Duncan Powers Blue Devils into a 5-Shot Lead at Landfall

Saturday, October 23

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Day Two at Landfall Tradition

Duncan Powers Blue Devils into a 5-Shot Lead at Landfall

10/23/2010 8:53:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Duke University sophomore Lindy Duncan carded a six-under-par, 66, on Saturday in the second round of The Landfall Tradition to propel the Blue Devils into a five-stroke lead at the 6,325-yard, par 72 Pete Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.

Duke went from being tied for first after day one along with Texas to holding a five-stroke lead over UCLA. The Blue Devils posted a team-best four-under-par, 284, on Saturday and now holds a 36-hole total of 575, which is one-under-par. UCLA is second at 580, while North Carolina (580), Texas (593), Virginia (593), Michigan State (598), Notre Dame (600), Wake Forest (605), South Carolina (606) and Ohio State (610) rounded out the top 10.

The Blue Devils enter the final round with the lead for the first time this season and are looking for their first victory of the 2010-11 campaign. Head Coach Dan Brooks is in search of his 111th career victory.

"We had a lot of grinding out there and a lot of hard work," said Brooks on the second round. "Everybody was shining at one point. It was a fun day. There was a lot of really good spirit out there -- everybody seemed to be really focused and fighting hard and that is always fun to watch."

Duncan, who is out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., managed only one birdie on Friday, but had her putting rolling on Saturday as she drained six birdies -- three on the front and three on the back -- on her way to notching a 66 for the second time this season. The six-under-par ledger matches a career-best 18-hole score for the reigning ACC Player of the Year. Duncan hit 15 greens, hit all 14 fairways and totaled a season-best 26 putts.

"What got her yesterday was she didn't hit it really well so it was hard for her to have the best frame of mind on the putts because she wasn't getting on a lot of greens," commented Brooks. "So there was probably a little bit of pressure put on her putting. Today she was hitting a lot more greens and she was able to relax. When she is hitting a lot of greens, her mind gets just right for making a lot of putts."

Holding the individual lead is Virginia's Brittany Altomare with a 36-hole total of 139. Duncan is second with a 140 with rounds of 74 and 66.

Freshman Alejandra Cangrejo enters the final round tied for sixth with a 144, after 18-hole totals of 71 and 73 for a total of 144. Cangrejo, who is from Bogota, Colombia, suffered four bogeys on the front nine to go along with two birdies and three pars as she made the turn with a two-over-par, 38. She played the final nine holes at one-under-par as she notched back-to-back birdies on No. 16 and No. 17.

Seeing in her first team action of the 2010 fall, sophomore Stacey Kim turned in an even-par, 72, and is tied for 15th with a 148. A product of Columbus, Ga., Kim had a hot start with birdies on No. 3, No. 7 and No. 9 on her way to make the turn at three-under-par, 33. She suffered a bogey on the 13th and a double-bogey on No. 16 as she closed the day at even par. Kim hit 14 greens, 13 fairways and had 29 putts on the day.

Sophomore Courtney Ellenbogen also had a solid start to her round as she collected back-to-back birdies on the fifth and sixth holes to move to two-under-par. She then suffered two straight bogeys to go back to even par, but the native of Blacksburg, Va., battled all day with seven up-and-downs. Ellenbogen posted eight pars and one bogey on the back nine to finish with a 73. She hit 10 fairways, eight greens, but rolled a season-best 25 putts.

The Blue Devils totaled 16 birdies in the second round.

"Just exactly what they have been doing," said Brooks on what the team needs to do on Sunday to bring home a win. "They were fantastic today and they just need to repeat the same effort and attitudes."

Duke will tee off on Sunday in the final round at 8:45 a.m., in a shotgun start along with North Carolina and UCLA.

Duke Results
2 Lindy Duncan Duke 74 66 140 -4
T6 Alejandra Cangrejo Duke 71 73 144 E
T15 Stacey Kim Duke 76 72 148 +4
T15 Kim Donovan Duke 70 78 148 +4
T28 Courtney Ellenbogen Duke 77 73 150 +6

- d - u - k - e -

1 2 Team Scores
T1 1 Duke 291 284 575 -1
4 T2 UCLA 294 286 580 +4
3 T2 North Carolina 293 287 580 +4
T1 4 Texas 291 302 593 +17
T9 5 Virginia 305 289 594 +18
8 6 Michigan State 304 294 598 +22
T5 7 Notre Dame, U. of 299 301 600 +24
T9 8 Wake Forest 305 300 605 +29
T5 9 South Carolina 299 307 606 +30
T11 10 Ohio State 307 303 610 +34
T13 11 Chattanooga 309 303 612 +36
7 12 North Carolina St. 301 312 613 +37
16 13 Oklahoma State 312 303 615 +39
T13 T14 Northwestern Univ. 309 307 616 +40
17 T14 Texas Tech 316 300 616 +40
T13 16 Florida State Univ. 309 314 623 +47
T11 17 N. Car. Wilmington 307 324 631 +55
18 18 UNCG 318 324 642 +66

Individual Results
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T4 1 Brittany Altomare Virginia 71 68 139 -5
T19 2 Lindy Duncan Duke 74 66 140 -4
T12 T3 Tiffany Lua UCLA 73 69 142 -2
T4 T3 Casey Grice North Carolina 71 71 142 -2
T1 T3 Katherine Perry North Carolina 70 72 142 -2
T12 T6 Nicole Vandermade Texas 73 71 144 E
T4 T6 Alejandra Cangrejo Duke 71 73 144 E
T8 T8 Becca Huffer Notre Dame, U. of 72 73 145 +1
T12 T8 Ani Gulugian UCLA 73 72 145 +1
T12 T10 Stephanie Kono UCLA 73 73 146 +2
T8 T10 Katie Burnett South Carolina 72 74 146 +2
T27 T12 Caroline Powers Michigan State 75 72 147 +3
T27 T12 Glory Yang UCLA 75 72 147 +3
T12 T12 Madison Pressel Texas 73 74 147 +3
T36 T15 Joy Kim Virginia 76 72 148 +4
T19 T15 Gabriella Dominguez Texas Tech 74 74 148 +4
T1 T15 Caroline Ellington North Carolina St. 70 78 148 +4
T8 T15 Allyssa Ferrell Michigan State 72 76 148 +4
T27 T15 Nicole Zhang Notre Dame, U. of 75 73 148 +4
T36 T15 Stacey Kim Duke 76 72 148 +4
T44 T15 Catherine O'Donnell North Carolina 77 71 148 +4
T27 T15 Courtney Gunter North Carolina 75 73 148 +4
T1 T15 Kim Donovan Duke 70 78 148 +4
T76 T24 Victoria Park Oklahoma State 81 68 149 +5
T19 T24 Jocelyn Alford Oklahoma State 74 75 149 +5
T8 T24 Christine Wolf Chattanooga 72 77 149 +5
T27 T24 Michelle Shin Wake Forest 75 74 149 +5
T58 T28 Lindsey Solberg Michigan State 79 71 150 +6
T52 T28 Portland Rosen Virginia 78 72 150 +6
T44 T28 Courtney Ellenbogen Duke 77 73 150 +6
T44 T28 Rachel Rohanna Ohio State 77 73 150 +6
T27 T28 Cheyenne Woods Wake Forest 75 75 150 +6
T36 T33 Brianna Do UCLA 76 75 151 +7
T4 T33 Haley Stephens Texas 71 80 151 +7
T58 T35 Ana Martinez UNCG 79 73 152 +8
T27 T35 Kristina Nhim Notre Dame, U. of 75 77 152 +8
T36 T35 Hannah Thomson Florida State Univ. 76 76 152 +8
T27 T35 O. Kristinsdottir Wake Forest 75 77 152 +8
T19 T35 Vicky Villanueva Ohio State 74 78 152 +8
T52 T40 Alex Lederhausen Northwestern Univ. 78 75 153 +9
T52 T40 Jordan Britt Chattanooga 78 75 153 +9
T36 T40 Maria Juliana Loza Chattanooga 76 77 153 +9
T19 T40 Katelyn Sepmoree Texas 74 79 153 +9
T36 T40 Amy Meier Ohio State 76 77 153 +9
T58 T45 Aimee Neff Michigan State 79 75 154 +10
T12 T45 Brooke Baker North Carolina St. 73 81 154 +10
T36 T45 Amanda Strang South Carolina 76 78 154 +10
T67 T45 Andrea Kaelin Florida State Univ. 80 74 154 +10
T19 T45 Suzie Lee South Carolina 74 80 154 +10
T12 T45 Jessica Negron Florida State Univ. 73 81 154 +10
T27 T45 Lauren Weaver Northwestern Univ. 75 79 154 +10
T67 T45 Natalie Sheary Wake Forest 80 74 154 +10
T36 T45 Sofia Hagsund N. Car. Wilmington 76 78 154 +10
T58 T54 Josephine Janson Oklahoma State 79 76 155 +11
T58 T54 Paloma Martinez Texas Tech 79 76 155 +11
T67 T54 Rebecca Lederhausen Northwestern Univ. 80 75 155 +11
T52 T54 Katie Rose Higgins South Carolina 78 77 155 +11
T44 T54 Samantha Swinehart South Carolina 77 78 155 +11
T44 T54 So-Hyun Park Notre Dame, U. of 77 78 155 +11
T44 T54 Jackie Chang North Carolina 77 78 155 +11
T67 T54 In-Hong Lim Ohio State 80 75 155 +11
T58 T62 Ana Menendez North Carolina St. 79 77 156 +12
T76 T62 Kimberly Kaufman Texas Tech 81 75 156 +12
T67 T64 Lauren Greenlief Virginia 80 77 157 +13
79 T64 Deborah DeVilla Texas Tech 82 75 157 +13
T52 T64 Michelle Bowles Michigan State 78 79 157 +13
T58 T64 Anne Ormson Northwestern Univ. 79 78 157 +13
T58 T64 Megan Rosenfeld Texas 79 78 157 +13
T83 T69 Emma de Groot Chattanooga 84 74 158 +14
T44 T69 Devon Brown Northwestern Univ. 77 81 158 +14
T44 T69 Whitney Rhodes N. Car. Wilmington 77 81 158 +14
T19 T72 Erica Creed UNCG 74 85 159 +15
T19 T72 Laverry Kumar N. Car. Wilmington 74 85 159 +15
T83 74 Amanda Baker North Carolina St. 84 76 160 +16
T58 75 Brittany Marchand North Carolina St. 79 82 161 +17
T52 76 Jade Staggs Oklahoma State 78 84 162 +18
T67 T77 Calle Nielson Virginia 80 83 163 +19
T67 T77 Courtney Taylor UNCG 80 83 163 +19
T80 T77 Alexandra Bodemann Wake Forest 83 80 163 +19
T67 T77 Cristina Manrique N. Car. Wilmington 80 83 163 +19
T67 81 Whitney Wenglasz Florida State Univ. 80 84 164 +20
T87 T82 Beverly Mendoza Texas Tech 86 79 165 +21
T80 T82 Lori Beth Adams N. Car. Wilmington 83 82 165 +21
T85 84 Katie Conway Notre Dame, U. of 85 81 166 +22
T80 85 Yushira Budhram Chattanooga 83 84 167 +23
T76 T86 Hillary Wood Oklahoma State 81 87 168 +24
T85 T86 Lizzie Bundy UNCG 85 83 168 +24
T87 88 Mary Beth Ramsay Florida State Univ. 86 83 169 +25
T87 89 Alex Brown Ohio State 86 84 170 +26
90 90 Rachel Uremovich UNCG 91 88 179 +35