complete both rounds on Monday. They are in 12th place even though Round 2 is not complete. The Aggies shot a two-round 55-over 631. They had a stronger second round, shooting a 23-over 311.
Elon and High Point University (HPU) have the tournament lead at 19-over, with both schools playing 17 holes before officials suspended action. Marshall and Cincinnati are three shots off the lead, but they did not complete the second round either.
Junior Ekaterina Prokhorova led the way for A&T. Prokhorova shot a two-round 6-over 150 and sits in a tie for 16th place, seven shots off leader Ella Perna of HPU who shot a 1-under 143. Junior Ana Rodriguez is in a six-way tie for 48th by shooting a two-round 13-over 157.
In the first round, Prokhorova had six straight pars on the front nine before a bogey on No. 7. After another par on No. 8, Prokhorova carded a birdie on the 463-yard par 5 ninth to move to even par. Her back nine included four bogeys, but she did birdie the 140-yard par 3 17th to post a first-round 75. Prokhorova added two birdies to her second-round card.
She scored on the 309-yard par 4 seventh with a birdie. Prokhorova had two double bogeys on the back nine in the second round but did counter those holes with a birdie on the 350-yard par 4 15th.
Rodriguez had two birdies during her first round. She birdied No. 9 before posting a four on the par 5, 459-yard 16th. She carded one birdie during the second round with a three on the 277-yard sixth. Juniors Polina Marina and Tori Mouton also participated on Monday.
Marina shot a 15-over 159 with one birdie over her two-round effort. Mouton shot a two-round 21-over 165. The Aggies will complete play in the Rivertowne Invitational on Tuesday.
