Boonchant Shoots Even Par; Duke in Eighth

Saturday, May 19

Stillwater, Okla.

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Day Two at NCAA Championship

Boonchant Shoots Even Par; Duke in Eighth

5/19/2018 9:00:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

STILLWATER, Okla. – With a short turnaround from Friday's opening day of the NCAA Championship, the fourth-ranked Duke women's golf team had the first tee time Saturday morning in the second round and carded its second straight 10-over-par, 298, and is eighth heading into Sunday's action at the 6,328-yard, par 72 Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.

When Duke completed its round Saturday, the Blue Devils were tied 12th, but with a lot of golfers still on the course for the afternoon wave. The Blue Devils continued to edge up the scoreboard and finished eighth, when it was all said and done.

“Well we scored the same today as the first day,” commented Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “I don't think either day was really that far off. This is a windy, really good golf course and everybody is pitching, chipping, hitting bunker shots, having a lot of balls roll off the green and things like that. So it is easy to get frustrated and I have seen my team really handle it well and not get frustrated. We have to continue to do that.”

UCLA carded a nine-under, 279, in the second round and holds a five-stroke lead at three-under, 573, over Alabama (578). Rounding out the top six teams were Southern California (589), Arizona (592), Northwestern (592), Florida State (595), Kent State (595) and Duke (596). For the second straight day, Duke opened the first nine holes of play two-over, but closed the final nine at eight-over-par.

Following Sunday's third round, the top 15 teams will advance to Monday's final round of stroke play.

Beginning Monday, May 21, Golf Channel will provide extensive coverage of the championship from 4-8 p.m. (ET), featuring the final round of stroke play and awarding of the individual medalist honors.

Duke freshman Jaravee Boonchant turned in an even-par, 72, Saturday to pace the Blue Devils. She enters day three of her first championship tied 19th with a two-over, 146. Boonchant, who is from Bangkok, Thailand, carded three straight pars to open her morning, before suffering her first bogey on No. 13. She came back to collect back-to-back birdies on the 14th and 15th as she drained a six-foot and three-foot birdies. Boonchant missed the fairway on the 367-yard, par four 16th and had another bogey to fall back to even par.

“Today my approach shots were really good,” commented Boonchant. “For all my birdie putts, I hit it close to the pin and made the putts.”

The All-ACC selection had a great sand shot on No. 18 to four feet and connected on her third birdie of the day on the 482-yard, par five. After making the turn at one-under, Boonchant had bogeys on No. 1 and No. 3 to fall back to one-over-par. On the 397-yard, par four fifth, she had 160 yards into the green and she stuck her six-iron to two feet for birdie. Boonchant bogeyed No. 6, but came back to birdie the par five ninth as she drained a nine-footer. She tied a postseason best with 29 putts, while hitting nine fairways and 11 greens.

“I think for this course you need to be more conservative compared to the other courses we have played before,” said Boonchant. “It is really challenging, because if you miss the green by a little bit you could end up in a really bad position. If you are more careful around the green, you will be fine.”

“I am real proud of her,” said Brooks on the play of Boonchant. “I am proud of her for the whole year. To come in here on this golf course and do as well as she has – I have watched her probably a total of only about five holes in these two days. That usually means that I am counting on somebody and I have a lot of confidence in them. The parts that I saw, she thinks really well. I saw her make a great comeback putt to.”

Senior Leona Maguire signed for a 76 in round two, which was her second-highest 18-hole score in NCAA Championship play over her four years. A native of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire was solid over her first nine holes with seven pars a 10-foot birdie on No. 15 and a bogey on No. 16 to make the turn at even par. Over her final nine holes, she three-putted three straight holes, No. 3-5, to fall to three-over. Maguire added another bogey on No. 7 and just missed birdie on No. 9 to close her day. She is tied 30th with a four-over, 148, after hitting 14 fairways, 11 greens and totaling 31 putts.

With a two-over, 74, Saturday, sophomore Ana Belac is tied 36th with a 149. She kicked off her day with three pars and then hit her tee shot on the 391-yard, par four 13th left into the woods. Belac, who hails from Portoroz, Slovenia, finished with a triple-bogey, seven, and went to three-over. She responded by playing the next 14 holes at one-under with birdies on No. 16 from three feet and No. 9 from seven feet. Belac hit 13 greens, 12 fairways and had 31 putts on day two.

Junior Virginia Elena Carta featured four bogeys over her first nine holes and made the turn at four-over, 40. Carta, who is from Udine, Italy, turned it around on the second nine with two birdies on No. 2 from 25-feet and No. 9 from 12 feet, two bogeys and five pars. She hit seven of nine greens and all fairways over her final nine holes to shoot even par. Carta hit 13 fairways, 13 greens and rolled 36 putts on the day.

With another excellent start to her round, senior Lisa Maguire was one-under through three holes Saturday. She hit the fairway bunker off the tee, but had a great shot to eight feet and connected for birdie on the 327-yard, par four 12th. Maguire, who is from Cavan, Ireland, scrambled the rest of the way and finished with a 79. She hit eight fairways, 11 greens and rolled 32 putts.

Duke will tee off beginning at 9:36 a.m. (ET) off hole No. 1 along with Kent State and Stanford.

“I think that is what is going to make the difference,” commented Brooks on moving on past bad holes. “The team that can accept it, take it in stride, go onto the next shot, go on to the next hole. That is the team that is going to win.”

Duke Results
T28 T19 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 74 72      146 +2
T11 T30 Leona Maguire Duke 72 76      148 +4
T35 T36 Ana Belac Duke 75 74      149 +5
T76 T77 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 78 76      154 +10
T68 T93 Lisa Maguire Duke 77 79      156 +12

1 2 Team Scores
3 1 UCLA 294 279      573 -3
2 2 Alabama 292 286      578 +2
1 3 Southern California 291 298      589 +13
T7 T4 Arizona 301 291      592 +16
6 T4 Northwestern 299 293      592 +16
T7 T6 Florida State 301 294      595 +19
4 T6 Kent State 296 299      595 +19
5 8 Duke 298 298      596 +20
T16 9 Stanford 308 291      599 +23
T7 10 Louisville 301 300      601 +25
T10 11 Washington 303 300      603 +27
20 12 Furman 312 293      605 +29
T10 13 Florida 303 303      606 +30
T13 T14 Colorado 306 301      607 +31
T13 T14 Wake Forest 306 301      607 +31
21 T16 Baylor 313 295      608 +32
T16 T16 Arkansas 308 300      608 +32
18 18 Texas 309 300      609 +33
12 T19 Auburn 304 306      610 +34
15 T19 Oklahoma 307 303      610 +34
22 21 Arizona State 314 297      611 +35
23 22 Virginia 315 302      617 +41
24 23 Ole Miss 320 303      623 +47
19 24 Ohio State 310 318      628 +52

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T4 T1 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70 69      139 -5
T7 T1 Bianca Pagdanganan Arizona 71 68      139 -5
1 T1 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 65 74      139 -5
T11 4 Lilia Vu UCLA 72 68      140 -4
T7 T5 Patty Tavatanakit UCLA 71 71      142 -2
T19 T5 Kim Metraux Florida State 73 69      142 -2
T4 T5 Morgane Metraux Florida State 70 72      142 -2
T28 T8 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 74 69      143 -1
T19 T8 Maddie Szeryk * Texas A&M 73 70      143 -1
T7 T8 Pimnipa Panthong Kent State 71 72      143 -1
T35 T11 Mariel Galdiano UCLA 75 69      144 E
T11 T11 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 72 72      144 E
T19 T13 Kristen Gillman Alabama 73 72      145 +1
T11 T13 Dylan Kim Arkansas 72 73      145 +1
T7 T13 Leonie Harm * Houston 71 74      145 +1
3 T13 Jillian Hollis * Georgia, U. of 69 76      145 +1
T4 T13 Rose Huang * Brigham Young 70 75      145 +1
T28 T13 Yu-Sang Hou Arizona 74 71      145 +1
T68 T19 Andrea Lee Stanford 77 69      146 +2
T11 T19 Allisen Corpuz Southern California 72 74      146 +2
T28 T19 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 74 72      146 +2
2 T19 Janet Mao Northwestern 68 78      146 +2
T28 T19 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74 72      146 +2
T51 T24 Bethany Wu UCLA 76 71      147 +3
T11 T24 Jennifer Chang Southern California 72 75      147 +3
T19 T24 Emma Broze * Oklahoma State 73 74      147 +3
T19 T24 Alice Chen Furman 73 74      147 +3
T11 T24 Micheala Williams * Tennessee 72 75      147 +3
T51 T24 Molly Skapik Louisville 76 71      147 +3
T11 T30 Leona Maguire Duke 72 76      148 +4
T35 T30 Hannah Kim Northwestern 75 73      148 +4
T51 T30 Karen Miyamoto Washington 76 72      148 +4
T51 T30 Julienne Soo Oklahoma 76 72      148 +4
T51 T30 Amy Lee Baylor 76 72      148 +4
T19 T30 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 73 75      148 +4
T51 T36 Alyaa Abdulghany Southern California 76 73      149 +5
T35 T36 Ana Belac Duke 75 74      149 +5
T51 T36 Albane Valenzuela Stanford 76 73      149 +5
T11 T36 Jess Yuen * Missouri 72 77      149 +5
T19 T36 Sierra Brooks Florida 73 76      149 +5
T35 T36 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 75 74      149 +5
T35 T36 Brittany Fan Colorado 75 74      149 +5
T35 T36 Kie Purdom Ole Miss 75 74      149 +5
T28 T44 Gabriela Ruffels Southern California 74 76      150 +6
T51 T44 Shannon Aubert Stanford 76 74      150 +6
T76 T44 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 78 72      150 +6
T35 T44 Sophia Schubert Texas 75 75      150 +6
T35 T44 Kory Nielsen Kent State 75 75      150 +6
T35 T44 Chloe Salort Kent State 75 75      150 +6
T35 T44 Rino Sasaki Washington 75 75      150 +6
T68 T44 Nicole Schroeder * Oregon State 77 73      150 +6
T35 T44 Robyn Choi Colorado 75 75      150 +6
T88 T44 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 79 71      150 +6
T35 T54 Angelica Moresco Alabama 75 76      151 +7
T19 T54 Amelia Garvey Southern California 73 78      151 +7
T88 T54 Kaitlyn Papp Texas 79 72      151 +7
T88 T54 Natalie Srinivasan Furman 79 72      151 +7
T68 T54 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 77 74      151 +7
T28 T54 Amanda Doherty Florida State 74 77      151 +7
T35 T54 Sarah Rhee Washington 75 76      151 +7
T28 T54 Kirsty Hodgkins Colorado 74 77      151 +7
T76 T62 Alana Uriell Arkansas 78 74      152 +8
T76 T62 Sarah Cho Northwestern 78 74      152 +8
T104 T62 Roberta Liti Arizona State 81 71      152 +8
T76 T62 Stephanie Lau Northwestern 78 74      152 +8
T68 T62 Kelli Murphy Auburn 77 75      152 +8
T35 T62 Michaela Finn Kent State 75 77      152 +8
T68 T68 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 77 76      153 +9
T51 T68 Agathe Laisne Texas 76 77      153 +9
T76 T68 Reona Hirai Furman 78 75      153 +9
T111 T68 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 82 71      153 +9
T76 T68 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 78 75      153 +9
T51 T68 Marthe Wold * California 76 77      153 +9
T51 T68 Kristin Engle Louisville 76 77      153 +9
T51 T68 Olivia Cason Louisville 76 77      153 +9
T51 T68 Delaney Shah Louisville 76 77      153 +9
T88 T77 Clare Legaspi UCLA 79 75      154 +10
T76 T77 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 78 76      154 +10
T88 T77 Ziyi (Emily) Wang Stanford 79 75      154 +10
T76 T77 Sandra Nordaas Arizona 78 76      154 +10
T51 T77 Marta Perez Florida 76 78      154 +10
T76 T77 Haley Moore Arizona 78 76      154 +10
T68 T77 Wenyung Keh Washington 77 77      154 +10
T68 T77 Hannah Wood Oklahoma 77 77      154 +10
T97 T77 Maria Vesga Baylor 80 74      154 +10
T119 T86 Haylee Harford Furman 83 72      155 +11
T76 T86 Addison Baggarly Florida 78 77      155 +11
T104 T86 Raquel Olmos Arizona State 81 74      155 +11
T76 T86 Gigi Stoll Arizona 78 77      155 +11
T35 T86 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 75 80      155 +11
T35 T86 Valerie Tanguay Oklahoma 75 80      155 +11
T19 T86 Kayley Marschke Auburn 73 82      155 +11
T68 T93 Lisa Maguire Duke 77 79      156 +12
T88 T93 Sydney Youngblood Oklahoma 79 77      156 +12
T97 T93 Gabby Curtis * Wisconsin 80 76      156 +12
T111 T93 Katharine Patrick Virginia 82 74      156 +12
T97 T93 Anna Redding Virginia 80 76      156 +12
T51 T98 Lakareber Abe Alabama 76 81      157 +13
T111 T98 Jacqueline Bendrick Furman 82 75      157 +13
T88 T98 Julianne Alvarez Washington 79 78      157 +13
T111 T98 Alisha Lau Colorado 82 75      157 +13
T111 T98 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 82 75      157 +13
T111 T103 Elena Hualde Auburn 82 76      158 +14
T97 T103 Hira Naveed * Pepperdine 80 78      158 +14
T76 T103 Diane Baillieux Baylor 78 80      158 +14
T104 T106 Maria Fassi Arkansas 81 78      159 +15
T129 T106 Brooke Riley Northwestern 87 72      159 +15
T119 T106 Greta Voelker Texas 83 76      159 +15
T104 T106 Fiona Liddell Baylor 81 78      159 +15
T124 T110 Mika Liu Stanford 85 75      160 +16
T88 T110 Emilee Hoffman Texas 79 81      160 +16
T51 T110 Elin Esborn Florida 76 84      160 +16
T122 T110 Kayla Jones Florida State 84 76      160 +16
T88 T110 Michaela Owen Auburn 79 81      160 +16
T126 T115 Conner Beth Ball Ole Miss 86 75      161 +17
T104 T115 Beth Lillie Virginia 81 80      161 +17
T111 T115 Gillian Vance Colorado 82 79      161 +17
T97 T115 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 80 81      161 +17
T51 T115 Alex Wright Ohio State 76 85      161 +17
T119 T120 Pi-Lillebi Hermansson Ole Miss 83 79      162 +18
T97 T120 Julia Ford Virginia 80 82      162 +18
T97 T120 Katy Harris Ole Miss 80 82      162 +18
T126 T123 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 86 77      163 +19
T124 T123 Madison Kerley Arizona State 85 78      163 +19
T129 125 Kaitlin Milligan Oklahoma 87 77      164 +20
T111 126 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 82 83      165 +21
T104 T127 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 81 87      168 +24
T126 T127 Erin Harper * Indiana 86 82      168 +24
T129 129 Adeena Shears Ohio State 87 82      169 +25
132 T130 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 89 81      170 +26
T122 T130 Kathleen Sumner Florida State 84 86      170 +26
T104 132 Karoline Stormo Kent State 81 90      171 +27