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NCAA Championship
Women's Golf climbs three places at NCAA Championships
05.19.2010 | Women's Golf
May 19, 2010
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Led by a pair of 1-over-par 73s from senior Shannon Fish (76-73=149, +5) and freshman Haley Stephens (74-73=147, +3), the Texas Women's Golf team climbed three places up the leaderboard at the NCAA Championships in Wednesday's rain-plagued second round. The Longhorns (299-296=595, +19) carded an 8-over 296 in the delay-free morning wave to improve from 18th place to 15th at the halfway point in the national championship at Country Club of Landfall.
Wednesday's play was halted at 7:27 p.m. ET with 27 players still on the course. The 24 teams and six individuals encountered a 58-minute weather delay early in the afternoon and another 50-minute break less than an hour later. A final downpour cut short the day's action after another system swept through coastal North Carolina. The remaining groups will continue their second rounds at 7:30 a.m. Thursday. After a one-hour break, the third round will begin.
Fish's 73 was her best single-round performance in three NCAA Championships appearances. The Spring, Texas, product shaved three strokes off of her opening-round 76 with four bogeys and three birdies. Through 36 holes, Fish remains the only UT player without a double bogey on her scorecard, and she extended her streak of rounds counted for the cumulative team score to a perfect 19-for-19 on the season. Fish is tied for 52nd place at 5-over 149.
Coming off of a career-best third place finish at the NCAA West Regional, Stephens continued to play the best golf of her freshman season on Wednesday and is tied for 29th place at 3-over 147. She recorded three birdies and two bogeys, but picked up two strokes on the par-4, 387-yard ninth hole after a double bogey.
Sophomore Nicole Vandermade (72-75=147, +3) followed her opening-round even-par 72 with a 3-over 75. She is tied for 29th place with Stephens at 3-over 147. Freshman Madison Pressel (77-75=152, +8) is tied for 83rd place at 8-over 152 with rounds of 77 and 75, while freshman Desiree Dubreuil (79-76=155, +11) is at 11-over 155 and tied for 100th place.
As a team, the Longhorns were even on the back nine in the second round.
USC (282-288) sits atop the team standings at 6-under 570. Alabama (289-288) trails by seven strokes at 1-over 577 and Purdue (284-294) sits eight strokes back with a 2-over 578 scorecard.
NCAA Championships Partial Round Two Results (par 72; 6,368 yards)
Team Standings (Top 10 Shown)
1. USC, 282-288=570 (-6)
2. Alabama, 289-288=577 (+1)
3. Purdue, 284-294=578 (+2)
4. UCLA, 288-292=580 (+4)
5. Arizona State, 288-293=581 (+5)
6. Arizona, 296-286=582 (+6)
7. Virginia, 294-291=585 (+9)
T8. Vanderbilt, 296-292=588 (+12)
T8. Florida State, 289-245=534 (+12) *
T10. Auburn, 293-296=589 (+13)
T10. Oklahoma State, 295-294=589 (+13)
* - denotes round still in progress
Top Six Individuals
1. Jennifer Johnson, Arizona State - 67-70=137 (-7)
2. Jennifer Song, USC - 67-71=138 (-6)
T3. Cyna Rodriguez, USC - 68-72=140 (-4)
T3. Margarita Ramos, Arizona - 71-69=140 (-4)
T3. Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue - 67-73=140 (-4)
T3. Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State - 70-70=140 (-4)
Texas Individuals
T29. Haley Stephens, 74-73=147 (+3)
T29. Nicole Vandermade, 72-75=147 (+3)
T52. Shannon Fish, 76-73=149 (+5)
T83. Madison Pressel, 77-75=152 (+8)
T100. Desiree Dubreuil, 79-76=155 (+11)
