Duke Golf In Tied For Third Heading In To Final Round

Nov. 10, 2001

AUBURN, ALA. -The fourth-ranked Duke women's golf team shot a seven-over-par 295 on Saturday in the 2001 Auburn Tiger-Derby Invitational and heads in to the final day of competition tied for third place. The Blue Devils trail Georgia (591) and Tennessee (592), while tied with Auburn (596).

Sophomore Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) carded an even-par 72 Saturday to lead Duke. She improved seven shots from the day before, finishing with three birdies and three bogies on the day. Hardin is tied for 20th individually (151). Virada Nirapathpongporn led Duke with four birdies on the day as she tallied a 73. The sophomore native of Bangkok, Thailand, rebounded from a double-bogey on hole 15 with birdies on two of the final three holes. She is tied for 13th individually with a 149.

Freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) and junior Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) each fired a 75 on Saturday and are tied for ninth individually (148). Maria Garcia-Estrada (Tenerife, Spain) also shot a 79 and is tied for 48th.

Duke began the day two-under-par after finishing the first nine holes with nine birdies, but the Blue Devil's managed only three birdies on the final nine holes to go along with 12 bogies.

Sunday's final round will begin at 8:00 AM with a shotgun start. Live results of the invitational can be found at www.golfstat.com.

1 Georgia, U. of +15 F +6 297 294 591 2 Tennessee, U. of +16 F +10 294 298 592 T3 Auburn University +20 F E 308 288 596 T3 Duke University +20 F +7 301 295 596 5 Tulsa, U. of +29 F +9 308 297 605 6 Arizona, U. of +31 F +16 303 304 607 T7 Southern California +35 F +14 309 302 611 T7 Texas, Univ. of +35 F +14 309 302 611 9 Pepperdine Univ. +40 F +27 301 315 616 10 Oklahoma State Univ. +41 F +19 310 307 617 11 UCLA +43 F +21 310 309 619 12 Stanford University +70 F +35 323 323 646