The first round of the inaugural Hollins Cup, being held at iconic Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, was moved up a day to avoid inclement weather expected Monday.
The 36-hole tournament, which features eight NCAA Division III women’s golf programs and pays tribute to Pasatiempo founder Marion Hollins, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, will conclude with the final round on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
UC Santa Cruz’s Samantha Shaw watches her tee shot on the seventh hole during the first round of the inaugural Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Initially, a practice round was slated for Sunday.
The early start didn’t cause any issues for Emory University of Atlanta, the defending national champion.
The Eagles’ five scoring players produced a 13-over total in the first round, good for a 12-stroke lead on second-place Washington-St. Louis. Pomona-Pitzer was in third at 29 over.
Emory’s Carys Code and Occidental’s Amy Seo were tied atop the individual leaderboard at even-par 72. Code had four birdies and four bogeys. Seo had six birdies, four bogeys, and one double-bogey.
The Eagles’ Zimo Li sits in third at 2-over 74.
Course knowledge didn’t serve as an advantage for UC Santa Cruz, the tournament host. The Banana Slugs are in seventh place at 49 over. UCSC-B squad is in ninth place.
Sophomore Olivia Lew (UCSC) and junior Jiya Dalal (UCSC-B) led the way for the Banana Slugs. Both shot 8-over 80 and are tied for 19th place with three other players.
Sophomore Samantha Shaw shot 11 over for UCSC and is tied for 26th in the field of 51 players.
UC Santa Cruz’s Olivia Lew watches her tee shot on the eighth hole at the inaugural Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz’s Samantha Shaw watches her tee shot on the seventh hole during the first round of the inaugural Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz’s Olivia Lew hits from the sixth fairway at Pasatiempo Golf Club during the first round of the inaugural Hollins Cup women’s golf tournament on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz’s Shelly Areepitak putts on the sixth green on Sunday during the first round of the the inaugural Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
UC Santa Cruz golfer Jiya Dalal hits her tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the the inaugural Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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UC Santa Cruz’s Olivia Lew watches her tee shot on the eighth hole at the inaugural Hollins Cup at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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MLB playoffs
League Championship Series: Regular season crew chief Bill Miller, 58, a Harbor High alum, David Rackley, 44, and Alex MacKay, 36, will serve as 2025 League Championship Series replay officials in New York, MLB announced in a release.
Seattle faces Toronto in the ALCS, and Milwaukee and Los Angeles square off in the NLCS.
NFL
49ers: Santa Cruz’s Justin Allegri, a Santa Cruz High and San Jose State alumnus who now serves as Cal’s director of broadcasting, called his first NFL game Sunday on KNBR 680-AM, radio home of the San Francisco 49ers.
San Francisco (4-2) suffered a 30-19 loss to the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1).
“Truly an honor to fill in for Greg Papa,” wrote Allegri, on his X.com page.
On Aug. 27, the 49ers announced that Allegri, Guy Haberman, Troy Clardy, Carlos Ramirez, and Jack Smith would each serve as play-by-play announcers alongside color analyst Tim Ryan during the season while Papa, aka, the Voice of the 49ers, focuses on his health.
Allegri has also been one of the radio voices of the San Jose Giants since 2015 and has served as a radio show voice for MLB The Show since 2014.
Men’s swimming
Slug Shootout: UCSC junior Kyle Reitan took first in four individual events to help the Banana Slugs (1,184 points) win the six-team, two-day Slug Shootout, which ended Saturday.
Reitan took first in the 50-yard freestyle (21.18), 50 butterfly (22.96), 100 free (46.31), and 100 fly (51.19).
UCSC had two other swimmers earn two individual wins: Junior Grayson Davies in the 100 backstroke (52.66) and 200 back (1:56.32), and freshman PJ Fortune in the 50 breaststroke (26.79) and 100 breast (57.81).
UCSC freshman Sebastian Santiago took first in the 200 breast (2:06.60).
UCSC also earned wins in the 200 free relay (1:26.38), 200 medley relay (1:33.43), and 400 medley relay (3:27.53), and 400 free relay (3:09.32).
The Banana Slugs next compete against host University of the Pacific in Stockton on Oct. 25.
Women’s swimming
Slug Shootout: Cal State University East Bay sophomore Alexia Fajardo, an Aptos alumna, was part of four first-place finishes at the two-day Slug Shootout, which ended Saturday.
Five, if you count the team standings. The Pioneers (972.5 points) took first out of nine teams. UCSC (954.5) finished second.
Fajardo earned wins in the 50 butterfly (26.93), 100 fly (57.45), 200 fly (2:08.77), and 400 medley relay (3:54.51).
UCSC junior Katy Hawk took first in the 200 free (1:56.29), and freshman teammate Maya Chan was first in the 200 breast (2:29.65). Banana Slugs freshman Taylor O’Malley won the 1-meter diving event (236.25 points) and classmate Paige Vicente won the 3-meter diving event (242.70).
Running
Rock & Run 10K: Aromas’ Aidan Tomasini, 23, took first out of 39 runners in Rock & Run 10K race at A.R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas on Sunday. He finished in 37:21.
Prunedale’s Alan Samuels, 43, took second in 40:23, and Watsonville’s Hugo Sanchez, 32, was third in 43:54.
Royal Oaks’ Meredith Armer, 40, took first in 1:03:49, and Hollister’s Rosamaria Bermudez, 47, was second in 1:07:00.
Rock & Run 5K: San Juan Bautista’ Andrew Castaneda, 14, took first out of 240 runners in Rock & Run 5K race at A.R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas on Sunday. He finished in 18:45.
Aromas’ Max Castro, 20, took second in 19:50, and Watsonville’s Finley Castro, 16, was the top female and took third in 19:55.
Elijob Trujillo, 13, took third among the men and fourth overall in 19:55.
Prunedale’s Penelope Samuels, 13, took second among the women in 20:27, and Aromas’ Monica Jo Gilmore, 43, was third in 23:27.
Reporting Scores
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Originally Published: October 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM PDT
