Blumenherst Remains First; Duke Enters Final Round In Second At Wildcat Invite

TUCSON, ARIZ. ? With 18 holes remaining at the Wildcat Invitational, the top-ranked Duke women's golf team sits in second place and only four shots off the lead at the 6,238-yard, Par 71 Arizona National. The teams competing on Tuesday had to deal with average winds at approximately 20 miles per hour, which led to increased overall scores.

Duke turned in a second round 302 on Tuesday and owns a 36-hole total of 590, which is second behind Oklahoma State's two-day total of 586. Rounding out the top-10 includes Arizona (596), Southern California (596), Arizona State (603), New Mexico (605), Auburn (606), UCLA (609), Pepperdine (609) and Stanford (617).

“It was real windy today,” said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. “Due to resurfaced greens which were hard and the wind, that combination made it tough to play today. We tried to stay patient and make some pars. In conditions like that, you cannot let bogey's and double-bogeys get you down. You have to stay patient.”

First round individual leader Amanda Blumenherst turned in a one-over-par, 72, on the second day and increased her lead to three-strokes with a 36-hole total of 140. After recording five birdies on the first day, Blumenherst had only one birdie on Tuesday, which occurred on the 496-yard, par five 18th hole. Looking for her 10th career victory, Blumenherst also had 15 pars and two bogeys on the day.

Fellow junior Jennie Lee totaled her second straight round of 74 and is tied for 10th overall in the individual action. Lee, who is from Henderson, Nev., posted one birdie, one double-bogey, two bogeys and five pars over her first nine holes to make the turn at three-over-par, 35. Over the final nine holes, Lee totaled one birdie, one bogey and seven pars to close the back nine at even par.

After posting a 72 on Monday, senior Jennifer Pandolfi notched a 77 on the second day. She is now tied for 15th with a total of 149. A product of Navarre, Fla., Pandolfi settled down after collecting a 41 on the front nine to post one bogey, while playing the final seven holes at one-under-par.

Sophomore Alison Whitaker had a 79 on Tuesday, while freshman Kim Donovan posted an 84. Whitaker is tied for 32nd with a 153 and Donovan is tied for 66th with a 161. Playing as an individual, sophomore Yu Young Lee is tied for 53rd after posting rounds of 75 and 83 for a total of 158.

Duke will tee off on Wednesday in the final round beginning at 8:00 a.m. (MST) along with Oklahoma State, Arizona and Southern California in a shotgun start.

Duke Results
1 1 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 68 72 140 -2
T30 T10 Jennie Lee Duke 74 74 148 +6
T14 T15 Jennifer Pandolfi Duke 72 77 149 +7
T30 T32 Alison Whitaker Duke 74 79 153 +11
T39 T58 Yu Young Lee * Duke 75 83 158 +16
T50 T66 Kimberly Donovan Duke 77 84 161 +19

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rank team scores
1 Oklahoma State 288 298 586 +18
2 Duke 288 302 590 +22
T3 Arizona 288 308 596 +28
T3 Southern California 296 300 596 +28
5 Arizona State 287 316 603 +35
6 New Mexico 298 307 605 +37
7 Auburn 292 314 606 +38
T8 UCLA 288 321 609 +41
T8 Pepperdine 293 316 609 +41
10 Stanford 303 314 617 +49
T11 Brigham Young Univ. 309 309 618 +50
T11 California 297 321 618 +50
13 Washington 307 314 621 +53
14 Texas 304 318 622 +54
15 Vanderbilt 305 328 633 +65
16 UNLV 325 314 639 +71

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 68 72 140 -2
T9 2 Jaclyn Sweeney Oklahoma State 71 72 143 +1
T39 T3 Joanne Lee * Southern California 75 70 145 +3
T14 T3 Azahara Munoz Arizona State 72 73 145 +3
T9 T3 Alison Walshe Arizona 71 74 145 +3
2 T6 Mari Chun Stanford 69 77 146 +4
T3 T6 Tammy Clelland Oklahoma State 70 76 146 +4
T14 T8 Lizette Salas Southern California 72 75 147 +5
T9 T8 Jodi Ewart New Mexico 71 76 147 +5
T30 T10 Belen Mozo Southern California 74 74 148 +6
T9 T10 Taylore Karle Pepperdine 71 77 148 +6
T30 T10 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State 74 74 148 +6
T30 T10 Jennie Lee Duke 74 74 148 +6
T3 T10 Alejandra Llaneza Arizona 70 78 148 +6
T14 T15 Cydney Clanton Auburn 72 77 149 +7
T19 T15 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State 73 76 149 +7
T14 T15 Jennifer Pandolfi Duke 72 77 149 +7
T3 T15 Juliana Murcia Arizona State 70 79 149 +7
T30 T19 Candace Schepperle Auburn 74 76 150 +8
T19 T19 Sydnee Michaels UCLA 73 77 150 +8
T3 T19 Tiffany Joh UCLA 70 80 150 +8
T50 T19 Alexandra Phelps New Mexico 77 73 150 +8
T19 T19 Pia Halbig California 73 77 150 +8
T14 T24 Jayvie Agojo Pepperdine 72 79 151 +9
T19 T24 Molly Aronsson Washington 73 78 151 +9
T30 T24 Emily Mason Arizona 74 77 151 +9
T45 T24 Ashley Rollins Texas 76 75 151 +9
T50 T28 Dewi Claire Schreefel Southern California 77 75 152 +10
T50 T28 Juli Erekson Brigham Young Univ. 77 75 152 +10
T19 T28 Stefanie Endstrasser Southern California 73 79 152 +10
T3 T28 Glory Yang UCLA 70 82 152 +10
T68 T32 Ashley Childers Brigham Young Univ. 79 74 153 +11
T30 T32 Allison Goodman California 74 79 153 +11
T30 T32 Alison Whitaker Duke 74 79 153 +11
T30 T32 Amanda Wilson Arizona 74 79 153 +11
T19 T32 Mary Jacobs Arizona 73 80 153 +11
T3 T32 Shannon Yocum California 70 83 153 +11
T64 T38 Paola Moreno Southern California 78 76 154 +12
T19 T38 Leanne Bowditch Pepperdine 73 81 154 +12
T19 T38 Mariana Macias Auburn 73 81 154 +12
T45 T38 Natalia Jimenez Brigham Young Univ. 76 78 154 +12
T73 T38 Rebecca Durham Stanford 80 74 154 +12
T30 T38 Anna Nordqvist Arizona State 74 80 154 +12
T39 T38 Julia Best Texas 75 79 154 +12
T50 T45 Anya Alvarez Washington 77 78 155 +13
T19 T45 Alejandra Guacaneme UNLV 73 82 155 +13
T19 T45 Abigale Schepperle Auburn 73 82 155 +13
T50 T45 Britney Choy New Mexico 77 78 155 +13
T19 T45 Morgan Grantham New Mexico 73 82 155 +13
T39 T45 Caney Hines Texas 75 80 155 +13
T9 T45 Jennifer Osborn Arizona State 71 84 155 +13
T45 T52 Margaret Shirley Auburn 76 80 156 +14
T50 T52 Martine de Gannes Pepperdine 77 79 156 +14
T82 T52 Therese Koelbaek UNLV 83 73 156 +14
T50 T52 Angela King Stanford 77 79 156 +14
T39 T56 Ryann O'Toole UCLA 75 82 157 +15
T39 T56 Brooke Goodwin Vanderbilt 75 82 157 +15
T39 T58 Yu Young Lee * Duke 75 83 158 +16
T68 T58 Sarah Thead * Auburn 79 79 158 +16
T73 T58 Christina Yoon Washington 80 78 158 +16
T50 T58 Liebelei Lawrence Vanderbilt 77 81 158 +16
T64 T58 Mikaela Backstedt New Mexico 78 80 158 +16
T50 T63 Jacqui Concolino Vanderbilt 77 82 159 +17
T45 T63 Megan Grehan Vanderbilt 76 83 159 +17
T50 65 Karinn Dickinson Washington 77 83 160 +18
T68 T66 Sara Romero Brigham Young Univ. 79 82 161 +19
T68 T66 Py Bengtsson * New Mexico 79 82 161 +19
T50 T66 Daphne Vines Brigham Young Univ. 77 84 161 +19
T50 T66 Kimberly Donovan Duke 77 84 161 +19
T45 T66 Amanda Johnson Oklahoma State 76 85 161 +19
T50 T66 Piper Miller Stanford 77 84 161 +19
T50 T72 Nicole McGirr * UNLV 77 85 162 +20
T73 T72 Maria Jose Uribe UCLA 80 82 162 +20
T73 T72 Roseanne Niven California 80 82 162 +20
T64 T72 Shannon Fish Texas 78 84 162 +20
T86 76 Kasi Lee UNLV 86 77 163 +21
T64 77 Victoria Alimonda * Southern California 78 86 164 +22
85 78 Katie Saucier Washington 85 80 165 +23
T79 79 Camila Sola * Arizona State 82 84 166 +24
T86 T80 Tonya Choate UNLV 86 82 168 +26
T79 T80 Ki-Shui Liao Stanford 82 86 168 +26
T86 T82 Brittany Benvenuto * Arizona 86 83 169 +27
T73 T82 Hannah Summerhays * Brigham Young Univ. 80 89 169 +27
T73 T82 Belinda Diamond California 80 89 169 +27
T68 T85 Stephanie Gelleni Pepperdine 79 91 170 +28
T82 T85 Melissa Mabanta UNLV 83 87 170 +28
90 T87 Marisa Smith * Arizona 88 85 173 +31
T79 T87 Brooke Schneider * Arizona 82 91 173 +31
91 T89 Julie Bartholomew Vanderbilt 89 88 177 +35
T82 T89 Kristin Walla Texas 83 94 177 +35