Blue Devils Open NCAA Championship in Fifth

Friday, May 18

Stillwater, Okla.

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Day One at NCAA Championship

Blue Devils Open NCAA Championship in Fifth

5/18/2018 10:21:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

STILLWATER, Okla. – Featuring an afternoon tee time to open the 2018 NCAA Championship, the fourth-ranked Duke women's golf team turned in a 10-over-par, 298, and is fifth overall following 18 holes of action at the 6,328-yard, par 72 Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.

The Blue Devils are only seven shots behind Southern California, which turned in a three-over, 291, to lead by one stroke over Alabama (292). UCLA (294), Kent State (296), Duke (298), Northwestern (299), Louisville (301), Arizona (301), Florida State (301), Florida (303) and Washington (303) round out the top 10 teams.

“We had some bogeys coming in and with that last hole being a par five we kind of hoped to get two or three shots back,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “We didn't get that but seven shots back is ok. We have three days left in the stroke play portion, which we are trying hard to win.”
Duke was only one-over-par following nine holes of action as senior Leona Maguire birdied three of her final six holes on the front to make the turn at two-under. The Blue Devils struggled on the way in with an eight-over ledger on the back to fall to 10-over. Duke featured only nine birdies on the day, including four on par fives.

“The wind was pretty consistent through the day,” said Brooks. “It picks up a little more when you come down by the lake here. It was consistent wind and it was always in the same direction. It was a little bit gusty, but the overall force wasn't any greater as the day went along. They had to think. It is a great golf course.”

The Blue Devils won't have much time to think about day one as Duke will tee off beginning at 8:30 a.m. (ET), off hole 10 Saturday morning.

Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho turned in a seven-under, 65, earlier in the day to set the tone, individually. She leads by three over Janet Mao of Northwestern (68).

Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, opened her day with two pars and then suffered a bogey on the 166-yard, par three third hole. She then caught fire with birdies on No. 4, No. 6 and No. 9 to make the turn at two-under, 34. On the back, Maguire had a bogey on the 11th, but came back with her fourth birdie of the day on the 502-yard, par five 14th. She closed with bogeys on No. 15 and No. 17 to finish at even par. Maguire hit 13 greens, 11 fairways and had 31 putts in round one and is tied 11th.

“It was a little mixed,” said Maguire. “I got off to a nice start. I gave myself a few chances on the front nine. It was a little iffy coming in. I played some solid golf, but this golf course, if you get out of position at all, it was pretty penal. Overall, level par is a solid round to start off with. I would have liked to be a few more under, but we have an early start tomorrow and hopefully post a low one tomorrow.”

The even par round for Maguire gives her 23 on the season and is one away from matching the Duke record held of 24 held by both Maguire (2014-15) and Amanda Blumenherst (2005-06).

Seeing action in her first NCAA Championship, freshman Jaravee Boonchant opened her round with five straight pars, before sinking a nine-foot birdie on the 350-yard, par four sixth. Unfortunately, her par putt on No. 7 rolled all the way around the cup and lipped out for bogey to drop back to even. Over her final 11 holes, Boonchant had nine pars and back-to-back bogeys on the 15th and 16th to finish with a 74. She hit 12 greens, 10 fairways and had 32 putts.

Sophomore Ana Belac struggled out of the gate with bogeys on No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5, but regrouped and played the next 10 holes at one-under with a 13-foot birdie on the 12th. After collecting two straight bogeys on No. 16 and No. 17, Belac rolled in a five-foot birdie on the par five 18th to finish with a 75. A product of Portoroz, Slovenia, Belac hit 11 fairways, 10 greens and had 30 putts.

Notching the best start to Friday's first round, senior Lisa Maguire had a great up-and-down par on the first hole and then sank a 45-foot birdie putt on the 377-yard, par four second to get to one-under. Maguire, who is from Cavan, Ireland, was one-under through five holes, after hitting only one of the first five greens. She then signed for bogeys on No. 6, No. 9, No. 10 and No. 13. She closed with a double-bogey on No. 17 and par on No. 18 to finish with a 77.

Day one didn't go the way the 2015 NCAA Individual Champion wanted, but junior Virginia Elena Carta concluded the afternoon with a two-putt birdie to finish with a 78.

“The rough was pretty thick out there,” commented Leona Maguire. “You can get a ball in there that just disappears. Fairways and greens are paramount really. Trying to give yourself as many chances as possible. Greens are pretty quick – trying to stay below the hard. You have to play some really nice golf to do well on this course.”

Along with Southern California and Stanford, Duke will open second round play at 8:30 a.m. (ET) off hole No. 10.

“We have to do a quick turnaround,” commented Brooks. “I am going to head to the range right now with a couple of them for just a couple of quick thoughts. Just rest and get ready to do it again.”

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Duke Results
- T11 Leona Maguire Duke 72         E
- T28 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 74         +2
- T35 Ana Belac Duke 75         +3
- T68 Lisa Maguire Duke 77         +5
- T76 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 78         +6

1 Team Scores
1 Southern California 291         +3
2 Alabama 292         +4
3 UCLA 294         +6
4 Kent State 296         +8
5 Duke 298         +10
6 Northwestern 299         +11
T7 Louisville 301         +13
T7 Arizona 301         +13
T7 Florida State 301         +13
T10 Florida 303         +15
T10 Washington 303         +15
12 Auburn 304         +16
T13 Colorado 306         +18
T13 Wake Forest 306         +18
15 Oklahoma 307         +19
T16 Stanford 308         +20
T16 Arkansas 308         +20
18 Texas 309         +21
19 Ohio State 310         +22
20 Furman 312         +24
21 Baylor 313         +25
22 Arizona State 314         +26
23 Virginia 315         +27
24 Ole Miss 320         +32

Start Finish Player Team Scores
- 1 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 65         -7
- 2 Janet Mao Northwestern 68         -4
- 3 Jillian Hollis * Georgia, U. of 69         -3
- T4 Morgane Metraux Florida State 70         -2
- T4 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70         -2
- T4 Rose Huang * Brigham Young 70         -2
- T7 Pimnipa Panthong Kent State 71         -1
- T7 Patty Tavatanakit UCLA 71         -1
- T7 Leonie Harm * Houston 71         -1
- T7 Bianca Pagdanganan Arizona 71         -1
- T11 Micheala Williams * Tennessee 72         E
- T11 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 72         E
- T11 Lilia Vu UCLA 72         E
- T11 Dylan Kim Arkansas 72         E
- T11 Allisen Corpuz Southern California 72         E
- T11 Jennifer Chang Southern California 72         E
- T11 Leona Maguire Duke 72         E
- T11 Jess Yuen * Missouri 72         E
- T19 Kayley Marschke Auburn 73         +1
- T19 Kim Metraux Florida State 73         +1
- T19 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 73         +1
- T19 Amelia Garvey Southern California 73         +1
- T19 Kristen Gillman Alabama 73         +1
- T19 Maddie Szeryk * Texas A&M 73         +1
- T19 Emma Broze * Oklahoma State 73         +1
- T19 Alice Chen Furman 73         +1
- T19 Sierra Brooks Florida 73         +1
- T28 Amanda Doherty Florida State 74         +2
- T28 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74         +2
- T28 Kirsty Hodgkins Colorado 74         +2
- T28 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 74         +2
- T28 Gabriela Ruffels Southern California 74         +2
- T28 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 74         +2
- T28 Yu-Sang Hou Arizona 74         +2
- T35 Kory Nielsen Kent State 75         +3
- T35 Valerie Tanguay Oklahoma 75         +3
- T35 Chloe Salort Kent State 75         +3
- T35 Rino Sasaki Washington 75         +3
- T35 Michaela Finn Kent State 75         +3
- T35 Sarah Rhee Washington 75         +3
- T35 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 75         +3
- T35 Kie Purdom Ole Miss 75         +3
- T35 Robyn Choi Colorado 75         +3
- T35 Brittany Fan Colorado 75         +3
- T35 Angelica Moresco Alabama 75         +3
- T35 Ana Belac Duke 75         +3
- T35 Mariel Galdiano UCLA 75         +3
- T35 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 75         +3
- T35 Hannah Kim Northwestern 75         +3
- T35 Sophia Schubert Texas 75         +3
- T51 Karen Miyamoto Washington 76         +4
- T51 Julienne Soo Oklahoma 76         +4
- T51 Marthe Wold * California 76         +4
- T51 Amy Lee Baylor 76         +4
- T51 Kristin Engle Louisville 76         +4
- T51 Olivia Cason Louisville 76         +4
- T51 Molly Skapik Louisville 76         +4
- T51 Alex Wright Ohio State 76         +4
- T51 Delaney Shah Louisville 76         +4
- T51 Shannon Aubert Stanford 76         +4
- T51 Lakareber Abe Alabama 76         +4
- T51 Bethany Wu UCLA 76         +4
- T51 Alyaa Abdulghany Southern California 76         +4
- T51 Albane Valenzuela Stanford 76         +4
- T51 Agathe Laisne Texas 76         +4
- T51 Marta Perez Florida 76         +4
- T51 Elin Esborn Florida 76         +4
- T68 Hannah Wood Oklahoma 77         +5
- T68 Kelli Murphy Auburn 77         +5
- T68 Wenyung Keh Washington 77         +5
- T68 Nicole Schroeder * Oregon State 77         +5
- T68 Lisa Maguire Duke 77         +5
- T68 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 77         +5
- T68 Andrea Lee Stanford 77         +5
- T68 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 77         +5
- T76 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 78         +6
- T76 Diane Baillieux Baylor 78         +6
- T76 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 78         +6
- T76 Alana Uriell Arkansas 78         +6
- T76 Sarah Cho Northwestern 78         +6
- T76 Sandra Nordaas Arizona 78         +6
- T76 Addison Baggarly Florida 78         +6
- T76 Reona Hirai Furman 78         +6
- T76 Gigi Stoll Arizona 78         +6
- T76 Stephanie Lau Northwestern 78         +6
- T76 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 78         +6
- T76 Haley Moore Arizona 78         +6
- T88 Julianne Alvarez Washington 79         +7
- T88 Michaela Owen Auburn 79         +7
- T88 Sydney Youngblood Oklahoma 79         +7
- T88 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 79         +7
- T88 Clare Legaspi UCLA 79         +7
- T88 Ziyi (Emily) Wang Stanford 79         +7
- T88 Emilee Hoffman Texas 79         +7
- T88 Kaitlyn Papp Texas 79         +7
- T88 Natalie Srinivasan Furman 79         +7
- T97 Hira Naveed * Pepperdine 80         +8
- T97 Gabby Curtis * Wisconsin 80         +8
- T97 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 80         +8
- T97 Julia Ford Virginia 80         +8
- T97 Katy Harris Ole Miss 80         +8
- T97 Anna Redding Virginia 80         +8
- T97 Maria Vesga Baylor 80         +8
- T104 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 81         +9
- T104 Karoline Stormo Kent State 81         +9
- T104 Fiona Liddell Baylor 81         +9
- T104 Beth Lillie Virginia 81         +9
- T104 Maria Fassi Arkansas 81         +9
- T104 Raquel Olmos Arizona State 81         +9
- T104 Roberta Liti Arizona State 81         +9
- T111 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 82         +10
- T111 Elena Hualde Auburn 82         +10
- T111 Alisha Lau Colorado 82         +10
- T111 Gillian Vance Colorado 82         +10
- T111 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 82         +10
- T111 Katharine Patrick Virginia 82         +10
- T111 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 82         +10
- T111 Jacqueline Bendrick Furman 82         +10
- T119 Pi-Lillebi Hermansson Ole Miss 83         +11
- T119 Greta Voelker Texas 83         +11
- T119 Haylee Harford Furman 83         +11
- T122 Kayla Jones Florida State 84         +12
- T122 Kathleen Sumner Florida State 84         +12
- T124 Mika Liu Stanford 85         +13
- T124 Madison Kerley Arizona State 85         +13
- T126 Erin Harper * Indiana 86         +14
- T126 Conner Beth Ball Ole Miss 86         +14
- T126 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 86         +14
- T129 Kaitlin Milligan Oklahoma 87         +15
- T129 Adeena Shears Ohio State 87         +15
- T129 Brooke Riley Northwestern 87         +15
- 132 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 89         +17