Blue Devils Jump into First at NCAA Madison Regional

Tuesday, May 8

Madison, Wisc.

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Day Two at NCAA Regional Championship

Blue Devils Jump into First at NCAA Madison Regional

5/8/2018 6:02:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

MADISON, Wisc. – Boosted by a seven-under-par, 65, Tuesday, by senior Leona Maguire, the top-seeded Duke women's golf team jumped into first at the NCAA Madison Regional as the Blue Devils carded a team-best nine-under, 279, and holds an eight-stroke lead with 18 holes remaining at the 6,313-yard, par 72 University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wisc.

Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, registered eight birdies on the day and turned in the tied for second-lowest 18-hole score in Duke NCAA regional history (65). She ranks tied with Virada Nirapathpongporn, who totaled a 65 in the 2001 regional in Chapel Hill, N.C., and ranks behind Amanda Blumenherst's nine-under, 63, in 2007 in Baton Rouge, La.

“Starting off on the first side, I just felt like I played really well,” said Maguire. “I played the par fives really well, giving myself really good birdie chances on all of them. I birdied four out of five of them. I only missed one green today, giving myself a lot of birdie chances. That is something I kind of struggled with yesterday. I didn't feel like I played all that bad yesterday. I just didn't give myself enough chances. The goal today was to give myself as many chances as I could and I took advantage of quite a few of them, which was nice.”

As a team, Duke moved ahead of first round leader Virginia with its second consecutive under par ledger. The Blue Devils backed up its five-under score of 283 Monday with a nine-under, 279, and holds a 14-under, 562, through 36 holes. Virginia is second with a six-under, 570, while Southern California (573), Arizona State (574), Oregon State (574), Illinois (577), Northwestern (577) and Ohio State (577) round out the top six teams.

“I saw a lot of smart golf today,” said Brooks. “It was windy and I saw some great choices. I think that is why we were able to gain some strokes.”

Through Wednesday's third round, the top six teams will advance to the NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla.

“It is good,” commented Brooks on holding the team lead. “What we talk about in this situation is preparation for nationals. We want to be a team that if we get ahead or behind we keep our foot on the pedal. It is always good prep no matter what situation you are in. You use it for the next event.”

With her seven-under score, Maguire jumped from tied 43rd after day one to tied third overall. She enters the final day of play with a six-under, 138, which is four shots behind Oregon State's Nicole Schroeder (-10, 134). Erin Harper of Indiana (-6, 138) is second and Maguire is tied with Ohio State's Jaclyn Lee.

Maguire had everything dialed in from the beginning Tuesday as she birdied the second hole and then collected four straight birdies from 6-9 to make the turn at five-under, 31. Her lone green missed on the day came on No. 11 and she suffered a bogey, but Maguire came back to birdie No. 11 and No. 14 to get to six-under-par. On the 160-yard, par three 17th, Maguire stepped up and sank a 45-foot birdie to move to seven-under.

It marked her 31st career round in the 60s, which is a new Duke career record moving past Blumenherst (30). For the day, Maguire hit 13 fairways, 17 greens and had 28 putts.

With a two-under, 70, in round two, sophomore Ana Belac moved into a tie for fifth with a four-under, 140. Belac, who is from Portoroz, Slovenia, had a great round and could have been much lower, but she couldn't get many birdie putts to drop. She collected birdies on the par five second hole and then two-putted for birdie on the par five 11th. Belac finally was able to sink a long birdie on the 374-yard, par four 18th as she hit a 40-footer. She rolled 34 putts and missed only two greens all day, while hitting 12 fairways.

For the second straight day, freshman Jaravee Boonchant turned in an even-par, 72, and is tied 24th overall with 18 holes remaining. Boonchant, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, pulled her drive to the left of the first fairway and suffered a bogey to start, but came back to birdie the par five second hole to get back to even. She added a two-putt birdie on No. 9, but then suffered a three-putt bogey on No. 11, before sinking another birdie on the 12th hole. Boonchant turned in five pars and a bogey on No. 17 to close her day. She hit 14 greens, 11 fairways and had 33 putts.

A day after signing for a 68, junior Virginia Elena Carta had a 76 and is tied 24th through 36 holes. She notched three birdies on No. 9, No. 11 and No. 16, but a double-bogey on No. 17 dropped her score back. The Udine, Italy, product hit 12 greens, 11 fairways and had 36 putts in the second round.

Senior Lisa Maguire counted her second consecutive score as she registered an even-par, 72, which was the lowest ledger in NCAA play over her four-year career. Maguire opened her day with a sand save for par on No. 1 and then suffered her first of only two bogeys on the afternoon on the fourth hole as her drive went left out of the fairway. She two-putted for birdie on No. 9 to make the turn at even par. Maguire, who is from Cavan, Ireland, had a bogey on No. 10 and then had five straight pars. On the par five 16th, Maguire hit her second shot into the greenside bunker, but had a great shot out to five feet and connected for birdie to get back to even. She hit 10 greens, six fairways and had 27 putts.

“I am very proud of Lisa,” said Brooks. “She is a hero. She has worked really, really hard. I am so thankful that she can see some scores from all the hard work.”

Duke turned in 19 birdies in the second round and is 21-under-par through 36 holes on the par fives.

“I am real proud of them,” commented Brooks on the nine-under day. “I am not surprised at what Leona did. She's incredibly skilled and resourceful. Everybody did great. Virginia was a little bit off today, but it is a tough course and the wind was blowing. It can get the best of somebody and it just got her a little bit early in the round.”

Duke will tee off beginning at 9:30 a.m. (ET), Wednesday in the final round with a shotgun start. The Blue Devils will be paired with Virginia, Southern California and Arizona State.

Duke Results
T43 T3 Leona Maguire Duke 74 65      139 -5
T7 T5 Ana Belac Duke 70 70      140 -4
T18 T24 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 72      144 E
T3 T24 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 68 76      144 E
T26 T30 Lisa Maguire Duke 73 72      145 +1

1 2 Team Scores
2 1 Duke 283 279      562 -14
1 2 Virginia 279 291      570 -6
3 3 Southern California 285 288      573 -3
4 T4 Arizona State 288 286      574 -2
5 T4 Oregon State 289 285      574 -2
7 T6 Illinois 292 285      577 +1
9 T6 Northwestern 294 283      577 +1
8 T6 Ohio State 293 284      577 +1
T10 9 Iowa State 295 286      581 +5
6 10 Wisconsin 290 293      583 +7
T12 11 Purdue 298 286      584 +8
T12 12 Campbell 298 290      588 +12
T10 13 Old Dominion 295 295      590 +14
14 14 Notre Dame 299 297      596 +20
15 15 Idaho 306 297      603 +27
16 16 Murray State 307 302      609 +33
18 17 North Dakota State 315 298      613 +37
17 18 IUPUI 313 307      620 +44

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T3 1 Nicole Schroeder Oregon State 68 66      134 -10
T7 2 Erin Harper * Indiana 70 68      138 -6
T13 T3 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 71 68      139 -5
T43 T3 Leona Maguire Duke 74 65      139 -5
T7 T5 Ana Belac Duke 70 70      140 -4
T1 T5 Beth Lillie Virginia 67 73      140 -4
T1 T7 Gabby Curtis Wisconsin 67 74      141 -3
T5 T7 Allisen Corpuz Southern California 69 72      141 -3
T18 T9 Sarah Cho Northwestern 72 70      142 -2
T13 T9 Stacey White Campbell 71 71      142 -2
T18 T9 Marta Martin Purdue 72 70      142 -2
T18 T9 Roberta Liti Arizona State 72 70      142 -2
T26 T9 Lexi Harkins Wisconsin 73 69      142 -2
T7 T9 Amelia Garvey Southern California 70 72      142 -2
T5 T9 Katharine Patrick Virginia 69 73      142 -2
T43 T16 Chayanid Prapassarangkul Illinois 74 69      143 -1
T43 T16 Katerina Vlasinova Old Dominion 74 69      143 -1
T43 T16 Chayanit Wangmahaporn Iowa State 74 69      143 -1
T13 T16 Brooke Riley Northwestern 71 72      143 -1
T13 T16 Charlotte De Corte Old Dominion 71 72      143 -1
T18 T16 Sophie Hausmann Idaho 72 71      143 -1
T7 T16 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 70 73      143 -1
T26 T16 Jennifer Chang Southern California 73 70      143 -1
T52 T24 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 75 69      144 E
T26 T24 Pinyada Kuvanun * Toledo 73 71      144 E
T26 T24 Raquel Olmos Arizona State 73 71      144 E
T26 T24 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 73 71      144 E
T18 T24 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 72      144 E
T3 T24 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 68 76      144 E
T26 T30 Bing Singhsumalee Illinois 73 72      145 +1
T26 T30 Alanna Campbell Iowa State 73 72      145 +1
T18 T30 Tristyn Nowlin Illinois 72 73      145 +1
T26 T30 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 73 72      145 +1
T26 T30 Lisa Maguire Duke 73 72      145 +1
T7 T30 Anna Redding Virginia 70 75      145 +1
T7 T30 Aneta Abrahamova IUPUI 70 75      145 +1
T52 T37 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 75 71      146 +2
T52 T37 Dana Gattone Illinois 75 71      146 +2
T62 T37 Annelie Sjoholm Campbell 76 70      146 +2
T62 T37 Stephanie Lau Northwestern 76 70      146 +2
T52 T37 Hannah Kim Northwestern 75 71      146 +2
T26 T37 Grace Park Illinois 73 73      146 +2
T26 T37 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State 73 73      146 +2
T52 T44 Amelia Mehmet Grohn Iowa State 75 72      147 +3
T43 T44 Cara Basso * Penn State 74 73      147 +3
T18 T44 Connie Jaffrey * Kansas State 72 75      147 +3
T43 T44 Madison Kerley Arizona State 74 73      147 +3
T52 T44 Ellie Slama Oregon State 75 72      147 +3
T66 T44 Melati Putri Purdue 77 70      147 +3
T13 T44 Cova SanJuan Purdue 71 76      147 +3
T26 T44 Alyaa Abdulghany Southern California 73 74      147 +3
T52 T52 Susie Cavanagh Oregon State 75 73      148 +4
T52 T52 Abby Heck Notre Dame 75 73      148 +4
T43 T52 Mari Nishiura Oregon State 74 74      148 +4
T18 T52 Olivia Benzin Oregon State 72 76      148 +4
T26 T52 Emma Albrecht Notre Dame 73 75      148 +4
T26 T52 Anna Moore Murray State 73 75      148 +4
T62 T52 Natalie Roth North Dakota State 76 72      148 +4
T26 T59 Alex Wright Ohio State 73 76      149 +5
T26 T59 Becky Klongland Wisconsin 73 76      149 +5
T52 T59 Valeria Patino Idaho 75 74      149 +5
T81 T62 Desiree Andersson Campbell 79 71      150 +6
T43 T62 Adeena Shears Ohio State 74 76      150 +6
T43 T62 Maddie Rose Hamilton Notre Dame 74 76      150 +6
T66 T65 Janet Mao Northwestern 77 74      151 +7
T66 T65 Mia Ayer Notre Dame 77 74      151 +7
T66 T65 Jessica Reinecke Wisconsin 77 74      151 +7
T76 T65 Inez Wanamarta Purdue 78 73      151 +7
T81 T65 Taylor McCorkle North Dakota State 79 72      151 +7
T76 70 Julia Ford Virginia 78 74      152 +8
T66 T71 Abigail Portyrata Old Dominion 77 76      153 +9
T26 T71 Maggie Simmermacher Old Dominion 73 80      153 +9
T66 T71 Suthavee (Pun) Chanachai * New Mexico State 77 76      153 +9
T85 T71 Micaela Farah Purdue 80 73      153 +9
T81 T71 Michelle Kim Idaho 79 74      153 +9
T81 T71 Marion DeBove IUPUI 79 74      153 +9
T76 T77 Nattapan Siritrai Iowa State 78 76      154 +10
T62 T77 Ayelen Irizar Campbell 76 78      154 +10
T52 T77 Isabell Ekstrom Campbell 75 79      154 +10
T66 T77 Gabriela Ruffels Southern California 77 77      154 +10
T66 T77 Moa Folke Murray State 77 77      154 +10
T66 T82 Sana Tufail Old Dominion 77 78      155 +11
T85 T82 Raeysha Surendran Murray State 80 75      155 +11
T76 T82 Emma Groom North Dakota State 78 77      155 +11
T90 85 Elsa Moberly * Eastern Kentucky 82 74      156 +12
T90 T86 Lucila Puente Rodriguez Murray State 82 75      157 +13
T66 T86 Linette Holmslykke Murray State 77 80      157 +13
T76 T88 Aya Johnson Wisconsin 78 80      158 +14
T85 T88 Laura Gerner Idaho 80 78      158 +14
T88 T90 Kendall Gray Idaho 81 78      159 +15
T90 T90 Alexis Thomas North Dakota State 82 77      159 +15
T88 T90 Nicole Howard IUPUI 81 78      159 +15
95 93 Isabella DiLisio Notre Dame 88 75      163 +19
T90 T94 Sierra Bennion North Dakota State 82 83      165 +21
94 T94 Amelie Svejda IUPUI 83 82      165 +21
96 96 Elizabeth Orr IUPUI 89 80      169 +25