Blue Devils Open NCAA Madison Regional in Second

Monday, May 7

Madison, Wisc.

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Day One at NCAA Regional Championship

Blue Devils Open NCAA Madison Regional in Second

5/7/2018 6:03:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

MADISON, Wisc. – Boosted by under par rounds from Virginia Elena Carta and Ana Belac, the top-seeded Duke women's golf team turned in a five-under, 283, and is second overall through 18 holes at the NCAA Madison Regional. The Blue Devils carded 19 birdies on the day at the 6,313-yard, par 72 University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wisc.

Virginia turned in a nine-under-par, 279, in the opening round to take a four stroke lead over the Blue Devils (283). Southern California (285), Arizona State (288), Oregon State (289), Wisconsin (290), Illinois (292), Ohio State (293), Northwestern (294), Old Dominion (295) and Ohio State (295) rounded out the top 10 teams. Following 54 holes of play, the top six teams will advance to the NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla.

“It is comforting, but we can't rest,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “This tournament is something…you just have to keep fighting hard. If you relax, teams will come here and play the best golf they have played all spring. You can see that going on. We talked about it and knew it was going to happen.”

Seeing action in only her third tournament of the spring, Carta matched a season best with six birdies and a four-under, 68, Monday. She led the field a few different occasions when she went to three-under-par and four-under-par. A native of Udine, Italy, Carta trails Wisconsin's Gabby Curtis (67) and Beth Lillie of Virginia (67), while being tied with Oregon State's Nicole Schroeder (68).

“I think my long game was pretty good, pretty consistent,” commented Carta. “It is definitely the best part of my game usually. Today was pretty good. I also rolled in some putts and that helped with the result.”

Carta had the best start for the day with three birdies over her first seven holes to move to three-under. She two-putted for birdie on the par five second hole, drained a 33-foot birdie on No. 6 and then stuck her approach on No. 7 to a foot and sank the birdie. Carta had her first bogey on the eighth hole and then sank her fourth birdie on the 504-yard, par five 11th to get back to three-under. After coming up short on her tee shot on the par three 12th, she notched a bogey to fall back to two-under. Carta registered back-to-back birdies on No. 15 and No. 16 on her way to collecting a 68. She hit a team-best 16 greens, eight fairways and rolled 30 putts on the day.

Turning in her third under par round out of four in NCAA Regional play, Belac carded a two-under, 70, in round one. A product of Portoroz, Slovenia, Belac held a two-under ledger through 11 holes with a 25-foot birdie on No. 4 and an eight-footer for birdie on No. 8. She suffered her first bogey of the day on No. 12 as went into the greenside bunker off the tee and wasn't able to get up-and-down. Belac came back to birdie No. 13 and No. 15 to get to three-under. She got into trouble off the tee on No. 18 and finished the round with a bogey to finish with a 70. Belac hit 14 greens, 11 fairways and had 30 putts.

Freshman Jaravee Boonchant opened her day with bogeys on No. 1 and No. 3 and held a two-over score through 13 holes. She connected on her first birdie of the afternoon on the 358-yard, par four 14th as she drained a 27-foot putt. Boonchant, who hails from Bangkok, Thailand, added another birdie on No. 16 to get back to even par. She lipped out for birdie on No. 18 and finished with an even-par, 72, and is tied 19th. Boonchant hit 11 greens, 10 fairways and a team-best 29 putts. The even par score was her fourth straight of even or under par.

With a season-best four birdies, senior Lisa Maguire signed for a one-over, 73. She opened with bogeys on No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6, but regrouped and played her final 12 holes at two-under-par. A native of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire rolled in her first birdie of the day on No. 9 from 12 feet to make the turn with a 38. She added a bogey on No. 10 and four-foot birdie on No. 11. Maguire sandwiched a bogey in-between two pars on holes 12-14, before registering back-to-back birdies on No. 15 and No. 16. She sank a four-foot birdie on the 15th and drained a 25-foot birdie putt on the 16th to move her score to one-over-par. Maguire drilled 7-of-9 greens on the back nine. For the day, she hit 11 greens, four fairways and had 30 putts.

Senior Leona Maguire turned in a two-over, 74, in round one as she collected three birdies. Maguire, a two-time National Player of the Year from Cavan, Ireland, birdied three of the five par fives on the day and lipped out for birdie on No. 18. The round of 74 did not count for the Blue Devils, which snapped a streak of 115 counting rounds by the former No. 1 ranked amateur in the world.

Duke will tee off Tuesday in the second round beginning at 9:39 a.m., along with Virginia and Southern California.

“We are happy with it,” commented Brooks on the good start. “There are opportunities out there. It is a really good golf course and it also has opportunities. You can get some birdies going. We didn't have anything higher than a bogey. The rough isn't extremely penal. I expected not a whole lot of really high numbers. There is no out of bounds here on the course, but it is also a very challenging course. I knew it wouldn't be crazy low. It is about where I expected.”

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Duke Results
- T3 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 68         -4
- T7 Ana Belac Duke 70         -2
- T19 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72         E
- T26 Lisa Maguire Duke 73         +1
- T43 Leona Maguire Duke 74         +2

1 Team Scores
1 Virginia 279         -9
2 Duke 283         -5
3 Southern California 285         -3
4 Arizona State 288         E
5 Oregon State 289         +1
6 Wisconsin 290         +2
7 Illinois 292         +4
8 Ohio State 293         +5
9 Northwestern 294         +6
T10 Old Dominion 295         +7
T10 Iowa State 295         +7
T12 Campbell 298         +10
T12 Purdue 298         +10
14 Notre Dame 299         +11
15 Idaho 306         +18
16 Murray State 307         +19
17 IUPUI 313         +25
18 North Dakota State 315         +27

Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Gabby Curtis Wisconsin 67         -5
- T1 Beth Lillie Virginia 67         -5
- T3 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 68         -4
- T3 Nicole Schroeder Oregon State 68         -4
- T5 Allisen Corpuz Southern California 69         -3
- T5 Katharine Patrick Virginia 69         -3
- T7 Amelia Garvey Southern California 70         -2
- T7 Ana Belac Duke 70         -2
- T7 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 70         -2
- T7 Anna Redding Virginia 70         -2
- T7 Erin Harper * Indiana 70         -2
- T7 Aneta Abrahamova IUPUI 70         -2
- T13 Cova SanJuan Purdue 71         -1
- T13 Brooke Riley Northwestern 71         -1
- T13 Stacey White Campbell 71         -1
- T13 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 71         -1
- T13 Connie Jaffrey * Kansas State 71         -1
- T13 Charlotte De Corte Old Dominion 71         -1
- T19 Marta Martin Purdue 72         E
- T19 Sarah Cho Northwestern 72         E
- T19 Roberta Liti Arizona State 72         E
- T19 Tristyn Nowlin Illinois 72         E
- T19 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72         E
- T19 Olivia Benzin Oregon State 72         E
- T19 Sophie Hausmann Idaho 72         E
- T26 Raquel Olmos Arizona State 73         +1
- T26 Lisa Maguire Duke 73         +1
- T26 Alyaa Abdulghany Southern California 73         +1
- T26 Bing Singhsumalee Illinois 73         +1
- T26 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 73         +1
- T26 Grace Park Illinois 73         +1
- T26 Jennifer Chang Southern California 73         +1
- T26 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 73         +1
- T26 Becky Klongland Wisconsin 73         +1
- T26 Alanna Campbell Iowa State 73         +1
- T26 Lexi Harkins Wisconsin 73         +1
- T26 Alex Wright Ohio State 73         +1
- T26 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State 73         +1
- T26 Emma Albrecht Notre Dame 73         +1
- T26 Pinyada Kuvanun * Toledo 73         +1
- T26 Anna Moore Murray State 73         +1
- T26 Maggie Simmermacher Old Dominion 73         +1
- T43 Chayanid Prapassarangkul Illinois 74         +2
- T43 Madison Kerley Arizona State 74         +2
- T43 Leona Maguire Duke 74         +2
- T43 Adeena Shears Ohio State 74         +2
- T43 Maddie Rose Hamilton Notre Dame 74         +2
- T43 Chayanit Wangmahaporn Iowa State 74         +2
- T43 Cara Basso * Penn State 74         +2
- T43 Mari Nishiura Oregon State 74         +2
- T43 Katerina Vlasinova Old Dominion 74         +2
- T52 Dana Gattone Illinois 75         +3
- T52 Hannah Kim Northwestern 75         +3
- T52 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 75         +3
- T52 Amelia Mehmet Grohn Iowa State 75         +3
- T52 Abby Heck Notre Dame 75         +3
- T52 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 75         +3
- T52 Isabell Ekstrom Campbell 75         +3
- T52 Susie Cavanagh Oregon State 75         +3
- T52 Valeria Patino Idaho 75         +3
- T52 Ellie Slama Oregon State 75         +3
- T62 Stephanie Lau Northwestern 76         +4
- T62 Annelie Sjoholm Campbell 76         +4
- T62 Ayelen Irizar Campbell 76         +4
- T62 Natalie Roth North Dakota State 76         +4
- T66 Gabriela Ruffels Southern California 77         +5
- T66 Melati Putri Purdue 77         +5
- T66 Janet Mao Northwestern 77         +5
- T66 Jessica Reinecke Wisconsin 77         +5
- T66 Mia Ayer Notre Dame 77         +5
- T66 Suthavee (Pun) Chanachai * New Mexico State 77         +5
- T66 Linette Holmslykke Murray State 77         +5
- T66 Abigail Portyrata Old Dominion 77         +5
- T66 Sana Tufail Old Dominion 77         +5
- T66 Moa Folke Murray State 77         +5
- T76 Inez Wanamarta Purdue 78         +6
- T76 Nattapan Siritrai Iowa State 78         +6
- T76 Julia Ford Virginia 78         +6
- T76 Aya Johnson Wisconsin 78         +6
- T76 Emma Groom North Dakota State 78         +6
- T81 Desiree Andersson Campbell 79         +7
- T81 Michelle Kim Idaho 79         +7
- T81 Taylor McCorkle North Dakota State 79         +7
- T81 Marion DeBove IUPUI 79         +7
- T85 Micaela Farah Purdue 80         +8
- T85 Raeysha Surendran Murray State 80         +8
- T85 Laura Gerner Idaho 80         +8
- T88 Nicole Howard IUPUI 81         +9
- T88 Kendall Gray Idaho 81         +9
- T90 Elsa Moberly * Eastern Kentucky 82         +10
- T90 Sierra Bennion North Dakota State 82         +10
- T90 Alexis Thomas North Dakota State 82         +10
- T90 Lucila Puente Rodriguez Murray State 82         +10
- 94 Amelie Svejda IUPUI 83         +11
- 95 Isabella DiLisio Notre Dame 88         +16
- 96 Elizabeth Orr IUPUI 89         +17