Harigae Notches One-Under-Par, 70, To Pace Duke In Round Two

Saturday, October 18

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Harigae Notches One-Under-Par, 70, To Pace Duke In Round Two

10/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

STANFORD, CALIF. ? Playing only 90 minutes away from her hometown of Monterey, Calif., Duke University freshman Mina Harigae carded a one-under-par, 70, on Saturday in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, which is being played at the Stanford Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif.

As a team, the Blue Devils shot seven-over-par, 291, and are tied for seventh heading into the final round with a 36-hole total of 576. Duke had a very solid day but holes No. 9 and No. 10 were not so kind as the Blue Devils lost seven strokes on those holes on Saturday.

“I feel like we played well,” said Duke Assistant Coach Jan Dowling. “I thought we had a couple of holes that hurt us. The scores are really low here so every shot is obviously extremely important. The teams are very close so we can make up a lot of ground tomorrow and we are planning on it. I think there is a potential for a lot of birdies out there. If we start strong you never know what can happen.”

Leading the team standings is UCLA with a 36-hole total of 562, while Southern California (565), Oklahoma State (567), Arizona (571), Stanford (571), Vanderbilt (574), Duke (576), California (576), Pepperdine (577) and Arkansas (581) rounds out the top 10.

In the individual race, Oklahoma State's Caroline Masson (135) maintains the lead with UCLA's Ryann O'Toole (138) and Southern California's Lizette Salas (138) tied for second.

Through two rounds, Harigae is tied for ninth with a 141 after posting rounds of 71 and 70. She opened the day with another stellar start as she was two-under-par through four holes before suffering a bogey on No. 6. Harigae's first birdies of the day came on back-to-back par threes, including a birdie on No. 4 which she hit a seven-iron to within one foot.

On the back nine, Harigae opened with a bogey on No. 10 and then rang off seven straight pars before holing a 10-foot putt on No. 18 to close with a 70. Her back nine included key par-saving putts on both par fives -- No. 12 and No. 16.

Senior Jennie Lee played a great round of golf finishing with a one-over-par, 72, which ended on a sour note with a double-bogey on No. 18. She enters the final round tied for 26th with a 144. Lee opened the day with a par on No. 1 and a bogey on the second hole, but rebounded with four straight pars before notching consecutive birdies on No. 7 and No. 8. On the back nine, Lee was firing at the pins but couldn't get any putts to drop as she made eight straight pars before suffering the double-bogey on the final hole.

“I just left a couple of putts out there here and there,” said Lee. “I did hit some good shots today and got them on the green.”

Amanda Blumenherst, a senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., sandwiched a bogey and birdie with seven pars on the front nine as she made the turn at even par. On the back, she hit her tee shot on No. 10 to the right and had a tough approach shot and concluded with a double-bogey. Blumenherst responded with back-to-back birdies on No. 11 and No. 12 to get back to even par.

She went on to make two straight pars before suffering a double-bogey on the 490-yard, par five 16th. Blumenherst closed with two straight pars to finish with a 73. She enters the final round tied for 17th with a 143.

Both Alison Whitaker and Kim Donovan turned in a five-over-par, 77, on Saturday. Whitaker, who is from Melbourne, Australia, had a rough opening nine holes with two double-bogeys, two bogeys, one birdie and four pars as she made the turn at five-over-par, 40. On the back nine, she notched two birdies, including a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 14, and two bogeys to finish even par. Whitaker is tied for 65th with a 150.

Donovan enters Sunday tied for 52nd with a 148, after carding one birdie, four bogeys and one double-bogey to go along with 12 pars. Her birdie came on the 155-yard, par three 17th as she stuck a six-iron within one foot and sank the putt.

Continuing to play well as an individual, junior Yu Young Lee turned in a three-over-par, 74, on Saturday and is tied for 30th with a 145. Her 36-hole total of 145 is a career best.

Duke will tee off on Sunday beginning at 10:30 a.m. (EST) along with California and Pepperdine.

“I think anything can happen on 18 holes,” said Jennie Lee. “We just really need to focus on being positive and doing out best out there. We cannot worry about any other teams and what they are shooting. We have to go out and do our thing.”

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1 2 Team Scores
1 1 UCLA 277 285 562 -6
T3 2 Southern California 279 286 565 -3
2 3 Oklahoma State 278 289 567 -1
T5 T4 Arizona 282 289 571 +3
T3 T4 Stanford 279 292 571 +3
12 6 Vanderbilt 289 285 574 +6
9 T7 Duke 285 291 576 +8
8 T7 California 284 292 576 +8
T10 9 Pepperdine 287 290 577 +9
T5 10 Arkansas, U. of 282 299 581 +13
13 11 Oregon, U. of 291 291 582 +14
14 12 Texas 295 288 583 +15
T10 13 UNLV 287 298 585 +17
T5 14 New Mexico 282 304 586 +18
15 15 Washington 296 300 596 +28
16 16 Oregon State U. 312 307 619 +51

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Caroline Masson Oklahoma State 65 70 135 -7
T34 T2 Ryann O'Toole * UCLA 72 66 138 -4
2 T2 Lizette Salas Southern California 66 72 138 -4
T3 T4 Belen Mozo Southern California 68 71 139 -3
T3 T4 Tiffany Joh UCLA 68 71 139 -3
T13 T6 Pia Halbig California 70 70 140 -2
T13 T6 Kristin Ingram Arkansas, U. of 70 70 140 -2
T7 T6 Stephanie Kono UCLA 69 71 140 -2
T28 T9 Mina Harigae Duke 71 70 141 -1
T13 T9 Brittany Benvenuto Arizona 70 71 141 -1
T13 T9 Mari Chun Stanford 70 71 141 -1
T7 T9 Angela King Stanford 69 72 141 -1
T34 T9 Jennifer Song Southern California 72 69 141 -1
T13 T14 Taylore Karle Pepperdine 70 72 142 E
T13 T14 Rebecca Durham Stanford 70 72 142 E
T7 T14 Alejandra Llaneza Arizona 69 73 142 E
T48 T17 Natasha Krishna UNLV 73 70 143 +1
T13 T17 Shannon Yocum California 70 73 143 +1
T13 T17 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 70 73 143 +1
T34 T17 Shannon Fish Texas 72 71 143 +1
T34 T17 Nicole Vandermade Texas 72 71 143 +1
T28 T17 Sydnee Michaels UCLA 71 72 143 +1
T13 T17 Caroline Hedwall Oklahoma State 70 73 143 +1
T3 T17 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State 68 75 143 +1
T7 T17 Glory Yang UCLA 69 74 143 +1
T34 T26 Jennie Lee Duke 72 72 144 +2
T3 T26 Therese Koelbaek UNLV 68 76 144 +2
T28 T26 Marina Alex Vanderbilt 71 73 144 +2
T48 T26 Margarita Ramos Arizona 73 71 144 +2
T54 T30 Andrea Messer Vanderbilt 74 71 145 +3
T28 T30 Kelli Shean Arkansas, U. of 71 74 145 +3
T34 T30 Megan Grehan Vanderbilt 72 73 145 +3
T7 T30 Lisa McCloskey Pepperdine 69 76 145 +3
T28 T30 Yu Young Lee * Duke 71 74 145 +3
T68 T30 Kendra Little Oregon, U. of 76 69 145 +3
T34 T30 Ashley Edwards Oregon, U. of 72 73 145 +3
T7 T30 Morgan Grantham New Mexico 69 76 145 +3
T34 T30 Cathryn Bristow Oregon, U. of 72 73 145 +3
T54 T30 Maria Jose Uribe UCLA 74 71 145 +3
T34 T30 Karinn Dickinson Washington 72 73 145 +3
T78 T41 Brooke Goodwin Vanderbilt 78 68 146 +4
T54 T41 Kaitlin Drolson Pepperdine 74 72 146 +4
T48 T41 Brianna Do * UCLA 73 73 146 +4
T13 T41 Jodi Ewart New Mexico 70 76 146 +4
T54 T41 Lauren Archer Oregon State U. 74 72 146 +4
T28 T46 Alex Schulte Arkansas, U. of 71 76 147 +5
T34 T46 Allison Goodman California 72 75 147 +5
T13 T46 Alejandra Guacaneme UNLV 70 77 147 +5
T13 T46 Sydney Burlison Stanford 70 77 147 +5
T48 T46 Caroline Kim Southern California 73 74 147 +5
T48 T46 Anya Alvarez Washington 73 74 147 +5
T54 T52 Diane Kwon California 74 74 148 +6
T34 T52 Kimberly Donovan Duke 72 76 148 +6
T54 T52 Jayvie Agojo Pepperdine 74 74 148 +6
T54 T52 Amanda Wilson Arizona 74 74 148 +6
T68 T52 Caney Hines Texas 76 72 148 +6
T13 T52 Isabelle Boineau Arizona 70 78 148 +6
T34 T52 Monika Graf Oregon, U. of 72 76 148 +6
T75 T59 Jessica Wallace Pepperdine 77 72 149 +7
T34 T59 Angela Villela California 72 77 149 +7
T13 T59 Lucy Nunn Arkansas, U. of 70 79 149 +7
T34 T59 Jacqui Concolino Vanderbilt 72 77 149 +7
T48 T59 Rebecca Hellbom New Mexico 73 76 149 +7
T63 T59 Erica Omlid * Oregon, U. of 75 74 149 +7
T54 T65 Alison Whitaker Duke 74 76 150 +8
T54 T65 Molly Aronsson Washington 74 76 150 +8
T68 T67 Kristen Schelling UNLV 76 75 151 +9
T63 T67 Stefanie Endstrasser Southern California 75 76 151 +9
T63 T67 Amanda Johnson Oklahoma State 75 76 151 +9
T68 70 Britney Choy New Mexico 76 76 152 +10
T68 T71 Lila Barton Stanford 76 77 153 +11
T13 T71 Mikaela Backstedt New Mexico 70 83 153 +11
T63 T73 Felicia Eastick Oregon, U. of 75 79 154 +12
90 T73 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State 83 71 154 +12
T78 T73 Martha Burkard Oregon State U. 78 76 154 +12
T85 T76 Kelley Louth Texas 81 74 155 +13
T78 T76 Christina Yoon Washington 78 77 155 +13
T85 T76 Roseanne Niven * California 81 74 155 +13
T68 79 In-Ah Park * Southern California 76 80 156 +14
T75 80 Nicole Ferrero Washington 77 80 157 +15
89 81 Cara Freeman * Oregon State U. 82 76 158 +16
T63 T82 Kristin Walla Texas 75 84 159 +17
T82 T82 Elyse Okada Oregon State U. 80 79 159 +17
T68 T84 Katy Nugent Arkansas, U. of 76 84 160 +18
T82 T84 Ki-Shui Liao * Stanford 80 80 160 +18
T82 T84 Brittany Stewart Oregon State U. 80 80 160 +18
T85 T84 Nikki Koller * Arizona 81 79 160 +18
T78 88 Piper Miller * Stanford 78 83 161 +19
T75 T89 Bethany Glassford UNLV 77 85 162 +20
T85 T89 Whitney French Oregon State U. 81 81 162 +20