MONTEREY, Calif. – Senior Madie Hepner holds a three-stroke lead heading into tomorrow's final round, helping Oregon Tech to a share of the top spot on the leaderboard at the RCA Electric Classic at TPC Monterey.
 
Hepner shot an even-par 71, opening with back-to-back birdies to start her round, sitting ahead of Ashley Chang (74) of Westmont, Madi Whitney (74) of Dominican and Kim Penzold (74) of Menlo.
 
As a team, OIT shot a first-round 307, tied with Westmont (307) after 18 holes, three shots clear of Dominican (310). The second-round of the tournament was canceled due to slow play in the morning round, with the event trimmed to 36 holes.
 
Three Tech players finished Day 1 in the Top-15 – Alyssa Kauleinamoku (77) in seventh, Madison Dick (79) in 11th and Sydney Dick (80) in 15th. Kali Rowe (91) rounded out the Lady Owl competitors.
 
Day 2 will begin tomorrow at 7:30 a.m.