Blue Devils Feature Strong Start at Tar Heel Invite

Friday, October 13

Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Day One at Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational

Blue Devils Feature Strong Start at Tar Heel Invite

10/13/2017 5:49:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The 14-time Tar Heel Invitational champion Duke women's golf team featured a strong start Friday in the first round by carding a five-under-par, 283, and holds a one stroke lead with 36 holes remaining at the 6,379-yard, par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Blue Devils rolled in 11 birdies over the first nine holes and had as high as a seven-under ledger when they made the turn. After dropping six shots early on the back nine, Duke finished strong with six birdies over the final six holes to regain the lead.

South Carolina (284) is one stroke behind, while Alabama (285), NC State (286), Arkansas (288), Louisville (288), North Carolina (289), Wake Forest (289), Ohio State (292) and Rollins College (296) rounded out the top 10 teams.

Senior Leona Maguire paced the Blue Devils with a three-under-par, 69, Friday and is three strokes off the individual lead. Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest and Molly Skapik of Louisville each turned in rounds of six-under-par, 66, to hold the individual lead.

Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, stuck her approach on the par five third hole to a foot and connected on her first birdie of the day on No. 3. She remained one-under through 10 holes, before getting an unlucky bounce off the fringe on the 388-yard, par four 11th and could not get up-and-down for par. Maguire responded by sinking a two-foot birdie on No. 13 and a 12-footer on No. 14 to get to two-under. After three straight pars, Maguire stuck her approach on No. 18 to three feet and sank her fourth birdie of the day to finish with her 25th career round in the 60s, which is sole possession of second on Duke's career charts.

Seeing action in her first Tar Heel Invitational, rookie Miranda Wang had the best start of the day for Duke with four birdies on the front nine and a three-under ledger. The native of Beijing, China drilled an 18-foot birdie on No. 1, six-footer on No. 3, short birdie on No. 6 and another long birdie on the ninth. Her short game was stellar on the front nine as she connected on three up-and-downs as well. After missing the green on No. 11 and No. 12, she could not get up-and-down and finished with back-to-back bogeys. Wang had a great approach on the 481-yard, par five 14th, but the ball spun back four feet. It didn't matter as she rolled in the nine-foot birdie to get back to two-under. She closed with four pars and a bogey on No. 15. Wang had a team-best 28 putts and missed only one fairway.

Junior Virginia Elena Carta was solid all day and held a two-under-par score through 14 holes. She placed her approach shots on No. 3 to one foot and No. 9 to two feet and sank both birdie putts. Carta, who is from Udine, Italy, had a bogey on No. 15 and then three pars to finish the day tied 13th. She hit a team-best 17 greens on the day, but had a team-high 34 putts.

After opening her Duke career with back-to-back top 15 finishes, freshman Jaravee Boonchant turned in an even-par, 72, in round one and is tied 24th. She opened with an up-and-down par on No. 1 and then had a bogey on the second hole, but sank birdies on No. 5 and No. 7 to move into the red digits at 1-under. Bogeys on No. 11 and No. 13 dropped her back to one-over for the day, but rolled in a 23-foot putt on the par five 17th to get back to even for the day. Boonchant, a product of Bangkok, Thailand, hit 13 greens, 12 fairways and had 31 putts.

Sophomore Ana Belac suffered two consecutive bogeys to kick off her round, but went on to play her final 16 holes at one-under-par on her way to finishing with a one-over, 73. Belac, who is from Portoroz, Slovenia, collected birdies on No. 7 (10 feet), No. 9 (12 feet) and No. 18 (five feet). Over the last eight holes, Belac was one-under-par and did not miss a green or fairway.

Duke will tee off Saturday in round two beginning at 10:39 a.m., along with South Carolina and Alabama.

Fans will be able to follow the action live at Golfstat.com.

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Duke Results
- T3 Leona Maguire Duke 69         -3
- T13 Miranda Wang Duke 71         -1
- T13 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 71         -1
- T24 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72         E
- T34 Ana Belac Duke 73         +1

1 Team Scores
1 Duke 283         -5
2 South Carolina 284         -4
3 Alabama 285         -3
4 North Carolina State 286         -2
T5 Arkansas 288         E
T5 Louisville 288         E
T7 North Carolina 289         +1
T7 Wake Forest 289         +1
9 Ohio State 292         +4
10 Rollins College 296         +8
11 Michigan State 297         +9
T12 Vanderbilt 298         +10
T12 Virginia 298         +10
T14 Michigan 299         +11
T14 Iowa 299         +11
16 Tulane 300         +12
17 UNC Wilmington 303         +15
18 Virginia Tech 304         +16

Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 66         -6
- T1 Molly Skapik Louisville 66         -6
- T3 Leona Maguire Duke 69         -3
- T3 India Clyburn North Carolina State 69         -3
- T3 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 69         -3
- T3 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 69         -3
- T7 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 70         -2
- T7 Ava Bergner North Carolina 70         -2
- T7 Alana Uriell Arkansas 70         -2
- T7 Lakareber Abe Alabama 70         -2
- T7 Kristin Glesne Iowa 70         -2
- T7 Anna Redding Virginia 70         -2
- T13 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 71         -1
- T13 Brynn Walker North Carolina 71         -1
- T13 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 71         -1
- T13 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 71         -1
- T13 Miranda Wang Duke 71         -1
- T13 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 71         -1
- T13 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina 71         -1
- T13 Alex Wright Ohio State 71         -1
- T13 Dylan Kim Arkansas 71         -1
- T13 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 71         -1
- T13 Kristen Gillman Alabama 71         -1
- T24 Ana Pelaez South Carolina 72         E
- T24 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72         E
- T24 Madison Lellyo Rollins College 72         E
- T24 Emily White Michigan 72         E
- T24 Amanda Hollandsworth Virginia Tech 72         E
- T24 Seher Atwal Rollins College 72         E
- T24 Angelica Moresco Alabama 72         E
- T24 Kristin Engle Louisville 72         E
- T24 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 72         E
- T24 Kayla Thompson UNC Wilmington 72         E
- T34 Roshnee Sharma * North Carolina 73         +1
- T34 Ana Belac Duke 73         +1
- T34 Crystal Huang North Carolina State 73         +1
- T34 Laura Kowohl North Carolina State 73         +1
- T34 Courtney Zeng Vanderbilt 73         +1
- T34 Maria Fassi Arkansas 73         +1
- T34 Gabrielle Correia Tulane 73         +1
- T41 Louise Yu * Vanderbilt 74         +2
- T41 Isi Nilsson * South Carolina 74         +2
- T41 Cecily Overbey North Carolina State 74         +2
- T41 Virginia Green Vanderbilt 74         +2
- T41 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 74         +2
- T41 Anita Uwadia South Carolina 74         +2
- T41 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 74         +2
- T41 Morgan Baxendale Vanderbilt 74         +2
- T41 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 74         +2
- T41 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 74         +2
- T41 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 74         +2
- T41 Allyson Geer Michigan State 74         +2
- T41 Ashley Kim Michigan 74         +2
- T41 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 74         +2
- T41 Jessica Ip Iowa 74         +2
- T56 Elodie Van Dievoet Michigan 75         +3
- T56 Jacqueline Twitty Louisville 75         +3
- T56 Abbie Cantwell Tulane 75         +3
- T56 Katharine Patrick Virginia 75         +3
- T56 Beth Lillie Virginia 75         +3
- T56 Thao My Nguyen UNC Wilmington 75         +3
- T56 Laura Munoz Tulane 75         +3
- T56 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 75         +3
- T64 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 76         +4
- T64 Sophie Faulkner Rollins College 76         +4
- T64 Sofia Seldemirova Ohio State 76         +4
- T64 Lexie Toth Rollins College 76         +4
- T64 Olivia Cason Louisville 76         +4
- T69 Alexandra Farnsworth Vanderbilt 77         +5
- T69 Abbey Carlson Vanderbilt 77         +5
- T69 Katie Sharp Michigan State 77         +5
- T69 Paz Marfa Michigan State 77         +5
- T69 Jennifer Rosenberg Tulane 77         +5
- T69 Shawn Rennegarbe Iowa 77         +5
- T75 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 78         +6
- T75 Kathy Lim Michigan 78         +6
- T75 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 78         +6
- T75 Anne Taylor Hough Virginia Tech 78         +6
- T75 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 78         +6
- T75 Stephanie Herzog Iowa 78         +6
- T75 Rachael Mast UNC Wilmington 78         +6
- T75 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 78         +6
- T75 Ellinoora Moisio UNC Wilmington 78         +6
- T84 Megan Kim Michigan 79         +7
- T84 Elisa Suarez Iowa 79         +7
- T86 Cheni Xu * North Carolina 80         +8
- T86 Selin Timur Rollins College 80         +8
- T86 Elizabeth Bose Virginia Tech 80         +8
- T86 Julia Ford Virginia 80         +8
- T86 Haydyn Gibson Tulane 80         +8
- T86 Caroline Cahill UNC Wilmington 80         +8
- T92 Clementian Rodriguez * North Carolina 81         +9
- T92 Kate Harper * Virginia 81         +9
- T92 Mariana Ocano North Carolina 81         +9
- 95 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 83         +11
- 96 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 86         +14