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Vandermade continues to pace Longhorns at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
10.28.2008 | Women's Golf
Oct. 28, 2008
BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- University of Texas freshman Nicole Vandermade (69-71=140, -4) shot her second-consecutive under-par round at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and is currently tied for 11th place at 4-under-par 140 after 36 holes. As a team, the Longhorns (288-289=577, +1) are in the middle of the 18-team field at ninth place with a 1-over 577.
Vandermade started off hot with a birdie on her first hole of the day and an ensuing subpar on the fourth hole. The Brantford, Ontario, product carded one of her three bogeys of the round on the fifth hole to make the turn at 1-under, and she remained at 1-under through 12 holes of action after going birdie-bogey on holes 11 and 12. Vandermade finished with the same combination on the 16th and 17th holes of the par-72, 6,265-yar Boulder Creek Golf Club for the 1-under scorecard.
Senior Kristin Walla (74-71=145, +1) also finished her second round at 1-under after bouncing back from a 2-over 74 in the opening round and is tied for 29th place. During Monday's first round, Walla made the turn at 2-under but carded four bogeys on the back nine to drop to 2-over. After finishing the front nine at 1-under on Tuesday, the Aspen, Colo., native played the back nine at even par with a birdie on 13 and a bogey on 16 for her first subpar round of the 2008-09 season.
Junior Shannon Fish (73-72=145, +1) joins Walla at 1-over and tied for 29th, while seniors Kelley Louth (72-75=147, +3) and Caney Hines (76-75=151, +7) sit tied for 46th and 71st places, respectively.
In the team standings, Pepperdine (280-270=550, -26) holds a commanding 12-shot lead over first-round co-leader Louisville (280-282=562, -14). Oklahoma State (282-285=567, -9) and Washington (286-281=567, -9) are tied for third place at 9-under 567.
Pepperdine's Lisa McCloskey (67-65=132, -12) stands atop the individual leaderboard at 12-under 132, while Washington's Anya Alvarez (68-66=134, -10) and UNLV's Therese Koelbaek (68-66=134, -10) are tied for second place.
Wednesday's final round will begin at 10 a.m. Central in a shotgun start.
2008 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Boulder Creek Golf Club -Par 72, 6,265 yards
Round 2 of 3
Top 5 Teams
1. Pepperdine (280-270=550, -26)
2. Louisville (280-282=562, -14)
T3. Oklahoma State (282-285=567, -9)
T3. Washington (286-281=567, -9)
5. UNLV (282-289=571, -5).
Top 5 Individuals
1. Lisa McCloskey, Pepperdine (67-65=132, -12)
T2. Anya Alvarez, Washington (68-66=134, -10)
T2. Therese Koelbaek, UNLV (68-66=134, -10)
4. Cindy LaCrosse, Louisville (67-68=135, -9)
5. Jayvie Agojo, Pepperdine (71-65=136, -8).
UT Individuals
T11. Nicole Vandermade, 69-71=140 (-4)
T29. Kristin Walla 74-71=145 (+1)
T29. Shannon Fish, (73-72=145, +1)
T46. Kelley Louth, 72-75=147 (+3)
T71. Caney Hines, 76-75=151 (+7).
POST-ROUND QUOTES
HEAD COACH Martha Richards
On the team's overall performance: Overall, I've been really pleased with the quality of golf we've been playing here. We had a few more birdie looks today, but we were lipping quite a few edges. I'm seeing lots of good shots, and we look like we're really close to getting hot. I'm hoping that's tomorrow, because we'd love to end the fall season with a below-par round and with the way we were burning edges today, I have to think we're onto something.
Tomorrow, we just need to do more of the same. We spent some time on our putting this afternoon, and we'll talk about it a little in the morning. We just have to get those putters hot and be in the mindset to give ourselves a lot of good looks and knock them in.
On freshman Nicole Vandermade: Nicole hit the ball really well today and had a ton of good birdie looks. I saw her burning the edges the most, and I look for her to get hot tomorrow. I've been really pleased with her poise and composure. She has a good game plan and just needs a few of those putts to drop.
On senior Kristin Walla: Kristin had a great round today at 1-under. She played really solid golf, and she got some much wanted revenge on the back nine after not playing it very well yesterday.
