Smith Cards Even-Par Round to Pace Duke on Day Two of NCAA Championship

Saturday, May 18

Carlsbad, Calif.

Duke University

NCAA Championship

Photo by: Tim Cowie

Smith Cards Even-Par Round to Pace Duke on Day Two of NCAA Championship

5/18/2024 10:52:00 PM | Women's Golf

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CARLSBAD, Calif. – The Duke women's golf team carded a 5-over, 293, in round two of the NCAA Championship and enters Sunday's action in 10th-place with a 36-hole, 579, at the 6,297-yard, par-72 Omni La Costa Resort & Spa North Course in Carlsbad, Calif.

The Blue Devils are only five shots out of fourth place with the top 15 teams following the third round advancing to Monday's final day of stroke play. Sophomore Andie Smith netted 13 pars and three birdies, including two over her last three holes to finish strong with an even-par, 72.

How It Happened

Duke featured a quick turnaround from round one and two as the Blue Devils opened the second round at 7:35 a.m., local time on No. 1.
On the first nine holes, Duke was 7-over-par and dropped down the leaderboard, but closed with a 3-under score on the back nine to move back up.
Sophomore Andie Smith led the Blue Devils in round two with an even-par, 72.After hitting the fairway bunker on the first hole, she suffered a bogey to open the day.She came back on the par-3 third hole and rolled in a 40-footer for birdie to get back to even.Smith, a native of Hobe Sound, Fla., suffered a double-bogey on No. 6 to fall to 2-over for the day.She responded by playing her final 12 holes at 2-under-par to finish with a 72.Smith sank a 20-footer for birdie on No. 16 to get one shot back and then hit her 50-degree wedge from 105 yards to seven feet for birdie on No. 18.She hit 15 greens, 13 fairways and had 33 putts on the day.
Both graduate student Emma McMyler and senior Phoebe Brinker posted rounds of 73 on Saturday.
Brinker bogeyed two out of her first three holes, before parring the next seven.She turned in one of her best approach shots of the day on the 318-yard, par-4 11th as she hit her 60-degree wedge from 80 yards to four feet for her first birdie.Brinker, who is from Wilmington, Del., then got up-and-down for par on No. 12, before making a terrific bogey on No. 13, after ending up in trouble off the tee.She bogeyed No. 13, but collected a 10-foot birdie on No. 16 to get back to 1-over for the day.Brinker parred her final two holes to finish with a 73.She hit 14 greens, 12 fairways and rolled 32 putts.
McMyler, a product of San Antonio, Texas, bogeyed the first hole and then returned to even on No. 3 as she hit her 7-iron from 156 yards to one foot for birdie.She suffered a bogey on No. 6 to drop a shot and then parred five consecutive holes.McMyler, who hails from San Antonio, Texas, drained a 45-footer for birdie on the 190-yard, par-3 12th hole to return to even.She then had a double-bogey on No. 16 to fall to 2-over.McMyler had an excellent approach shot into the No. 17 green, but her ball hit the pin and backed up nearly off the green, before she finished with a par.She hit her 50-degree wedge from 102 yards on No. 18 and sank the birdie putt from eight feet to finish with a 73.She hit 13 greens and had 31 putts.
Freshman Katie Li parred her first five holes, before turning in three bogeys over a span of four holes to close the front nine with a 3-over, 39.On the back, Li had three pars, three birdies and three bogeys to finish with a 75.She hit her 50-degree wedge on No. 10 to five feet from 98 yards for birdie and then chipped in for birdie with her 58-degree wedge on No. 13.Li, who is from Basking Ridge, N.J., added a 15-foot birdie on No. 15 as well.She hit 12 fairways, 10 greens and had 31 putts.
Senior Anne Chen also finished with a 75 on Saturday.She missed the fairway on No. 1 and suffered a bogey, but then hit her sand wedge from 90 yards to one foot for birdie on the next hole.Chen, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, then bogeyed No. 5 and No. 6, before parring the next six holes, including an up-and-down on No. 12.Following back-to-back bogeys, Chen hit her sand wedge to two feet on No. 15 for birdie and then had a sand save for par on No. 16.She also got up-and-down for par on No. 18 to finish with a 75.She hit nine fairways and nine greens, while rolling a team-best 28 putts.

Notes

With her even-par, 72, on Saturday, Andie Smith now owns 17 rounds of even or under par on the season, which ranks as the third-best on the team.
The Blue Devils have totaled 29 birdies over the first two days.
Emma McMyler has played the par-3 holes at 2-under, which is tied for first individually.
Duke had only three birdies over the first nine holes, but finished with 10 on the back nine.
Phoebe Brinker is tied for 14th individually through 36 holes with a 2-under, 142, while McMyler is tied for 29th with a 144.
Texas A&M leads the team field with a 565, with Stanford (570), Clemson (573), UCLA (574), Auburn (575), LSU (575), Oregon (577), Arkansas (578), Northwestern (578) and Duke (579) rounding out the top 10.

Quotes

"I am encouraged by today, because golf didn't come real easy to us and we still managed a pretty good score.Today was a testament to their maturity out there, their patience and determination.They really got after it."-- Duke head coach Dan Brooks

"I was just taking it slow one hole at a time, one shot at a time.I was staying patient and keeping myself committed to every shot - not getting ahead of myself and keeping myself in the present moment.It is a great golf course.It is definitely a challenge that requires you to think a lot on a lot of the shots."-- Duke sophomore Andie Smith

What is Next

Duke will tee off in the third round on Sunday beginning at 7:57 a.m., off hole No. 10 along with Southern California and Mississippi State.

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Duke Results
T8 T14 Phoebe Brinker Duke 69 73 142 -2
T18 T29 Emma McMyler Duke 71 73 144 E
T58 T62 Anne Chen Duke 73 75 148 +4
T58 T62 Katie Li Duke 73 75 148 +4
T116 T73 Andie Smith Duke 77 72 149 +5

1 2 Team Scores
2 1 Texas A&M 281 284 565 -11
T3 2 Stanford 285 285 570 -6
1 3 Clemson 280 293 573 -3
T15 4 UCLA 291 283 574 -2
T3 T5 Auburn 285 290 575 -1
14 T5 LSU 289 286 575 -1
17 7 Oregon 294 283 577 +1
T12 T8 Arkansas 288 290 578 +2
T3 T8 Northwestern 285 293 578 +2
T6 10 Duke 286 293 579 +3
T21 11 Southern California 299 283 582 +6
T9 12 Mississippi State 287 297 584 +8
T21 13 Texas 299 286 585 +9
T18 T14 Wake Forest 295 292 587 +11
T6 T14 Arizona State 286 301 587 +11
T9 16 Florida State 287 302 589 +13
T15 T17 Pepperdine 291 299 590 +14
T6 T17 San Jose State 286 304 590 +14
T12 19 Michigan State 288 304 592 +16
20 20 South Carolina 296 297 593 +17
T21 21 Oregon State 299 295 594 +18
T25 T22 Vanderbilt 300 295 595 +19
T25 T22 Baylor 300 295 595 +19
T21 24 Ole Miss 299 297 596 +20
T9 25 Oklahoma State 287 313 600 +24
30 26 Tulsa 303 301 604 +28
T27 27 North Carolina 301 304 605 +29
T18 28 Purdue 295 312 607 +31
T27 29 Virginia 301 307 608 +32
29 30 SMU 302 309 611 +35

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T3 1 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 68 68 136 -8
T8 2 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 69 69 138 -6
1 3 Lottie Woad Florida State 65 74 139 -5
T13 T4 Casey Weidenfeld Auburn 70 70 140 -4
T38 T4 Maria Jose Marin Arkansas 72 68 140 -4
T18 T4 Julia Lopez Ramirez Mississippi State 71 69 140 -4
T75 T7 Aine Donegan LSU 74 67 141 -3
T8 T7 Caroline Canales UCLA 69 72 141 -3
T8 T7 Anna Davis Auburn 69 72 141 -3
T87 T7 Kiara Romero Oregon 75 66 141 -3
T18 T7 Ashley Yun Northwestern 71 70 141 -3
T3 T7 Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 68 73 141 -3
T3 T7 Sophie Linder Ole Miss 68 73 141 -3
T38 T14 Megha Ganne Stanford 72 70 142 -2
T13 T14 Paula Martin Sampedro Stanford 70 72 142 -2
T8 T14 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina 69 73 142 -2
T18 T14 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 71 71 142 -2
T99 T14 Farah O'Keefe Texas 76 66 142 -2
T38 T14 Kendall Todd Arkansas 72 70 142 -2
T8 T14 Phoebe Brinker Duke 69 73 142 -2
T13 T14 Ashley Menne Arizona State 70 72 142 -2
T13 T14 Surapa Janthamunee Mississippi State 70 72 142 -2
T18 T23 Rachel Heck Stanford 71 72 143 -1
T75 T23 Zoe Campos UCLA 74 69 143 -1
T58 T23 Catherine Park Southern California 73 70 143 -1
T18 T23 Jieni Li Northwestern 71 72 143 -1
T38 T23 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 72 71 143 -1
T18 T23 Kayla Smith North Carolina 71 72 143 -1
T58 T29 Sadie Englemann Stanford 73 71 144 E
T87 T29 Meghan Royal UCLA 75 69 144 E
T38 T29 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 72 72 144 E
T18 T29 Latanna Stone LSU 71 73 144 E
T18 T29 Emma McMyler Duke 71 73 144 E
T18 T29 Ching-Tzu Chen Oregon 71 73 144 E
T18 T29 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 71 73 144 E
T75 T29 BaiMai Seema Baylor 74 70 144 E
T18 T29 Leila Raines Michigan State 71 73 144 E
T38 T38 Maylis Lamoure South Carolina 72 73 145 +1
T18 T38 Megan Schofill Auburn 71 74 145 +1
T58 T38 Amari Avery Southern California 73 72 145 +1
T58 T38 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 73 72 145 +1
T38 T38 Lauren Beaudreau * Notre Dame 72 73 145 +1
T38 T38 Yingzhi Zhu Pepperdine 72 73 145 +1
T18 T38 Rebecca Gyllner San Jose State 71 74 145 +1
T18 T45 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 71 75 146 +2
T13 T45 Paula Schulz-Hanssen Arizona State 70 76 146 +2
2 T45 Isabella Rawl Clemson 66 80 146 +2
T18 T45 Amanda Sambach Virginia 71 75 146 +2
T3 T45 Louisa Carlbom San Jose State 68 78 146 +2
T38 T50 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 72 75 147 +3
T75 T50 Kate Villegas UCLA 74 73 147 +3
T132 T50 Bailey Shoemaker Southern California 78 69 147 +3
T99 T50 Ting-Hsuan Huang Oregon 76 71 147 +3
T87 T50 Brianna Navarrosa Southern California 75 72 147 +3
T58 T50 Patience Rhodes Arizona State 73 74 147 +3
T75 T50 Sydney Roberts Clemson 74 73 147 +3
T18 T50 Melena Barrientos Clemson 71 76 147 +3
T116 T50 Sera Hasegawa Baylor 77 70 147 +3
T99 T50 Grace Kilcrease Tulsa 76 71 147 +3
T99 T50 Raya Nakao Oregon State 76 71 147 +3
T38 T50 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72 75 147 +3
T75 T62 Natalie Vo UCLA 74 74 148 +4
T58 T62 Anne Chen Duke 73 75 148 +4
T58 T62 Katie Li Duke 73 75 148 +4
T99 T62 Lauren Kim Texas 76 72 148 +4
T87 T62 Minori Nagano Oregon 75 73 148 +4
T38 T62 Alice Hodge Florida State 72 76 148 +4
T58 T62 Katie Lu Michigan State 73 75 148 +4
T18 T62 Kajsa Arwefjall San Jose State 71 77 148 +4
T99 T62 Kyra Ly Oregon State 76 72 148 +4
T38 T62 Momo Sugiyama Purdue 72 76 148 +4
T58 T62 Sydney Seigel Tulsa 73 75 148 +4
T132 T73 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 78 71 149 +5
T38 T73 Kelly Xu Stanford 72 77 149 +5
T87 T73 Anna Foster Auburn 75 74 149 +5
T116 T73 Andie Smith Duke 77 72 149 +5
T38 T73 Jiayi Wang Northwestern 72 77 149 +5
T18 T73 Hsin Chun Liao Texas 71 78 149 +5
T116 T73 Lynn Lim Vanderbilt 77 72 149 +5
T116 T73 Tillie Claggett Vanderbilt 77 72 149 +5
T38 T73 Chiara Horder Mississippi State 72 77 149 +5
T58 T73 Lion Higo Pepperdine 73 76 149 +5
T38 T73 Lauren Gomez Pepperdine 72 77 149 +5
T99 T73 Emily Odwin SMU 76 73 149 +5
T18 T73 Ashleen Kaur Baylor 71 78 149 +5
T58 T86 Kajal Mistry Arkansas 73 77 150 +6
T58 T86 Karen Tsuru Oregon 73 77 150 +6
T38 T86 Brooke Biermann Michigan State 72 78 150 +6
T38 T86 Thitaporn Saithip Oklahoma State 72 78 150 +6
T38 T86 Marta Silchenko Oklahoma State 72 78 150 +6
T3 T86 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard Oklahoma State 68 82 150 +6
T132 T92 Vairana Heck South Carolina 78 73 151 +7
T116 T92 Macy Pate Wake Forest 77 74 151 +7
T132 T92 Angela Heo Texas 78 73 151 +7
T116 T92 Lauryn Nguyen Northwestern 77 74 151 +7
T99 T92 Huai-Chien Hsu Texas 76 75 151 +7
T99 T92 Justine Fournand Ole Miss 76 75 151 +7
T99 T92 Carla Bernat * Kansas State 76 75 151 +7
T132 T92 Jeneath Wong Pepperdine 78 73 151 +7
T99 T92 Lucia Lopez-Ortega San Jose State 76 75 151 +7
T116 T101 Taylor Riley LSU 77 75 152 +8
T144 T101 Jennie Park Texas A&M 79 73 152 +8
T18 T101 Jennifer Cai Northwestern 71 81 152 +8
T75 T101 Isabella McCauley * Minnesota 74 78 152 +8
T99 T101 Natacha Husted Ole Miss 76 76 152 +8
T87 T101 Mirabel Ting Florida State 75 77 152 +8
T87 T101 Charlotte Heath Florida State 75 77 152 +8
T75 T101 Kaleiya Romero Pepperdine 74 78 152 +8
T132 T101 Inez Ng North Carolina 78 74 152 +8
T75 T101 Shannon Kennedy Michigan State 74 78 152 +8
T58 T101 Jasmine Leovao * Long Beach State 73 79 152 +8
T132 T112 Cindy Kou Southern California 78 75 153 +9
T149 T112 Caitlyn Macnab Ole Miss 80 73 153 +9
T75 T112 Avery Weed Mississippi State 74 79 153 +9
T87 T112 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 75 78 153 +9
T99 T112 Celeste Valinho Virginia 76 77 153 +9
T116 T112 Jasmine Kahler Purdue 77 76 153 +9
T58 T112 Natasha Kiel Purdue 73 80 153 +9
T116 T119 Katie Cranston Auburn 77 77 154 +10
T58 T119 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 73 81 154 +10
T132 T119 Megan Propeck Virginia 78 76 154 +10
T99 T119 Ashley Chow SMU 76 78 154 +10
T99 T119 Megan Streicher North Carolina 76 78 154 +10
T75 T119 Ashley Kozlowski Purdue 74 80 154 +10
T87 T119 Ellie Bushnell Oklahoma State 75 79 154 +10
T87 T119 Lovisa Gunnar Tulsa 75 79 154 +10
T116 T127 Mia Sandtorv Lussand South Carolina 77 78 155 +11
T144 T127 Nicole Gal Ole Miss 79 76 155 +11
T58 T127 Beth Coulter Arizona State 73 82 155 +11
T132 T127 Rosie Belsham Baylor 78 77 155 +11
T58 T127 Mackenzie Lee SMU 73 82 155 +11
T116 T127 Bailey Davis * Tennessee 77 78 155 +11
T87 T127 Veronika Kedronova * Kent State 75 80 155 +11
T87 T127 Madde Sund Oregon State 75 80 155 +11
T75 T135 Brooke Rivers Wake Forest 74 82 156 +12
T152 T135 Chloe Holder Clemson 81 75 156 +12
T152 T135 Katherine Cook Florida State 81 75 156 +12
T116 T135 Rebecca Skoler Virginia 77 79 156 +12
T144 T135 Rebecca Kim Oregon State 79 77 156 +12
T132 T135 Angelica Pfefferkorn Oklahoma State 78 78 156 +12
T116 T141 Ellie Szeryk SMU 77 80 157 +13
T149 T141 Jenni Roller Tulsa 80 77 157 +13
T144 T141 Allyn Stephens Tulsa 79 78 157 +13
T132 T145 Reagan Zibilski Arkansas 78 80 158 +14
T132 T145 Izzy Pellot Mississippi State 78 80 158 +14
T99 T145 Ing Iadpluem North Carolina 76 82 158 +14
T149 T148 Grace Summerhays Arizona State 80 79 159 +15
T116 T148 Jaclyn LaHa Virginia 77 82 159 +15
T38 150 Paula Balanzategui Michigan State 72 88 160 +16
T116 151 Moa Andersson San Jose State 77 84 161 +17
T99 T141 Jocelyn Bruch Purdue 76 81 157 +13
156 Yoonjeong Huh Baylor 86 86 +14
T153 Reagan Southerland North Carolina 80 80 +8
155 Ava Merrill Vanderbilt 81 81 +9
T153 Sophia Burnett South Carolina 80 80 +8