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Blue Devils Make Charge On Day Two At Tar Heel Invitational
10/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? Led by a four-under-par round of 68 on Saturday by junior Amanda Blumenherst, the top-ranked Duke Women's Golf Team registered a team-best one-under-par, 287, and sits in second place at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational. The Blue Devils trail Tennessee by three strokes heading into the final round at the 6,285-yard, Par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Blumenherst, who collected five birdies over the final seven holes, now leads the individual action by three strokes with a 36-hole total of 139 with rounds of 71 and 68. She leads Georgia's Alina Lee
(142) and Wake Forest's Natalie Sheary (142) in the individual action.
A product of Scottsdale, Ariz., Blumenherst didn't get going until the back nine as she totaled three bogies and two birdies on the front to make the turn at one-over-par, 37. On the back nine she totaled five birdies on nine holes without making a bogey. She is looking for the ninth career victory in three years with the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils have registered rounds of 302 and 287 for a total of 589, which trails Tennessee (586). Rounding out the top 10 is Georgia (591), Wake Forest (593), N.C. State (593), Auburn (594), Texas A&M (596), Vanderbilt (596), Tulsa (598) and Virginia (601).
After totaling a three-over-par, 75, on day one junior Jennie Lee came out and fired an even-par, 72, on Saturday and sits tied for 13th with a 147. A native of Henderson, Nev., Lee was solid all day as she notched a birdie on the third and a bogey on the ninth to go along with 16 pars.
Sophomore Alison Whitaker held a one-under-par ledger going into the 17th hole but a double-bogey dropped her to a one-over-par, 73, on Saturday. She owns a two-day total of 153 and is tied for 46th. Senior Jennifer Pandolfi continued her stellar play to finish with a two-over-par, 74, but it could have been even better. Pandolfi, who is from Navarre, Fla., was one-under-par going into the 16th but a double-bogey on the 361-yard, par four and a bogey on No. 17 dropped three shots. She enters the final day tied for 27th with a 150.
Duke freshman Kim Donovan continued her struggles on Saturday as she totaled her second straight round of 81. She is tied for 86th with a 162.
The Blue Devils totaled 15 birdies on the day but dropped seven shots on holes No. 16 and No. 17 to lead them being in second place.
The Blue Devils have won the Tar Heel Invitational 10 times over the 30 years it has been held and had their streak of nine consecutive wins broken last year as they finished third. Duke has won the title in 1988, ?97, ?98, ?99, 2000, ?01, ?02, ?03, ?04 and ?05. Eight different Blue Devils have won the individual title over the 29 years- Mary Anne Widman (1983), Sarah LeBrun (1986), Christine Casingal (1988), Jenny Chuasiriporn (1997), Candy Hannemann (1998), Candy Hannemann and Leigh Anne Hardin (2000), Kristina Engstrom (2001), Liz Janangelo (2002) and both Janangelo and Hardin (2003).
Duke will tee off on Sunday beginning at 9:15 a.m., in a shotgun start along with Tennessee and Georgia.
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Tar Heel Invitational
UNC Finley Golf Course
Chapel Hill, NC
Championship Tees
Dates: Oct 05 - Oct 07
rank team scores
1 Tennessee 297 289 586 +10
2 Duke 302 287 589 +13
3 Georgia 298 293 591 +15
T4 Wake Forest 295 298 593 +17
T4 North Carolina St. 301 292 593 +17
6 Auburn 301 293 594 +18
T7 Texas A&M University 302 294 596 +20
T7 Vanderbilt 297 299 596 +20
9 Tulsa 296 302 598 +22
10 Virginia 299 302 601 +25
11 Florida State Univ. 306 296 602 +26
T12 Oklahoma State 314 293 607 +31
T12 South Carolina 311 296 607 +31
14 North Carolina 306 303 609 +33
T15 Texas 306 307 613 +37
T15 East Carolina Univ. 311 302 613 +37
17 Kentucky, U. of 307 309 616 +40
18 Charleston, Coll. of 312 315 627 +51
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T4 1 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 71 68 139 -5
T14 T2 Alina Lee Georgia 74 68 142 -2
T4 T2 Natalie Sheary Wake Forest 71 71 142 -2
T9 T4 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State 73 70 143 -1
T9 T4 Calle Nielson Virginia 73 70 143 -1
T14 T4 Diana Cantu Tennessee 74 69 143 -1
T2 T4 Jacqui Concolino Vanderbilt 70 73 143 -1
T2 8 Angela Oh Tennessee 70 74 144 E
T4 T9 Emily Street North Carolina St. 71 74 145 +1
1 T9 Michaela Cavener Tulsa 68 77 145 +1
T14 T11 Mariana Macias Auburn 74 72 146 +2
T7 T11 Krystle Caithness Georgia 72 74 146 +2
T21 T13 Jennie Lee Duke 75 72 147 +3
T53 T13 Kate Thomas North Carolina 78 69 147 +3
T32 T15 Lauren Doughtie North Carolina St. 76 72 148 +4
T14 T15 Cydney Clanton Auburn 74 74 148 +4
T41 T15 Tara Goedeken Tulsa 77 71 148 +4
T21 T15 Sarah Zwartynski Texas A&M University 75 73 148 +4
T9 T15 Brooke Goodwin Vanderbilt 73 75 148 +4
T41 T20 Julie Saleeby North Carolina St. 77 72 149 +5
T14 T20 Nicole Smith Tennessee 74 75 149 +5
T41 T20 Benedicte Toumpsin South Carolina 77 72 149 +5
T9 T20 Lene Krog Virginia 73 76 149 +5
T41 T20 Ashley Freeman Texas A&M University 77 72 149 +5
T21 T20 Allie Bodemann Wake Forest 75 74 149 +5
T21 T20 Lauren Johnson Texas A&M University 75 74 149 +5
T32 T27 Jennifer Pandolfi Duke 76 74 150 +6
T14 T27 Abby Bools East Carolina Univ. 74 76 150 +6
T63 T27 Marci Turner Tennessee 79 71 150 +6
T63 T27 Megan Grehan Vanderbilt 79 71 150 +6
T21 T27 Danielle McVeigh Texas A&M University 75 75 150 +6
T53 T32 Sydney Crane * North Carolina 78 73 151 +7
T41 T32 Stephanie Derrey North Carolina St. 77 74 151 +7
T41 T32 Whitney Wright Florida State Univ. 77 74 151 +7
T21 T32 Caroline Westrup Florida State Univ. 75 76 151 +7
T21 T32 Mallory Blackwelder Kentucky, U. of 75 76 151 +7
T41 T32 Laura Crawford Wake Forest 77 74 151 +7
T7 T32 Nannette Hill Wake Forest 72 79 151 +7
T21 T32 Kelly Fuchik Tulsa 75 76 151 +7
T63 T40 Ana Maria Puche East Carolina Univ. 79 73 152 +8
T78 T40 Tammy Clelland Oklahoma State 81 71 152 +8
T63 T40 Carolina Andrade Georgia 79 73 152 +8
T53 T40 Lacey Agnew Florida State Univ. 78 74 152 +8
T63 T40 Camila Mori South Carolina 79 73 152 +8
T32 T40 Kristen Simpson Virginia 76 76 152 +8
T84 T46 Margaret Shirley Auburn 82 71 153 +9
T75 T46 Alison Whitaker Duke 80 73 153 +9
T53 T46 Sarah Bradley Oklahoma State 78 75 153 +9
T21 T49 Steffi Kirchmayr Charleston, Coll. of 75 79 154 +10
T84 T49 Whitney Brummett Florida State Univ. 82 72 154 +10
T78 T49 Blythe Worley South Carolina 81 73 154 +10
T32 T49 Macarena Silva Florida State Univ. 76 78 154 +10
T32 T49 Louise Ljungstedt Kentucky, U. of 76 78 154 +10
T63 T49 Ashley Rollins Texas 79 75 154 +10
T53 T49 Shannon Fish Texas 78 76 154 +10
T53 T49 Lauren Hunt North Carolina 78 76 154 +10
T32 T49 Caney Hines Texas 76 78 154 +10
T32 T49 Leisl Hasbrouck Tulsa 76 78 154 +10
T32 T49 Julia Best Texas 76 78 154 +10
T63 T60 Candace Schepperle Auburn 79 76 155 +11
T14 T60 Abigale Schepperle Auburn 74 81 155 +11
T53 T60 Emelie Lind East Carolina Univ. 78 77 155 +11
T41 T60 Garrett Phillips Georgia 77 78 155 +11
T41 T60 Paige Lausier Kentucky, U. of 77 78 155 +11
T21 T60 Mallory Hetzel Georgia 75 80 155 +11
T41 T60 Erika Holmen South Carolina 77 78 155 +11
T21 T60 Liebelei Lawrence Vanderbilt 75 80 155 +11
T32 T60 Kristin Walla Texas 76 79 155 +11
T53 T69 Margaret Pentrack * North Carolina 78 78 156 +12
T63 T69 Fiona Puyo Charleston, Coll. of 79 77 156 +12
T63 T69 Erica Still Kentucky, U. of 79 77 156 +12
T9 T69 Ann Laney North Carolina 73 83 156 +12
T78 T73 Amber Littman East Carolina Univ. 81 76 157 +13
T53 T73 Jean Chua Wake Forest 78 79 157 +13
T63 T73 Brooke Baker Tulsa 79 78 157 +13
T41 T73 Laura Caniff North Carolina 77 80 157 +13
T75 77 Elizabeth Dotson Kentucky, U. of 80 78 158 +14
T84 T78 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State 82 77 159 +15
T63 T78 Joanna Klatten Charleston, Coll. of 79 80 159 +15
T91 T80 Ginny Brown Tennessee 84 76 160 +16
T41 T80 Whitney Neuhauser Virginia 77 83 160 +16
T84 T80 Colette Lowe North Carolina 82 78 160 +16
T84 T83 Emily Rapp Charleston, Coll. of 82 79 161 +17
T63 T83 Kati Scholten Charleston, Coll. of 79 82 161 +17
T53 T83 Laura Raffo South Carolina 78 83 161 +17
T78 T86 Kimberly Donovan Duke 81 81 162 +18
90 T86 Amanda Johnson Oklahoma State 83 79 162 +18
T84 T86 Carly Truitt Virginia 82 80 162 +18
T78 89 Jordan Allyne * North Carolina 81 82 163 +19
T91 T90 Joanna Saleeby North Carolina St. 84 80 164 +20
T75 T90 Colleen Estes East Carolina Univ. 80 84 164 +20
93 92 Jodi Neal Texas A&M University 87 78 165 +21
T78 93 Julie Bartholomew Vanderbilt 81 85 166 +22
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