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Gusty winds suspend second round at NCAA Women's Golf Championships
05.21.2008 | Women's Golf
Only 12 of the 24 participating teams completed their second rounds on Wednesday, and the teams who were unable to complete their rounds, including Texas, will resume their second rounds beginning Thursday at 7 a.m. Mountain (8 a.m. Central).
Texas also will play round three on Thursday following the completion of its second round.
After shooting a 10-over 298 to end Tuesday's opening round in a five-way tie for 13th place.
Texas now sits in 20th place at 29-over par for the tournament after finishing at 19-over par in Wednesday's wind-shortened round to be completed Thursday morning.
Senior Julia Best (Bulverde, Texas) was at six-over par for the round after nine holes, and junior Caney Hines (San Antonio, Texas) ended the second round at four-over par through eight holes.
Sophomore Shannon Fish (Spring, Texas) was at seven-over par through seven holes, while junior Kristin Walla (Aspen, Colo.) ended her abbreviated round at five-over par through seven holes.Senior Ashley Rollins (Austin, Texas) is at four-over par through six holes in the second round.
Wednesday's second round was initially suspended at 1:10 p.m. Mountain time and was resumed at 3:15 p.m.The teams were called off of the course at 4:55 p.m., when play was called for the day.
Among the teams finishing their second rounds were co-team leaders USC and UCLA, who lead after 36 holes at eight-over par.Alabama sits in third at nine-over for the tournament, though the Crimson Tide only finished up to five holes and will play most of their second round on Thursday, in addition to the third round.
POST-ROUND QUOTES
HEAD COACH Martha Richards
On Wednesday's extremely windy conditions in Albuquerque: The only tournament I can remember comparable to this is when I was an assistant coach at Texas and we played the Big 12 Championship in Lubbock,Texas, and we could hardly see anything because of the dust and the wind.We often play in the wind in Austin at the UT Golf Club, but that's nothing compared to this. Obviously, it affects how you have to hit the ball and it affects club selection and can make that a challenge.
On how playing the remainder of the second round on Thursday will affect the team: We come into every tournament with the mentality that we have to be ready to adapt to your surroundings, no matter what.As a group, we need to be an adaptable, breathable box, and we've got to be ready to go.That goes for tomorrow's second round that we'll start at 7 a.m.We have to be ready for anything, so if that means we've got to start the rest of our second round at 7 a.m., then we need to get excited about that round and be ready to play it.
