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Saturday, October 10, 2015



Leona Maguire lying second in Tar Heel Invitational


NEWS FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, North Carolina– Entering the 2015 Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational as the two-time reigning champions, the Duke women’s golf team teed off action Friday at the 6,379-yard, Par 72 Finley Golf Course with a three-under-par, 285, and leads by four strokes in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Blue Devils collected 15 birdies on the day on its way to shooting a 285, while dealing with high wind gusts at times.  Alabama (289), NC State (292), Louisville (292), Michigan State (293), North Carolina (295), Virginia (297), Auburn (298), Tennessee (299) and South Carolina (299) rounded out the top 10.

Duke featured four golfers in the top 13 of the individual leaderboard led by sophomore Leona Maguire, who carded three-under-par, 69, and is second overall.  Junior Sandy Choi is tied third with a two-under, 70, senior Celine Boutier and freshman Virginia Elena Carta are tied 13th with a one-over, 73.
Holding the individual lead after day one is Michigan State’s Katie Sharp, who turned in a four-under-par, 68.

World No 1 female amateur Maguire, a native of Cavan, Ireland, closed strong Friday as the 2015 National Player of the Year registered four birdies on the back nine, including back-to-back on No. 17 and No. 18 to finish the day with her second round in the 60s this season (69).  She hit 16 greens, 13 fairways and had 30 putts on the day.



Individual Scores
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- 1 Katie Sharp Michigan State 68 (F) -4
- 2 Leona Maguire Duke 69 (F) -3
- T3 Sandy Choi Duke 70 (F) -2
- T3 Molly Skapik Louisville 70 (F) -2
- T5 Sarah Schmelzel South Carolina 72 (F) E
- T5 Shannon Brooks Tennessee 72 (F) E
- T5 Kathleen Gallagher LSU 72 (F) E
- T5 Elise Bradley LSU 72 (F) E
- T5 Cammie Gray Alabama 72 (F) E
- T5 Janie Jackson Alabama 72 (F) E
- T5 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 72 (F) E
- T5 Isabelle Johansson Kentucky 72 (F) E
- T13 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 73 (F) +1
- T13 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 73 (F) +1
- T13 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 73 (F) +1
- T13 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 73 (F) +1
- T13 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 (F) +1
- T13 Emma Talley Alabama 73 (F) +1
- T13 Celine Boutier Duke 73 (F) +1
- T13 Lakareber Abe Alabama 73 (F) +1
- T13 Lexie Long Louisville 73 (F) +1
- T13 Laura Kowohl North Carolina State 73 (F) +1
- T13 Cecily Overbey North Carolina State 73 (F) +1
- T13 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 73 (F) +1
- T13 India Clyburn North Carolina State 73 (F) +1
- T13 Caroline Inglis Oregon 73 (F) +1
- T13 Laura Lonardi Baylor 73 (F) +1
- T28 Blakesly Warren Tennessee 74 (F) +2
- T28 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74 (F) +2
- T28 Elizabeth Szokol Virginia 74 (F) +2
- T28 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 74 (F) +2
- T28 Alison Knowles Michigan State 74 (F) +2
- T28 Melanie Talbott Auburn 74 (F) +2
- T28 Michaela Owen Auburn 74 (F) +2
- T28 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 74 (F) +2
- T28 Katie Mitchell Louisville 74 (F) +2
- T28 Annette Lyche UNC Wilmington 74 (F) +2
- T38 Katelyn Dambaugh South Carolina 75 (F) +3
- T38 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 75 (F) +3
- T38 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 75 (F) +3
- T38 Alana Uriell Arkansas 75 (F) +3
- T38 Alex Harrell Auburn 75 (F) +3
- T38 Gaby Lopez Arkansas 75 (F) +3
- T38 Kelli Murphy Auburn 75 (F) +3
- T38 Kathleen Scavo Oregon 75 (F) +3
- T38 Laura Restrepo Louisville 75 (F) +3
- T47 Lucia Polo Tennessee 76 (F) +4
- T47 Claudia DeAntonio LSU 76 (F) +4
- T47 Antonia Eberhard Wake Forest 76 (F) +4
- T47 Lyberty Anderson Virginia 76 (F) +4
- T47 Lauren Coughlin Virginia 76 (F) +4
- T47 Summar Roachell Arkansas 76 (F) +4
- T47 Momo Sakuragi Rollins College 76 (F) +4
- T47 Regina Plasencia Arkansas 76 (F) +4
- T47 Annie Dulman Rollins College 76 (F) +4
- T47 Meghan Theiss UNC Wilmington 76 (F) +4
- T47 Giovana Maymon Baylor 76 (F) +4
- T47 Kayla Thompson UNC Wilmington 76 (F) +4
- T47 Cathleen Santoso Oregon 76 (F) +4
- T60 Sydney Cavin * LSU 77 (F) +5
- T60 Emmie Pietila Tennessee 77 (F) +5
- T60 Isi Nilsson South Carolina 77 (F) +5
- T60 Anna Newell Tennessee 77 (F) +5
- T60 Lexie Toth Rollins College 77 (F) +5
- T60 Clara Baena Auburn 77 (F) +5
- T60 Gabby Yurik Michigan State 77 (F) +5
- T60 Grace Rose Kentucky 77 (F) +5
- T60 Sarah Bae North Carolina State 77 (F) +5
- T60 Jordan Chael Kentucky 77 (F) +5
- T60 Olivia Cason Louisville 77 (F) +5
- T71 Rachel Jones * North Carolina 78 (F) +6
- T71 Erica Herr Wake Forest 78 (F) +6
- T71 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 78 (F) +6
- T71 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 78 (F) +6
- T71 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 78 (F) +6
- T71 Hally Leadbetter Rollins College 78 (F) +6
- T71 Petra Salko Oregon 78 (F) +6
- T71 Maggie Beth Byers Baylor 78 (F) +6
- T79 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 79 (F) +7
- T79 Gurbani Singh Duke 79 (F) +7
- T79 Lauren Whyte Baylor 79 (F) +7
- T79 Ellinoora Moisio UNC Wilmington 79 (F) +7
- T83 Ines Laklalech * Wake Forest 80 (F) +8
- T83 Gaby Amos South Carolina 80 (F) +8
- T83 Louise Gateau-Chovelon Baylor 80 (F) +8
- T86 Jia Xin Yang * South Carolina 81 (F) +9
- T86 Paige Lyle Rollins College 81 (F) +9
- T86 Kelsey Ulep Oregon 81 (F) +9
- T89 Cheni Xu * North Carolina 82 (F) +10
- T89 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 82 (F) +10
- T89 Nadine Dreher LSU 82 (F) +10
- T89 Cylia Damerau Kentucky 82 (F) +10
- 93 Killian Casson * North Carolina 84 (F) +12
- 94 Anna Hack Kentucky 87 (F) +15
- 95 Alaina Yeatts UNC Wilmington 88 (F) +16
- - Caroline Nistrup LSU W -
Team Scores
1 Duke 285 -3
2 Alabama 289 +1
T3 North Carolina State 292 +4
T3 Louisville 292 +4
5 Michigan State 293 +5
6 North Carolina 295 +7
7 Virginia 297 +9
8 Auburn 298 +10
T9 Tennessee 299 +11
T9 South Carolina 299 +11
T11 Arkansas 302 +14
T11 Oregon 302 +14
T11 LSU 302 +14
T14 Wake Forest 305 +17
T14 UNC Wilmington 305 +17
16 Baylor 306 +18
17 Rollins College 307 +19
18 Kentucky 308 +20

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