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PING/ASU Invitational
Women’s Golf remains in ninth place at PING/ASU Invitational
04.05.2014 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns matched their best single-round team score of the spring season in Saturday’s second round.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Texas Women's Golf team combined for its best single-round team score of the spring season - a 4-over-par 292 - in Saturday's second round of the PING/ASU Invitational at Karsten Golf Course to remain in ninth-place at +10 (294-292=586). Sophomore Natalie Karcher (71-72=143) continued to lead the Longhorns with an even-par 72 and enters Sunday's final round tied for 12th place at +1.
Karcher overcame an early bogey on the second hole with her first of four birdies at No. 5. Even through nine after a bogey-birdie finish on Nos. 8-9, Karcher sank her second-straight birdie on No. 10 to dip to red numbers. She held steady at -1 after a birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey stretch on Nos. 12-15, but a final bogey on No. 18 resulted in the even-par round.
Also contributing to Saturday's team score were a pair of 73s by freshmen Julia Beck and Anne Hakula, as well as a 74 by junior Bertne Strauss. Strauss (72-74) is tied for 23rd place at 2-over 146, while Hakula (76-73) is three strokes back and tied for 42nd.
Freshman Lara Weinstein (75-75=150) and Beck (80-73=153) round out the Texas squad in tied for 52nd and 61st places, respectively.
South Carolina (288-280=568) takes a six-stroke lead over Arizona State (287-287=574) and Duke (290-284) into the tomorrow's final round. Duke's Celine Boutier (69-69) is the individual leader in the clubhouse at 6-under 138.
Sunday pairings will be available at www.golfstatresults.com later this evening.
PING/ASU Invitational
Karsten Golf Course (Par-Yardage: 72-6,223)
Team Leaderboard (through two rounds)
1. South Carolina – 288-280=568 (-8)
T2. Arizona State – 287-287=574 (-2)
T2. Duke – 290-284=574 (-2)
4. Washington – 284-291=575 (-1)
5. Arizona – 288-288=576 (E)
6. Stanford – 295-285=580 (+4)
7. California – 291-292=583 (+7)
8. UCLA – 291-294=585 (+9)
9. TEXAS – 294-292=586 (+10)
10. Oregon – 291-296=587 (+11)
11. UC Davis – 300-298=598 (+22)
12. Oklahoma – 296-303=599 (+23)
13. Vanderbilt – 300-302=602 (+26)
14. Oregon State – 308-300=608 (+32)
15. Washington State – 301-311=612 (+36)
Player Leaderboard (through two rounds)
1. Celine Boutier, Duke – 69-69=138 (-6)
2. SooBin Kim, Washington – 69-70=139 (-5)
T3. Laetitia Beck, Duke – 70-70=140 (-4)
T3. Hannah Suh, California – 71-69=140 (-4)
5. Sarah Schmelzel, South Carolina – 73-68=141 (-3)
T6. Six players at 2-under 142
Texas Players
T12. Natalie Karcher – 71-72=143 (-1)
T23. Bertine Strauss – 72-74=146 (+2)
T42. Anne Hakula – 76-73=149 (+5)
T52. Lara Weinstein – 75-75=150 (+6)
T61. Julia Beck – 80-73=153 (+9)
