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PING ASU Invitational
Women's Golf climbs into second place at PING/ASU Invitational
03.31.2012 | Women's Golf
March 31, 2012
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Fueled by a career-low 2-under-par 69 by freshman Bertine Strauss and a 1-under 70 by senior Nicole Vandermade, the Texas Women's Golf team surged up the PING/ASU Invitational leaderboard on 'moving day' to tie for second place through two rounds. The Longhorns (289-285=574, +6) entered Saturday's second round tied for seventh place in the 17-team field but capitalized on the second-best team score of the day to make their ascent.
Strauss is poised for her best collegiate finish and is tied for fourth place at 1-under 141 (72-69). Vandermade (72-70) and junior Haley Stephens (70-72) could also collect top 10 finishes as they enter Sunday's final round at even-par 142 and tied for eighth place.
Including Strauss, Vandermade and Stephens, 10 players are within five shots of current leader Tiffany Lua (UCLA - 68-69=137).
Strauss dropped three strokes in as many holes when she birdied the fourth, fifth and sixth holes of Karsten Golf Course. A subsequent bogey on seven cost her a shot, but she found her fourth birdie opportunity on the ninth hole to turn at 3-under. Strauss made pars on eight of her final nine holes except for her second bogey of the day on 15.
Vandermade's second round also featured a stretch of three-straight birdies, but hers came on the back nine at holes 13, 14 and 15. Vandermade bogeyed the first and 10th holes to result in the 1-under scorecard.
Junior Desiree Dubreuil carded UT's first eagle of the year on the par-4 opening hole when she holed out on her approach. Dubreuil (75-74=149) and junior Madison Pressel (75-74) are tied for 48th place.
Texas trails 36-hole leader UCLA (284-281=565, -3) by nine strokes and shares second place with Texas A&M (287-287).
The Longhorns are set to begin Sunday's final round alongside the Bruins and Aggies beginning at 10:50 a.m. Central in eight-minute increments off the first tee.
Team standings (through two rounds)
1. UCLA - 284-281=565 (-3)
T2. TEXAS - 289-285=574 (+6)
T2. Texas A&M - 287-287=574 (+6)
T4. UC Davis - 286-292=578 (+10)
T4. Arizona State - 280-298=578 (+10)
6. LSU - 294-285=579 (+11)
T7. UNLV - 287-295=582 (+14)
T7. Stanford - 284-298=582 (+14)
9. TCU - 292-294=586 (+18)
T10. Arizona - 291-297=588 (+20)
T10. Southern Cal - 289-299=588 (+20)
T12. New Mexico - 302-291=593 (+25)
T12. Oklahoma State - 296-297=593 (+25)
T14. Vanderbilt - 295-299=594 (+26)
T14. Washington - 298-296=594 (+26)
16. San Diego State - 302-298=600 (+32)
17. Oregon State - 306-313=619 (+51)
Top 10 player standings (through two rounds)
1. Tiffany Lua, UCLA - 68-69=137 (-5)
2. Demi Runas, UC Davis - 70-68=138 (-4)
3. Sally Watson, Stanford - 68-71=139 (-3)
T4. Bertine Strauss, TEXAS - 72-69=141 (-1)
T4. Kelsey Vines, Oklahoma State - 71-70=141 (-1)
T4. Ani Gulugian, UCLA - 72-69=141 (-1)
T4. Marissa Mar, Stanford - 68-73=141 (-1)
T8. Nicole Vandermade, TEXAS - 72-70=142 (E)
T8. Haley Stephens, TEXAS - 70-72=142 (E)
T8. Charlotte Brooks, UNLV - 70-72=142 (E)
Texas players
T48. Desiree Dubreuil - 75-74=149 (+7)
T48. Madison Pressel - 75-74=149 (+7)
