HELENA, Mont. – Lewis-Clark State College junior Juanita Villa fired a 1-under-par 143 on Monday to stand as the individual leader after two rounds of the Carroll Invitational golf tournament.

The 54-hole tournament, which serves as one of five Frontier Conference tournaments, wraps up with the final 18 holes on Tuesday.

Both the LCSC men’s and women’s teams are in second place behind Rocky Mountain. On the men’ side, Rocky Mountain has a 579 total, followed by LCSC at 589. On the women’s side, Rocky has a 609 total, which would put it in fourth place on the men’s side. LCSC is second at 630.

Villa fired a 1-over-par 73 during the opening 18 holes, but came back with a 70 to grab the women’s individual leader. Teammate Sue James, a freshman playing in her first collegiate tournament, had a 156 after rounds of 77 and 79.

On the men’s side, Nik Arrenbrecht led LCSC with a 144, which also included a 2-under-par 70 on the second 18. 

MEN

Team scores – 1, Rocky Mountain 290-289-579. 2, Lewis-Clark State 297-292-589. 3, Montana Tech 302-296-598. 4, Westminster 305-307-612.

Overall leader – Bjorn Ottosson, RMC, 70-66-136.

LCSC scores – Nik Arrenbrecht 74-70–144, Joey Ray 72-73–145, Chris Kneen 74-73–147, Joey Lovell 77-76–153, Patrick Casabonne 78-77–155.

LCSC non-scorers – Chris Jarrett 76-72–148, Scott Mooney 77-75-152, James Rooney 84-78–162.

WOMEN

Team scores – 1, Rocky Mountain 303-306-609. 2, Lewis-Clark State 315-315–630.

Overall leader – Juanita Villa 73-70–143.

Other LCSC scores – Sue James 77-79–156, Cortney Shrout 82-84-166, Alana Norris 85-82–167, Samara Kluever 83-86–169.

LCSC non-scorer – Jordan Knapp 82-85-167.