HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – Colorado ladies’s golf is in second place after two rounds of the Ron Moore Intercollegiate on the University of Denver Golf Course.
The Buffaloes could not recapture the scoring magic from their 12-under-par first-day effort on Friday, carding a 5-over spherical on Saturday. But it was sufficient to carry onto second place total at 7-under, though they’re now tied for that spot as Texas State caught them after a spherical of 2-under.
Vanderbilt, ranked No. 7 within the newest MIZUNO WGCA Coaches Poll, prolonged its total result in 11 strokes, with a 1-under spherical to maneuver to 18-under total.
Similar to Friday’s first spherical, Colorado had some early struggles on the entrance 9, however they have been extra pronounced within the second spherical. The Buffaloes had simply two birdies on that facet of the course and within the course of dropped seven strokes from their staff rating.
Colorado had slightly extra success later within the spherical, enjoying the again 9 at 2-under, however nowhere close to Friday’s late-day surge that noticed the Buffaloes go 12-under on that facet and have solely two collective holes beneath par.
“It felt like a completely different course today,” Colorado head coach
Madeleine Sheils stated. “We really tried to embrace the challenge. Whereas yesterday it felt like the whole team got hot with the putter, today we just didn’t. But given the conditions, we played solid. We just had some cold putters.”
Despite the shortage of scoring, the DU course performed tougher on Saturday for the whole area. The wind performed a substantial issue, particularly for the leaders group that included the Buffaloes, which teed off final. While winds have been calm for the primary parings at 8:30 a.m., by the point the Buffs obtained going slightly after 10, they have been greeted with fixed winds with gusts from 25-35 miles per hour the whole afternoon.
Even with the wind, Colorado nonetheless had the fifth-best rating out of the 15-team area and solely 4 groups performed under-par rounds. The Buffaloes have three golfers within the prime 10 and inside putting distance of the lead.
Junior
Carolyn Fuller, who entered the second spherical with a share of the lead, is tied for fifth at 4-under, solely three photographs out of the primary spot presently held by Vanderbilt’s Ava Merrill, who scored a 68 to get to 7-under by way of 36 holes.
Junior
Maya McVey and sophomore
Ellen O’Shaughnessy are each tied for eighth at 3-under. McVey had the higher of the 2 rounds, carding a 73. McVey had a tough entrance 9, enjoying that facet at 4-over. She rallied, although, enjoying a clear again 9 at 3-under, ending with a birdie on the par-5 18
th.
O’Shaughnessy, enjoying as a person, shot a 75 within the second spherical.
Freshman
Brenna Higgins had Colorado’s low spherical on Saturday with a 2-under, 70, and within the course of vaulted 30 locations within the standings as she enters the ultimate spherical tied for 23
rd at 1-over. Higgins had an early bogey on the par-5 second however erased it instantly with a birdie on the par-4 third.
Higgins performed even by way of 16 and completed robust, ending her spherical with back-to-back birdies. She disregarded the gusting wind on the downhill par-3 17
th with a wedge, touchdown it three toes from the opening and made the putt for the primary birdie. On the par-5 18
th, she was capable of get close to the inexperienced in two, and obtained up and down for the birdie to shine off her spherical.
“Huge round from Brenna today,” Sheils stated. “Just a extremely clutch spherical. She did not hit her driver very properly however she simply stored getting herself again in play.
Vanessa Ngo is tied for 43
rd at 4-over after a spherical of 75. Ngo fell to 3-over on the entrance earlier than enjoying regular down the stretch, making par on her ultimate 10 holes. Freshman
Teemapat Pateetin is tied for 45
th at 5-over, carding a 79 on Saturday.
Colorado will pair with Vanderbilt and Texas State once more in Sunday’s ultimate spherical. The match shifts to a shotgun begin on the ultimate day, with that group atop the leaderboard, teeing off between the primary and third tees at 8:45 a.m.
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS |
|
| Rank |
Name |
Score (To Par) |
|
| T5. |
Carolyn Fuller |
65-75—140 (-4) |
|
| T8. |
Maya McVey |
68-73—141 (-3) |
|
| T8. |
*Ellen O’Shaughnessy |
66-75—141 (-3) |
|
| T23. |
Brenna Higgins |
75-70—145 (+1) |
|
| T43. |
Vanessa Ngo |
73-75—148 (+4) |
|
| T45. |
Teemapat Pateetin |
70-79—149 (+5) |
|
| *Playing as a person |
|
|
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| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS |
|
| Rank |
Name |
Score (To Par) |
| 1. |
Ava Merrill, Vanderbilt |
69-68—137 (-7) |
| 2. |
Elizabeth Rudisill, Vanderbilt |
67-71—138 (-6) |
| T3. |
Ashley Kirkland, Xavier |
68-71—139 (-5) |
| T3. |
Yvonne Chamness, Texas State |
67-72—139 (-5) |
| T5. |
Carolyn Fuller, Colorado |
65-75—140 (-4) |
| T5. |
Victoria Schuldt, UTSA |
70-70—140 (-4) |
| T5. |
Logan Hale, Denver |
70-70—140 (-4) |
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|
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|
| TEAM SCORES |
|
| Rank |
Team |
Score (To Par) |
|
| 1. |
Vanderbilt |
271-287—558 (-18) |
|
| T2. |
Colorado |
276-293—569 (-7) |
|
| T2. |
Texas State |
283-286—569 (-7) |
|
| 4. |
Xavier |
290-282—572 (-4) |
|
| 5. |
Denver |
286-288—574 (-2) |
|
| 6. |
Clemson |
283-296—579 (+3) |
|
| 7. |
Tulane |
286-295—581 (+5) |
|
| 8. |
UTSA |
288-294—582 (+6) |
|
| 9. |
Colorado State |
289-299—588 (+12) |
|
| 10. |
Northern Colorado |
291-299—590 (+14) |
|
| 11. |
Wyoming |
287-305—592 (+16) |
|
| 12. |
New Mexico |
299-297—596 (+20) |
|
| 13. |
UNLV |
302-296—598 (+22) |
|
| 14. |
San Francisco |
297-303—600 (+24) |
|
| 15. |
Hawai’i |
292-310—602 (+26) |
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