Blue Devils Move Up to Sixth at NCAA Championship

Sunday, May 20

Stillwater, Okla.

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Day Three at NCAA Championship

Blue Devils Move Up to Sixth at NCAA Championship

5/20/2018 8:00:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

STILLWATER, Okla. – Boosted by a one-under-par, 71, and even-par, 72, by senior Leona Maguire and freshman Jaravee Boonchant, respectively, the fourth-ranked Duke women's golf team turned in a five-over, 293, Sunday in the third round of the NCAA Championship. The Blue Devils moved up two slots to No. 6 and advanced to Monday's final round of stroke play at the 6,328-yard, par 72 Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.

The top 15 teams advanced to the stroke play final Monday led by Alabama (862), who leads by eight strokes over UCLA (870). Arizona (880), Northwestern (882), Southern California (885), Duke (889), Stanford (890), Kent State (891), Florida State (894), Baylor (895), Arkansas (897), Furman (899), Texas (900), Washington (902) and Louisville (903) rounded out the top 15 teams that moved on.

“I am glad we are in sixth,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “It puts us in that 11:50 a.m., slot off the front. I like playing this course 1-18 as opposed to starting on the back. I am pretty happy with it.”

Fans will be able to follow Monday's final round of stroke play live on Golf Channel from 4-8 p.m. (ET).

“The team has been really in control of their emotions during this tournament,” commented Brooks. “In doing that, you just learn a little bit as you go along. We are not having to convince them to be patient the next day. They have been patient throughout the whole thing. It is a hard golf course and you always learn as you go when playing a course like this.”

Duke kicked off action Sunday morning on hole No. 1 and after the first nine holes the Blue Devils were three-over-par. Both Boonchant and Maguire were even with nine pars each. Over the first two days, Duke struggled on the way in shooting eight-over-par, but on Sunday the Blue Devils were solid finishing two-over.

“I think we have played, probably not our best golf, we have played decent golf,” commented Maguire. “I think we still have a lot more in us. So if we can have our best day tomorrow – I think we need to hole a few more putts. I think people have really struggled on the greens a little bit, especially with pace putting. We are going to work on that some this afternoon and maybe we can go a few shots lower tomorrow.”

Maguire, a native of Cavan, Ireland turned in a solid one-under, 71, Sunday to move into a tie for 17th overall. It marked her 24th even or under par round of the season, which matches the Duke single-season record held by Amanda Blumenherst and Maguire.

“The course played a lot longer today,” said Maguire. “It was a lot cooler so the ball wasn't flying as far and the ground was wet. Hit a few woods into holes we were hitting a mid-iron into yesterday. It definitely played different, especially on the front side when it was raining.”

The two-time National Player of the Year, Maguire hit all 18 greens, all 14 fairways and featured a bogey-free round. It marked the first time since her freshman season she has hit all 18 greens in a round. After making par in each of her first nine holes, Maguire stuck her approach to 10 feet on the 362-yard, par four 10th and drained the birdie. She added eight more pars to close her afternoon.

“It was kind of boring I suppose,” said Maguire. “I hit 18 greens and 14 fairways. I struggled a lot with my irons yesterday and found a key yesterday afternoon. Played a lot better [today]. Just played really solidly on a tough golf course. Stayed out of trouble all day. I would have liked to holed a few more putts, but big improvement from yesterday.”

A product of Bangkok, Thailand, Boonchant posted 11 straight pars to open her round, before sticking her approach on No. 12 to two feet and sinking a birdie to get to one-under. She added four consecutive pars and then suffered her only bogey of the day on the challenging par four 17th. Boonchant closed with a par on No. 18 and is now 16th overall. She hit 13 greens, 13 fairways and had 32 putts Sunday.

Sophomore Ana Belac collected another solid round with a two-over, 74, and is tied 42nd overall. Belac, who is from Portoroz, Slovenia, connected on Duke's first birdie of the morning as she sank a 10-footer on the 349-yard, par four fourth. She then suffered bogeys on No. 5 and No. 8 to make the turn one-over, 37. Belac added her second birdie on No. 10 from 10 feet to get back to even, but had another bogey on No. 11. She returned to even with her third birdie of the day on No. 14, before closing with two bogeys and two pars. Belac hit 13 fairways, 13 greens and had 32 putts Sunday.

“Today definitely the course was playing much different than the previous two or three rounds,” said Belac. “The course was wet; the wind was coming from different directions. Basically on every hole it was a completely different hole to play. So it took a lot of concentration, just like figuring out what to do hole-by-hole.”

Virginia Elena Carta, a junior from Udine, Italy, three-putted her first hole to start her day and then added another bogey on No. 3. She posted another three-putt bogey on the eighth, before sticking her approach on the par five ninth to two feet and sinking her first of two birdies of the day. Carta added bogeys on No. 12-14 to fall to five-over. She registered Duke's only birdie of the first three days on the 390-yard, par four 17th as she rolled in an eight-footer. Carta hit 14 greens, 13 fairways and had 36 putts on the day.

After turning in a three-over, 39, on the front nine, senior Lisa Maguire struggled on the back finishing with an 83.

Following Monday's final round of stroke play, the top eight teams will advance to match play. In the three years since the championship has moved to match play to determine the winner, Duke has advanced in 2015 and 2016.

“The wind switched, it was from the north today,” said Brooks. “I don't think it played a lot harder, but since it was wet, it did play longer.”

Duke will tee off Monday beginning at 11:50 a.m., along with Northwestern and Southern California.

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Duke Results
T19 16 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 74 72 72      218 +2
T30 T17 Leona Maguire Duke 72 76 71      219 +3
T36 T42 Ana Belac Duke 75 74 74      223 +7
T77 T83 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 78 76 76      230 +14
T93 115 Lisa Maguire Duke 77 79 83      239 +23

1 2 3 Team Scores
2 2 1 Alabama 292 286 284      862 -2
3 1 2 UCLA 294 279 297      870 +6
T7 T4 3 Arizona 301 291 288      880 +16
6 T4 4 Northwestern 299 293 290      882 +18
1 3 5 Southern California 291 298 296      885 +21
5 8 6 Duke 298 298 293      889 +25
T16 9 7 Stanford 308 291 291      890 +26
4 T6 8 Kent State 296 299 296      891 +27
T7 T6 9 Florida State 301 294 299      894 +30
21 T16 10 Baylor 313 295 287      895 +31
T16 T16 11 Arkansas 308 300 289      897 +33
20 12 12 Furman 312 293 294      899 +35
18 18 13 Texas 309 300 291      900 +36
T10 11 T14 Washington 303 300 299      902 +38
T7 10 T14 Louisville 301 300 302      903 +39
12 T19 T16 Auburn 304 306 293      903 +39
22 21 T16 Arizona State 314 297 292      903 +39
T13 T14 T16 Wake Forest 306 301 296      903 +39
T13 T14 19 Colorado 306 301 297      904 +40
15 T19 20 Oklahoma 307 303 295      905 +41
T10 13 21 Florida 303 303 303      909 +45
23 22 22 Virginia 315 302 297      914 +50
19 24 23 Ohio State 310 318 298      926 +62
24 23 24 Ole Miss 320 303 305      928 +64

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T1 T1 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70 69 70      209 -7
T1 T1 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 65 74 70      209 -7
T1 T3 Bianca Pagdanganan Arizona 71 68 71      210 -6
T11 T3 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 72 72 66      210 -6
T8 T5 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 74 69 70      213 -3
T5 T5 Kim Metraux Florida State 73 69 71      213 -3
T13 T7 Kristen Gillman Alabama 73 72 70      215 -1
4 T7 Lilia Vu UCLA 72 68 75      215 -1
T36 T7 Albane Valenzuela Stanford 76 73 66      215 -1
T11 T10 Mariel Galdiano UCLA 75 69 72      216 E
T5 T10 Morgane Metraux Florida State 70 72 74      216 E
T8 T10 Maddie Szeryk * Texas A&M 73 70 73      216 E
T5 T13 Patty Tavatanakit UCLA 71 71 75      217 +1
T24 T13 Emma Broze * Oklahoma State 73 74 70      217 +1
T19 T13 Andrea Lee Stanford 77 69 71      217 +1
T19 16 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 74 72 72      218 +2
T30 T17 Hannah Kim Northwestern 75 73 71      219 +3
T24 T17 Micheala Williams * Tennessee 72 75 72      219 +3
T13 T17 Rose Huang * Brigham Young 70 75 74      219 +3
T30 T17 Leona Maguire Duke 72 76 71      219 +3
T24 T17 Alice Chen Furman 73 74 72      219 +3
T44 T17 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 79 71 69      219 +3
T30 T17 Julienne Soo Oklahoma 76 72 71      219 +3
T13 T24 Yu-Sang Hou Arizona 74 71 75      220 +4
T19 T24 Allisen Corpuz Southern California 72 74 74      220 +4
T19 T24 Janet Mao Northwestern 68 78 74      220 +4
T44 T24 Robyn Choi Colorado 75 75 70      220 +4
T30 T24 Amy Lee Baylor 76 72 72      220 +4
T13 T24 Dylan Kim Arkansas 72 73 75      220 +4
T24 T30 Jennifer Chang Southern California 72 75 74      221 +5
T13 T30 Jillian Hollis * Georgia, U. of 69 76 76      221 +5
T8 T30 Pimnipa Panthong Kent State 71 72 78      221 +5
T54 T30 Kaitlyn Papp Texas 79 72 70      221 +5
T62 T30 Alana Uriell Arkansas 78 74 69      221 +5
T24 T35 Bethany Wu UCLA 76 71 75      222 +6
T36 T35 Alyaa Abdulghany Southern California 76 73 73      222 +6
T30 T35 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 73 75 74      222 +6
T24 T35 Molly Skapik Louisville 76 71 75      222 +6
T68 T35 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 78 75 69      222 +6
T36 T35 Sierra Brooks Florida 73 76 73      222 +6
T44 T35 Sophia Schubert Texas 75 75 72      222 +6
T13 T42 Leonie Harm * Houston 71 74 78      223 +7
T36 T42 Ana Belac Duke 75 74 74      223 +7
T36 T42 Brittany Fan Colorado 75 74 74      223 +7
T19 T42 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74 72 77      223 +7
T54 T42 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 77 74 72      223 +7
T77 T47 Sandra Nordaas Arizona 78 76 70      224 +8
T62 T47 Sarah Cho Northwestern 78 74 72      224 +8
T62 T47 Kelli Murphy Auburn 77 75 72      224 +8
T44 T50 Gabriela Ruffels Southern California 74 76 75      225 +9
T44 T50 Shannon Aubert Stanford 76 74 75      225 +9
T44 T50 Rino Sasaki Washington 75 75 75      225 +9
T44 T50 Chloe Salort Kent State 75 75 75      225 +9
T54 T50 Natalie Srinivasan Furman 79 72 74      225 +9
T68 T50 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 77 76 72      225 +9
T36 T50 Kie Purdom Ole Miss 75 74 76      225 +9
T77 T57 Haley Moore Arizona 78 76 72      226 +10
T68 T57 Kristin Engle Louisville 76 77 73      226 +10
T62 T57 Michaela Finn Kent State 75 77 74      226 +10
T54 T57 Sarah Rhee Washington 75 76 75      226 +10
T44 T57 Kory Nielsen Kent State 75 75 76      226 +10
T77 T57 Marta Perez Florida 76 78 72      226 +10
T36 T57 Jess Yuen * Missouri 72 77 77      226 +10
T93 T57 Anna Redding Virginia 80 76 70      226 +10
T86 T57 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 75 80 71      226 +10
T36 T57 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 75 74 77      226 +10
T54 T67 Amanda Doherty Florida State 74 77 76      227 +11
T68 T67 Reona Hirai Furman 78 75 74      227 +11
T30 T67 Karen Miyamoto Washington 76 72 79      227 +11
T54 T67 Kirsty Hodgkins Colorado 74 77 76      227 +11
T77 T67 Hannah Wood Oklahoma 77 77 73      227 +11
T77 T72 Maria Vesga Baylor 80 74 74      228 +12
T93 T72 Gabby Curtis * Wisconsin 80 76 72      228 +12
T44 T72 Nicole Schroeder * Oregon State 77 73 78      228 +12
T54 T75 Angelica Moresco Alabama 75 76 78      229 +13
T77 T75 Wenyung Keh Washington 77 77 75      229 +13
T86 T75 Haylee Harford Furman 83 72 74      229 +13
T68 T75 Agathe Laisne Texas 76 77 76      229 +13
T86 T75 Raquel Olmos Arizona State 81 74 74      229 +13
T103 T75 Elena Hualde Auburn 82 76 71      229 +13
T86 T75 Valerie Tanguay Oklahoma 75 80 74      229 +13
T62 T75 Roberta Liti Arizona State 81 71 77      229 +13
T54 T83 Amelia Garvey Southern California 73 78 79      230 +14
T77 T83 Clare Legaspi UCLA 79 75 76      230 +14
T77 T83 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 78 76 76      230 +14
T103 T83 Diane Baillieux Baylor 78 80 72      230 +14
T68 T83 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 82 71 77      230 +14
T44 T83 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 78 72 80      230 +14
T68 T83 Marthe Wold * California 76 77 77      230 +14
T86 T83 Kayley Marschke Auburn 73 82 75      230 +14
T98 T91 Lakareber Abe Alabama 76 81 74      231 +15
T98 T91 Julianne Alvarez Washington 79 78 74      231 +15
T86 T93 Gigi Stoll Arizona 78 77 77      232 +16
T106 T93 Brooke Riley Northwestern 87 72 73      232 +16
T62 T93 Stephanie Lau Northwestern 78 74 80      232 +16
T106 T93 Maria Fassi Arkansas 81 78 73      232 +16
T93 T93 Katharine Patrick Virginia 82 74 76      232 +16
T77 T98 Ziyi (Emily) Wang Stanford 79 75 79      233 +17
T68 T98 Delaney Shah Louisville 76 77 80      233 +17
T110 T98 Emilee Hoffman Texas 79 81 73      233 +17
T106 T98 Fiona Liddell Baylor 81 78 74      233 +17
T86 T98 Addison Baggarly Florida 78 77 78      233 +17
T103 T98 Hira Naveed * Pepperdine 80 78 75      233 +17
T98 104 Alisha Lau Colorado 82 75 77      234 +18
T98 T105 Jacqueline Bendrick Furman 82 75 78      235 +19
T110 T105 Michaela Owen Auburn 79 81 75      235 +19
T115 T105 Beth Lillie Virginia 81 80 74      235 +19
T115 T105 Conner Beth Ball Ole Miss 86 75 74      235 +19
T68 T109 Olivia Cason Louisville 76 77 83      236 +20
T93 T109 Sydney Youngblood Oklahoma 79 77 80      236 +20
T115 T109 Alex Wright Ohio State 76 85 75      236 +20
T120 112 Pi-Lillebi Hermansson Ole Miss 83 79 75      237 +21
T110 T113 Kayla Jones Florida State 84 76 78      238 +22
T123 T113 Madison Kerley Arizona State 85 78 75      238 +22
T93 115 Lisa Maguire Duke 77 79 83      239 +23
T110 T116 Elin Esborn Florida 76 84 80      240 +24
T98 T116 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 82 75 83      240 +24
125 118 Kaitlin Milligan Oklahoma 87 77 77      241 +25
132 T119 Karoline Stormo Kent State 81 90 71      242 +26
T120 T119 Katy Harris Ole Miss 80 82 80      242 +26
T106 T121 Greta Voelker Texas 83 76 84      243 +27
T115 T121 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 80 81 82      243 +27
T123 T123 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 86 77 81      244 +28
126 T123 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 82 83 79      244 +28
T110 T125 Mika Liu Stanford 85 75 85      245 +29
T120 T125 Julia Ford Virginia 80 82 83      245 +29
T115 127 Gillian Vance Colorado 82 79 85      246 +30
129 128 Adeena Shears Ohio State 87 82 78      247 +31
T127 129 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 81 87 80      248 +32
T130 T130 Kathleen Sumner Florida State 84 86 80      250 +34
T127 T130 Erin Harper * Indiana 86 82 82      250 +34
T130 132 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 89 81 89      259 +43