Leona Maguire T5, Rachael Taylor T7 with 

round to go in ACC Champiionship

DUKE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE
FROM JACK WINTERS
GREENSBORO, North Carolina - With 18 holes remaining at the ACC Championship, the Duke women’s golf team  sits in third place and 17 shots off the team lead as Virginia continues to lead action at the 6,089-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club
Virginia has totalled rounds of 283 and 290 for a three-under-par, 573, while Wake Forest turned in a team-best three-under, 285, Saturday to move into second with a 579.  Duke collected a 294 on Friday and followed that with a 296 in round two for a 14-over, 590.  

North Carolina (594), Clemson (597), North Carolina (598), Miami (602), Florida State (606), Louisville (606), Notre Dame (609), Boston College (613) and Virginia Tech (630) closed out the field.
The Cavaliers are looking for their second straight ACC Championship and the Blue Devils will need a low score Sunday to try to claim their 20th overall league title.  Duke opened the day on the comeback trail and made the turn at two-under, but the Blue Devils couldn’t maintain the under par round on the back nine.
Duke freshman Virginia Elena Carta turned in Duke’s best round of the day,  a 73, which was propelled by birdies on No. 1 and No. 5 to open the morning.  Carta, who is from Udine, Italy, made the turn at two-under, 33.  She started the back nine with bogeys on No. 10, No. 12 and No. 13 to fall back to one-over, but closed with five straight pars to finish with a 73.  

She enters the final round tied 11th overall with a three-over, 147.  Carta hit a team-high 16 greens, 11 fairways and had 37 putts.
Looking for her second straight ACC Individual Championship, sophomore Leona Maguire will have her work cut out for her as she is tied fifth with a one-over, 145, which is eight shots off the lead.  

Virginia’s Lauren Coughlin leads the pack with a seven-under, 137.  Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest (140), Lauren Diaz-Yi of Virginia (141) and Sierra Sims of Wake Forest (142) enter the final round as the only other under par golfers in the field.
Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, had another slow start to her day with four bogeys over her first six holes and made the turn with a four-over, 39.  

The reigning National Player of the Year and World ranked No 1 female amateur, Leona made two strokes up with back-to-back birdies on No. 10 and No. 11, but suffered a bogey on No. 12. 

 Maguire dropped to five-over for the day, after suffering a double-bogey on No. 15.  She closed strong for the second straight day with two straight birdies on No. 17 and No. 18 to finish with a 75.  Maguire hit 13 greens, 11 fairways and had 32 putts.

Tied seventh is Scot Rachael Taylor (North Carolina State) after rounds of  75 and 71 for 146
Continuing her solid play in her second ACC Championship, sophomore Lisa Maguire, twin sister of Leona, notched three birdies on the day, while finishing with a 74.  Her round of 74 matched a season best for the Cavan, Ireland product.  Lisa held a four-over-par ledger through 13 holes, but closed with birdies on No. 16 and No. 18 to finish the round.


LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T1 1 Lauren Coughlin Virginia 66 71 137 -7
T1 2 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 66 74 140 -4
T4 3 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 71 70 141 -3
T27 4 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 76 66 142 -2
T4 T5 Daniela Darquea Miami 71 74 145 +1
3 T5 Leona Maguire Duke 70 75 145 +1
T27 T7 Talia Campbell Notre Dame 76 70 146 +2
T18 T7 Rachael Taylor North Carolina State 75 71 146 +2
T4 T7 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 71 75 146 +2
T7 T7 Sydney Legacy Clemson 72 74 146 +2
SELECTED SCORES
T38 T25 Alice Hewson Clemson 77 73 150 +6
T27 T25 Lisa Maguire Duke 76 74 150 +6
T18 T37 India Clyburn North Carolina State 75 78 153 +9
T52 T46 Celine Boutier Duke 81 75 156 +12