Chattanooga
SunTrust Gator Women's Golf Invitational - Day 1 (36 Holes)
Chattanooga in 8th after 36 Holes at SunTrust Gator Women?s Golf Invitational
3/6/2011 8:13:00 PM | Women's Golf
GAINESVILLE, Fla.---The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's golf team is in eighth place after 36 holes at the SunTrust Gator Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course at UF. Chattanooga shot rounds of 297 and 304 to stand two shots behind seventh-place Ohio State and one stroke ahead of Georgia State in ninth.
Host Florida leads the event at 12-over par 572. It followed an even-par start of 280 with a plus-12 292. The Gators are 17 shots ahead of second-place Florida State (589) and 22 clear of No. 22 Arkansas (594) in third.
Senior Emma de Groot (Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia) leads the Mocs tied for 15th at six-over par 146. Freshman Marion Duvernay (Publier, France), a mid-season enrollee, matched de Groot's first 73 before shooting 75 over the second 18 to tie for 21st at plus eight, 148.
Duvernay had the shot of the day in the first round. She aced the 177-yard par three sixth hole, her 16th hole of the round (shotgun start) with a five iron.
Senior Christine Wolf (Igls, Austria) is tied for 23rd one shot behind Duvernay at 149 (+9). Freshman Yushira Budhram (Johannesburg, South Africa) and junior Maria Juliana Loza (Bucaramanga, Colombia) round out the squad tied for 66th (159) and 80th (162), respectively. Freshman Jordan Britt (Dayton, Tenn.) is playing as an individual this week and is tied for 68th at 160.
Georgia Sate's Charlotte Lorenzen fired a second-round 64 (-6) to move into first place at minus two, 138. Vicky Villaneuva (Ohio State) is second with a one-under par total of 139. Hannah Thomson (Florida State) is third at 141 (+1).
Chattanooga played the opening 18 at 17-over par 297. The trio of de Groot, Duvernay and Wolf each carded three-over par 73s. Budhram rounded out the team scoring with a 78. Britt shot 74 for the first 18.
The Mocs tee off at 8:30 a.m., in a shotgun start. They will be paired with Ohio State and Georgia State teeing off holes 7-9. Live scoring can be followed at GoMocs.com.
LEADERBOARD
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1) Florida |
280-292 |
572 (+12) |
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2) Florida State |
295-294 |
589 (+29) |
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3) No. 22 Arkansas |
298-296 |
594 (+34) |
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T4) Colorado |
300-296 |
596 (+36) |
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T4) No. 11 Iowa State |
302-294 |
596 (+36) |
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T4) Coastal Carolina |
290-306 |
596 (+36) |
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7) Ohio State |
299-300 |
599 (+39) |
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8) Chattanooga |
297-304 |
601 (+41) |
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9) Georgia State |
308-294 |
602 (+42) |
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10) Texas Tech |
304-303 |
607 (+47) |
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11) UCF |
298-310 |
608 (+48) |
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12) Augusta State |
307-302 |
609 (+49) |
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13) Kent State |
296-314 |
610 (+50) |
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14) James Madison |
307-312 |
619 (+59) |
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15) UNC Greensboro |
308-317 |
625 (+65) |
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16) Missouri |
315-313 |
618 (+68) |
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17) Stetson |
320-321 |
641 (+81) |
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Mocs: |
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T15) Emma de Groot |
73-73 |
146 (+6) |
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T21) Marion Duvernay |
73-75 |
148 (+8) |
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T23) Christine Wolf |
73-76 |
149 (+9) |
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T66) Yushira Budhram |
78-81 |
159 (+19) |
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T68) Jordan Britt* |
74-86 |
160 (+20) |
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T80) Maria Juliana Loza |
82-80 |
162 (+22) |
*Playing as an individual
NOTES:
- The Mocs played with Coastal Carolina and Florida State... The three schools saw a lot of each in last week's Mocs win at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge...Trail FSU by 12 and CCU by five.
- Chattanooga is one of two SoCon teams in the field with UNC Greensboro...The Mocs are 8-0 against SoCon competition this season...Beat the Spartans by 24 strokes today.
- Front Nine (Counters by Round): +28 (+14/+14/-)...de Groot was +3 to lead Mocs on the front nine.
- Back Nine: +13 (+3/10/-)...Wolf was E today on holes 10-18.
- 297 is the 4th lowest team total of the season.
- de Groot has now shot or tied for the Mocs' low round in eight of 19 rounds...Her 26 pars ties for tourney lead with Hannah Thomson (FSU).
- Wolf has counted in 41 straight rounds.
- Duvernay shot 73 (+3) in her first team round of the season...She also shot 73 in her first competitive collegiate 18 a week ago playing as an individual at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge.
- Eagles (Counters by Rounds): 1 (1/0/-). Duvernay 1 (1/0/-).
- Birdies (Counters by Rounds): 11 (7/4/-). Duvernay 5 (3/2/-), de Groot 2 (2/0/-), Wolf 2 (1/1/-), Budhram 1 (1/0/-), Britt 1 (1/0/-), Loza 1 (0/1/-).
- Pars (Counters by Rounds): 85 (41/44/-).de Groot 26 (11/15/-), Wolf 24 (13/11/-), Britt 19 (13/6/-), Budhram 18 (9/9/-), Duvernay 18 (8/10/-), Loza 14 (6/8/-).
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