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Women's Golf in 12th place at halfway point of NCAA Championship
05.23.2012 | Women's Golf
May 23, 2012
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Senior Nicole Vandermade and junior Haley Stephens carded a pair of even-par 72s in Wednesday's second round at the NCAA Championship to guide the Texas Women's Golf team to a 7-over 295 score. Through 36 holes of championship action at Vanderbilt Legends Club, the Longhorns are in 12th place at 16-over 592 (297-295).
Vandermade played steady golf over her first eight holes before recording her first birdie on nine. Vandermade reached the green in two shots and had a look at eagle, but her putt came up four feet short and she sank it for birdie. Her second birdie came three holes later on 12 - one of the four par-3s at Legends. Vandermade made bogeys on 13 and 18 to finish at even and is tied for 42nd place at 4-over 148 (76-72).
Stephens' got off to a hot start with her first eagle of the year on the first hole where she holed out with an 8-iron from 142 yards. A subsequent bogey on three cost her a stroke, but she regained it on six with a birdie. Back-to-back bogeys on 16 and 17 pushed Stephens (76-72) to even. She is tied for 42nd with Vandermade through 36 holes.
Junior Katelyn Sepmoree followed up her team-best 71 in Tuesday's first round with a 4-over 76. She holds a one-stroke advantage over Vandermade and Stephens at 3-over 147 (71-76) for a 32nd place tie.
Freshman Bertine Strauss carded a second-round 76 and is tied for 64th at 6-over 150 in her NCAA Championship debut. Junior Desiree Dubreuil (81-75) is tied for 108th at 12-over 156 to round out the Texas squad.
Alabama tops the leaderboard again with a 5-under 571. The Tide will take an 11-stroke lead into the third round, as they lead a trio of teams tied for second at 6-over 582. UCLA, North Carolina and Virginia are the closest to Alabama at 6-over, followed by South Carolina and Arizona State at 7-over.
Alabama's Brooke Pancake leads all individuals at 6-under 138. Arizona State's Giulia Molinaro is in second at 4-under 140.
Texas 12th-place slot means they will tee off at 12:03 p.m. on the 10th tee along with 10th-place Vanderbilt and 11th-place Duke.
Post-round Comments
Texas Head Coach Martha Richards
On Texas' second round: I think we're all just a little frustrated because we felt like we left some shots out there. The course was prime for the taking, so to speak, at 7:30 in the morning. Overall, we're playing some great golf, but we have to clean up our par-5s a little bit. Those are holes you have to take advantage of out here.
On senior Nicole Vandermade's second round: She really played well and had some other good birdie looks that burned the edges. I think we'll see her play better and better as the week goes on.
Second-round Team Standings
1. Alabama - 286-285=571 (-5)
T2. UCLA - 292-290=582 (+6)
T2. North Carolina - 290-292=582 (+6)
T2. Virginia - 288-294=582 (+6)
T5. Arizona State - 292-291=583 (+7)
T5. South Carolina - 302-281=583 (+7)
7. Southern Cal - 297-288=585 (+9)
8. LSU - 293-294=587 (+11)
9. Purdue - 293-295=588 (+12)
10. Vanderbilt - 306-284=590 (+14)
11. Duke - 289-302=591 (+15)
12. TEXAS - 297-295=592 (+16)
T13. North Carolina State - 299-294=593 (+17)
T13. Oklahoma - 294-299=593 (+17)
T15. Colorado - 297-298=595 (+19)
T15. Florida - 302-293=595 (+19)
T17. Pepperdine - 306-293=599 (+23)
T17. Texas A&M - 301-298=599 (+23)
19. Baylor - 299-304=603 (+27)
20. Arkansas - 303-301=604 (+28)
T21. Michigan State - 296-311=607 (+31)
T21. Tennessee - 300-307=607 (+31)
23. Ohio State - 303-307=610 (+34)
24. Stanford - 309-304=613 (+37)
Second-round Top-12 Individual Standings
1. Brooke Pancake, Alabama - 68-70=138 (-6)
2. Giulia Molinaro, Arizona State - 69-71=140 (-4)
T3. Katie Burnett, South Carolina - 74-67=141 (-3)
T3. Brittany Marchand, NC State - 71-70=141 (-3)
T3. Portland Rosen, Virginia - 66-75=141 (-3)
T6. Chirapat Jao-Javanil, Oklahoma - 69-73=142 (-2)
T6. Stephanie Meadow, Alabama - 69-73=141 (-2)
T6. Madelene Sagstrom, LSU - 70-72=142 (-2)
T9. Brianna Do, UCLA - 72-71=143 (-1)
T9. Laura Gonzalez, Purdue - 67-76=143 (-1)
T9. Kimberly Kaufman, Texas Tech - 70-73=143 (-1)
T9. Tessa Teachman, LSU - 69-74=143 (-1)
Texas Players
T32. Katelyn Sepmoree - 71-76=147 (+3)
T42. Nicole Vandermade - 76-72=148 (+4)
T42. Haley Stephens - 76-72=148 (+4)
T64. Bertine Strauss - 74-76=150 (+6)
T108. Desiree Dubreuil - 81-75=156 (+12)
