Duke Fires 17-Under Ledger to Take Commanding Lead

Saturday, October 14

Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Day Two at Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational

Duke Fires 17-Under Ledger to Take Commanding Lead

10/14/2017 9:01:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Duke women's golf team turned in the second-lowest 18-hole ledger in school history Saturday on its way to jumping out to 10-stroke lead in a talented field at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, which is being played at the 6,379-yard, par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Blue Devils shot an impressive 17-under-par, 271, Saturday and over 36 holes Duke owns a 22-under, 554, to take 10-stroke lead over Alabama (564) and South Carolina (565). Arkansas (567), NC State (572), North Carolina (572), Louisville (577), Ohio State (578), Wake Forest (578) and Michigan State (579) rounded out the top 10 teams.

Duke has turned in the top two 18-hole scores in school history this fall as the Blue Devils fired a 269 at the Jim West Challenge to open the season and a 271 Saturday in Chapel Hill. The 17-under score is the lowest in Duke history in relation to par. The previous was 16-under in the 2007 regional.

Four different Blue Devils finished in the red Saturday led by senior Leona Maguire with a six-under, 66. Both junior Virginia Elena Carta and freshman Jaravee Boonchant each signed for four-under-par, 68, and sophomore Ana Belac fired a three-under, 69.

Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, now holds a two stroke lead on the individual leaderboard with a nine-under-par, 135. Ainhoa Olarra of South Carolina (137), Maria Fassi of Arkansas (138) and Anna Redding of Virginia (138) head into the final round in striking distance.

A bogey-free, six birdie effort for Maguire in round two moved her into the lead. She collected three birdies on the front nine and three on the back as Maguire's was on fire Saturday. Maguire rolled in three birdies of over 10 feet (No. 4, No. 8 and No. 16). After a four-footer on No. 17 moved her to six-under for the day, Maguire found herself in the greenside bunker on 18, but rolled in a 20-footer to save par and finish with her 26th career round in the 60s. She finished with 29 putts, 17 greens and she hit all 14 fairways.

Carta, a product of Udine, Italy, carded a four-under, 68, Saturday on her way to posting her 10th career round in the 60s. She moved up to tied fifth overall with a five-under, 139. Carta opened play Saturday with five straight pars, before rolling in an eight-footer for birdie on No. 6 and a four-footer on No. 9 to get to two-under for the day. On the back, Carta placed her approach on the 388-yard, par four 11th to inches for birdie, but then had her first bogey of the day on No. 12. Carta responded with back-to-back birdies on No. 13 and No. 14 and her sixth birdie of the day on No. 16 as she connected on a 15-footer. She hit 17 greens, 13 fairways and had 31 putts.

With five birdies on Saturday, Boonchant turned in a four-under, 68, to collect her third round in the 60s out of eight total rounds as a Blue Devil. She enters the final day tied 10th overall with a four-under, 140. Boonchant, who is from Bangkok, Thailand, opened the day with birdies on No. 1, No. 7 and No. 9 to make the turn at 3-under. She added birdies on No. 13 and No. 16 to get to five-under, but closed the day with her lone bogey on No. 18 to finish with a 68.

Belac, who is from Portoroz, Slovenia, also turned in a bogey-free round with birdies on No. 2, No. 11 and No. 14. She did not miss a green, while rolling in a 10-footer on the second hole, three-footer on 11 and Belac nearly had a hole-in-one on the 167-yard, par three 14th. Belac hit her five-iron to within two inches and connected the birdie. Over her last 26 holes, she has shot four-under-par with four birdies and no bogeys in Chapel Hill. Belac enters the final round tied 21st with a two-under, 142.

Freshman Miranda Wang posted a 75 in the second round, after shooting a one-under, 71, in round one. Wang, a native of Beijing, China, was one-under through eight holes with a birdie on No. 2. She got into trouble off the tee and ended up suffering a double-bogey on No. 9 and had bogeys on No. 13 and No. 18 to finish with a 75.

Duke will tee off Sunday beginning at 9:15 a.m., off tee No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 along with Alabama and South Carolina.

Maguire is looking for her ninth career victory and her second straight at the Tar Heel Invitational as she last won the tournament as a sophomore. She did not compete in the invite last year as she was playing in a professional event.

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

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Duke Results
T3 1 Leona Maguire Duke 69 66      135 -9
T13 T5 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 71 68      139 -5
T24 T10 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 68      140 -4
T34 T21 Ana Belac Duke 73 69      142 -2
T13 T40 Miranda Wang Duke 71 75      146 +2

1 2 Team Scores
1 1 Duke 283 271      554 -22
3 2 Alabama 285 279      564 -12
2 3 South Carolina 284 281      565 -11
T5 4 Arkansas 288 279      567 -9
4 T5 North Carolina State 286 286      572 -4
T7 T5 North Carolina 289 283      572 -4
T5 7 Louisville 288 289      577 +1
9 T8 Ohio State 292 286      578 +2
T7 T8 Wake Forest 289 289      578 +2
11 10 Michigan State 297 282      579 +3
T12 11 Virginia 298 283      581 +5
T12 12 Vanderbilt 298 284      582 +6
T14 13 Michigan 299 287      586 +10
18 14 Virginia Tech 304 287      591 +15
16 15 Tulane 300 294      594 +18
T14 16 Iowa 299 297      596 +20
10 17 Rollins College 296 305      601 +25
17 18 UNC Wilmington 303 301      604 +28

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T3 1 Leona Maguire Duke 69 66      135 -9
T7 2 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 70 67      137 -7
T34 T3 Maria Fassi Arkansas 73 65      138 -6
T7 T3 Anna Redding Virginia 70 68      138 -6
T3 T5 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 69 70      139 -5
T1 T5 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 66 73      139 -5
T3 T5 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 69 70      139 -5
T1 T5 Molly Skapik Louisville 66 73      139 -5
T13 T5 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 71 68      139 -5
T7 T10 Ava Bergner North Carolina 70 70      140 -4
T41 T10 Ashley Kim Michigan 74 66      140 -4
T24 T10 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 68      140 -4
T24 T10 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 72 68      140 -4
T13 T10 Kristen Gillman Alabama 71 69      140 -4
T69 T15 Paz Marfa Michigan State 77 64      141 -3
T13 T15 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 71 70      141 -3
T13 T15 Alex Wright Ohio State 71 70      141 -3
T13 T15 Brynn Walker North Carolina 71 70      141 -3
T13 T15 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina 71 70      141 -3
T7 T15 Lakareber Abe Alabama 70 71      141 -3
T34 T21 Courtney Zeng Vanderbilt 73 69      142 -2
T13 T21 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 71 71      142 -2
T34 T21 Laura Kowohl North Carolina State 73 69      142 -2
T13 T21 Dylan Kim Arkansas 71 71      142 -2
T7 T21 Alana Uriell Arkansas 70 72      142 -2
T34 T21 Ana Belac Duke 73 69      142 -2
T34 T27 Crystal Huang North Carolina State 73 70      143 -1
T7 T27 Kristin Glesne Iowa 70 73      143 -1
T13 T27 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 71 72      143 -1
T13 T30 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 71 73      144 E
T56 T30 Beth Lillie Virginia 75 69      144 E
T41 T32 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 74 71      145 +1
T41 T32 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 74 71      145 +1
T56 T32 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 75 70      145 +1
T3 T32 India Clyburn North Carolina State 69 76      145 +1
T41 T32 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 74 71      145 +1
T24 T32 Ana Pelaez South Carolina 72 73      145 +1
T24 T32 Angelica Moresco Alabama 72 73      145 +1
T34 T32 Gabrielle Correia Tulane 73 72      145 +1
T41 T40 Isi Nilsson * South Carolina 74 72      146 +2
T41 T40 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 74 72      146 +2
T41 T40 Morgan Baxendale Vanderbilt 74 72      146 +2
T41 T40 Allyson Geer Michigan State 74 72      146 +2
T41 T40 Anita Uwadia South Carolina 74 72      146 +2
T13 T40 Miranda Wang Duke 71 75      146 +2
T24 T40 Amanda Hollandsworth Virginia Tech 72 74      146 +2
T24 T40 Kayla Thompson UNC Wilmington 72 74      146 +2
T34 T48 Roshnee Sharma * North Carolina 73 74      147 +3
T69 T48 Abbey Carlson Vanderbilt 77 70      147 +3
T41 T48 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 74 73      147 +3
T41 T48 Virginia Green Vanderbilt 74 73      147 +3
T56 T48 Katharine Patrick Virginia 75 72      147 +3
T24 T48 Emily White Michigan 72 75      147 +3
T24 T54 Seher Atwal Rollins College 72 76      148 +4
T41 T54 Cecily Overbey North Carolina State 74 74      148 +4
T56 T54 Jacqueline Twitty Louisville 75 73      148 +4
T64 T54 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 76 72      148 +4
T24 T58 Madison Lellyo Rollins College 72 77      149 +5
T64 T58 Olivia Cason Louisville 76 73      149 +5
T75 T58 Kathy Lim Michigan 78 71      149 +5
T41 T58 Jessica Ip Iowa 74 75      149 +5
T24 T58 Kristin Engle Louisville 72 77      149 +5
T69 T58 Jennifer Rosenberg Tulane 77 72      149 +5
T75 T58 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 78 71      149 +5
T69 T65 Alexandra Farnsworth Vanderbilt 77 73      150 +6
T56 T65 Elodie Van Dievoet Michigan 75 75      150 +6
T86 T65 Elizabeth Bose Virginia Tech 80 70      150 +6
T56 T65 Abbie Cantwell Tulane 75 75      150 +6
T56 T65 Laura Munoz Tulane 75 75      150 +6
T41 T70 Louise Yu * Vanderbilt 74 77      151 +7
T64 T70 Lexie Toth Rollins College 76 75      151 +7
T41 T70 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 74 77      151 +7
T92 T73 Mariana Ocano North Carolina 81 71      152 +8
T75 T73 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 78 74      152 +8
T84 T73 Elisa Suarez Iowa 79 73      152 +8
T75 T73 Ellinoora Moisio UNC Wilmington 78 74      152 +8
T69 T77 Katie Sharp Michigan State 77 76      153 +9
T64 T77 Sophie Faulkner Rollins College 76 77      153 +9
T75 T77 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 78 75      153 +9
T69 T77 Shawn Rennegarbe Iowa 77 76      153 +9
T86 T81 Julia Ford Virginia 80 74      154 +10
T86 T81 Caroline Cahill UNC Wilmington 80 74      154 +10
T75 T81 Anne Taylor Hough Virginia Tech 78 76      154 +10
T56 T81 Thao My Nguyen UNC Wilmington 75 79      154 +10
T64 85 Sofia Seldemirova Ohio State 76 80      156 +12
T86 T86 Cheni Xu * North Carolina 80 77      157 +13
T75 T86 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 78 79      157 +13
T84 T86 Megan Kim Michigan 79 78      157 +13
T86 T86 Haydyn Gibson Tulane 80 77      157 +13
T86 T90 Selin Timur Rollins College 80 78      158 +14
T75 T90 Stephanie Herzog Iowa 78 80      158 +14
96 T92 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 86 76      162 +18
T75 T92 Rachael Mast UNC Wilmington 78 84      162 +18
95 94 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 83 80      163 +19
T92 95 Kate Harper * Virginia 81 83      164 +20
T92 96 Clementina Rodriguez * North Carolina 81 87      168 +24