MOBILE, Ala. – Led by a pair of 1-over 73s from Heidrun Hlynsdottir and Madigan Murray, the UT Arlington women's golf team improved its 2nd-round score by four shots from the opening round, but resides in 16th place after day two of three at the season-beginning University of South Alabama Intercollegiate from the Robert Trent Jones Trail at Magnolia Grove Crossings Course.
 
Murray is UTA's low member through 36 holes at +4 (T-34), while Iceland native Hlynsdottir is right behind at +5 (T-41). Sam Houston fired a blistering 14-under 274 in the 2nd round to take the lead by nine shots over Middle Tennessee entering Monday's final round.
 
The other three Mavericks in the team lineup on Sunday posted rounds of 77 (Romina Gonzalez), 80 (Kinsey Ray) and 83 (Janane Tan) – one day after all five of UTA's rounds were in the 70s in the 1st round. Despite that, the Mavs posted a 307 on Saturday versus the 303 on Sunday.

• One day after opening her UTA tenure with 12-straight pars in the 1st round, Coastal Carolina transfer Hlynsdottir carded 17 pars in the 2nd round, with her lone hiccup being a bogey on the par-5 13th – her fourth hole of the day.
• Murray bogeyed two of her first three holes, but rattled off 10-consecutive pars before rolling in back-to-back birdies on the par-4 5th and par-5 6th to get back to even before closing with a bogey on the 9th.
• Gonzalez led UTA with four birdies in the 2nd round – three of which came in a four-hole stretch from 13-16 to erase a +3 start after two holes. However, a pair of doubles and other bogeys were too much to overcome.
• Ray recorded nothing higher than a bogey on her card and converted a birdie on the short par-5 16th.
• Tan was undone by an unfortunate stretch of seven-straight bogeys from holes 17-5. She also birdied the 16th – one of three UTA players to do so on Sunday.

THIS AND THAT
Hlynsdottir's 31 pars through two rounds are tied for the most in the field of 96 … Murray has 27 pars, tied for the 6th-most … scoring was nearly a shot easier in the 2nd round (74.13) compared with the 1st round (75.02) on the par-72, 6,002-yard layout.
 
FINAL ROUND TEE TIMES MONDAY (#10 TEE)
8:09 AM – Janane Tan
8:18 AM – Kinsey Ray
8:27 AM – Romina Gonzalez
8:36 AM – Heidrun Hlynsdottir
8:45 AM – Madigan Murray
 
Hole-by-hole live scoring will once again be available via Golfstat.
 
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ABOUT TEXAS RANGERS GOLF CLUB
Opened in February of 2019, the state-of-the-art Texas Rangers Golf Club is the new home of UTA's men's and women's golf programs. The world's only Major League Baseball-branded golf course, TRGC is the result of a $24 million renovation and updated routing of the former Chester W. Ditto Golf Course.
 
The Home of UTA Golf was designed by UTA alumni John Colligan and Trey Kemp of Arlington-based Colligan Golf Design. It features an expansive 23-acre practice area, and a new 33,871-square-foot clubhouse – which opened in March of 2021 – will feature a full-service restaurant and bar, covered patio overlooking the golf course, pro shop, locker rooms and numerous rental and event spaces. For more information about TRGC, click here.