HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – For the second straight week, Duke's
Anne Chen went under-par score in the second round as the sophomore fired a 1-under-par, 70, at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, moving 31 spots up the leaderboard on Tuesday at the 6,281-yard, Par-71 Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Chen, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, carded a career-best 67 in the second round last week at the Moon Golf Invitational and was 3-under-par over her final 12 holes Tuesday to finish with a 70. After opening her round at 2-over through six holes, Chen got things turned round on the 384-yard, par four 16th as she hit her 9-iron from 127 yards to eight feet and sank her first birdie of the day. She then rolled in a 34-foot birdie on No. 1 and closed her birdie streak on the ninth as she hit her 8-iron from 127 yards under a tree to three feet. She hit 13 greens, 12 fairways and rolled 30 putts to move into a tie for 28th with a 147. Â
For the second consecutive day, junior
Erica Shepherd signed for a 3-over, 74, and will enter the final round in a tie for 35th with a 148. She opened the front with a 3-over, 38, and then featured an even-par back nine with three birdies, three bogeys and three pars. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., birdied No. 3, No. 5 and No. 8 on the day. She concluded the round with 30 putts, 11 fairways hit and 10 greens in regulation. Â
After opening the day at even-par through 11 holes, sophomore
Phoebe Brinker closed with five bogeys over her final seven holes to finish with a 76. She is tied for 38th with a 149. A native of Wilmington, Del., Brinker was limited to one birdie on the day on the 384-yard, par-4 No. 16 as she drained an uphill 10-footer. Â
Freshman
Rylie Heflin had a slow start on Tuesday morning opening at 4-over-par over her first five holes, but settled in to play her final 13 holes at 1-under-par to finish with a 74. She collected three birdies over a span of her final five holes on No. 5, No. 8 and No. 9. Heflin, who is from Avondale, Pa., hit her 7-iron from 165 yards to three feet on the eighth hole and drained putts of 10 feet and eight feet on No. 5 and No. 18. Â
Junior
Megan Furtney concluded the day with a 90. Â
As a team, Duke turned in the eighth-best round of the day with a 294 to move up to 11th, sitting only six shots out of eighth place with a 36-hole ledger of 595. Wake Forest (571), Arizona State (577), Baylor (578), Texas (579) and Alabama (579) round out the top five teams. Â
The Golf Channel will cover the final round beginning at 2:30 p.m., on Wednesday and will have coverage through 5:30 p.m.
Duke will open action on Wednesday beginning at 11:20 a.m., off hole No. 10 along with Georgia and Vanderbilt. Â
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Duke Results
T60 T28
Anne Chen Duke 77 70      147 +5
T37 T35
Erica Shepherd Duke 74 74      148 +6
T22 T38
Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 76      149 +7
T60 T50
Rylie Heflin Duke 77 74      151 +9
89 90
Megan Furtney Duke 90 90      180 +38
1 2 Team Scores
T4Â 1 Wake Forest 291Â 280Â Â Â Â Â Â 571Â +3
6Â 2 Arizona State 292Â 285Â Â Â Â Â Â 577Â +9
1Â 3 Baylor 287Â 291Â Â Â Â Â Â 578Â +10
2Â T4 Texas 289Â 290Â Â Â Â Â Â 579Â +11
3Â T4 Alabama 290Â 289Â Â Â Â Â Â 579Â +11
12Â 6 Auburn 298Â 285Â Â Â Â Â Â 583Â +15
T16Â 7 South Carolina, U of 303Â 284Â Â Â Â Â Â 587Â +19
T8Â 8 Arkansas 295Â 294Â Â Â Â Â Â 589Â +21
T4Â T9 LSU 291Â 301Â Â Â Â Â Â 592Â +24
7 T9 Georgia 294 298      592 +24
T8Â 11 Vanderbilt 295Â 299Â Â Â Â Â Â 594Â +26
T13Â 12 Duke 301Â 294Â Â Â Â Â Â 595Â +27
T16Â T13 Kentucky 303Â 293Â Â Â Â Â Â 596Â +28
T10Â T13 Northwestern 296Â 300Â Â Â Â Â Â 596Â +28
15Â 15 North Carolina 302Â 297Â Â Â Â Â Â 599Â +31
T10Â 16 Furman 296Â 307Â Â Â Â Â Â 603Â +35
T13Â 17 Louisville 301Â 305Â Â Â Â Â Â 606Â +38
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T2 1 Calynne Rosholt Arizona State 70 69      139 -3
T8 T2 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 71 69      140 -2
T2 T2 Bohyun Park Texas 70 70      140 -2
T12 T4 Sara Kouskova Texas 72 69      141 -1
T22 T4 Polly Mack Alabama 73 68      141 -1
T2 T4 Alexandra Forsterling Arizona State 70 71      141 -1
T37 T7 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 74 68      142 E
T22 T7 Latanna Stone LSU 73 69      142 E
T8 T9 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 71 72      143 +1
T12 T9 Anna Foster Auburn 72 71      143 +1
T22 T9 Rosie Belsham Baylor 73 70      143 +1
T22 T9 Angelica Moresco Alabama 73 70      143 +1
1 T13 Anna Morgan Furman 69 75      144 +2
T2 T13 Kendall Griffin Louisville 70 74      144 +2
T37 T13 Mathilde Claisse South Carolina, U of 74 70      144 +2
T12 T13 Britta Snyder Baylor 72 72      144 +2
T22 T13 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 73 71      144 +2
T2 T13 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 70 74      144 +2
T8 T13 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 71 73      144 +2
T37 T20 Jo Hua Hung Georgia 74 71      145 +3
T22 T20 Kajal Mistry Arkansas 73 72      145 +3
T22 T20 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 73 72      145 +3
T2 T20 Brigitte Thibault Texas 70 75      145 +3
T22 T24 Lauryn Nguyen Northwestern 73 73      146 +4
T37 T24 Ela Anacona Arkansas 74 72      146 +4
T37 T24 Megan Schofill Auburn 74 72      146 +4
T12 T24 Kayla Smith North Carolina 72 74      146 +4
T37 T28 Sophia Burnett Furman 74 73      147 +5
T55 T28 Elina Sinz Auburn 76 71      147 +5
T60 T28
Anne Chen Duke 77 70      147 +5
T55 T28 Mychael O'Berry Auburn 76 71      147 +5
T12 T28 Nicole Adam North Carolina 72 75      147 +5
T47 T28 Ashley Menne Arizona State 75 72      147 +5
T12 T28 Antonia Matte Baylor 72 75      147 +5
T22 T35 Jennifer Cai Northwestern 73 75      148 +6
T60 T35 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina, U of 77 71      148 +6
T37 T35
Erica Shepherd Duke 74 74      148 +6
T22 T38 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 73 76      149 +7
T73 T38 Hannah Darling South Carolina, U of 79 70      149 +7
T55 T38 Maria Villanueva Kentucky 76 73      149 +7
T22 T38
Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 76      149 +7
T47 T42 Jieni Li Northwestern 75 75      150 +8
T47 T42 Isabella Holpfer * Georgia 75 75      150 +8
T37 T42 Caterina Don Georgia 74 76      150 +8
T12 T42 Jenny Bae Georgia 72 78      150 +8
T82 T42 Laney Frye Kentucky 81 69      150 +8
T60 T42 Rikke Svejgaard Kentucky 77 73      150 +8
T37 T42 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 74 76      150 +8
T60 T42 Amanda Linner Arizona State 77 73      150 +8
T69 T50 Candice Mahe Georgia 78 73      151 +9
T55 T50 Natasha Kiel Vanderbilt 76 75      151 +9
T47 T50 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 75 76      151 +9
T55 T50 Julia Gregg Arkansas 76 75      151 +9
T73 T50 Krista Junkkari North Carolina 79 72      151 +9
T60 T50
Rylie Heflin Duke 77 74      151 +9
T12 T50 Cory Lopez Arkansas 72 79      151 +9
T22 T50 Worapitcha Anudit South Carolina, U of 73 78      151 +9
T47 T50 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75 76      151 +9
T60 T50 Grace Summerhays Arizona State 77 74      151 +9
T12 T50 Elsa Svensson LSU 72 79      151 +9
T12 T50 Carla Tejedo LSU 72 79      151 +9
T22 T62 Paula Kirner * South Carolina, U of 73 79      152 +10
T47 T62 Kelly Sim Northwestern 75 77      152 +10
T8 T62 Gabbi Bentancourt Louisville 71 81      152 +10
T73 T62 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 79 73      152 +10
T73 T62 Justine Fournand South Carolina, U of 79 73      152 +10
T69 T67 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 78 75      153 +11
T47 T67 Marissa Wenzler Kentucky 75 78      153 +11
T60 T67 BaiMai Seema Baylor 77 76      153 +11
T37 T70 LoraLie Cowart Georgia 74 80      154 +12
T73 T70 Carmen Griffiths Louisville 79 75      154 +12
T22 T70 Sarah-Eve Rheaume Furman 73 81      154 +12
T69 T70 Sophie Guo Texas 78 76      154 +12
T22 T70 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 73 81      154 +12
T73 T75 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 79 76      155 +13
T73 T75 M. Agustina Gomez Cisterna * Louisville 79 76      155 +13
T73 T75 Stephany Kim North Carolina 79 76      155 +13
T47 T75 Jensen Castle Kentucky 75 80      155 +13
T69 T75 Jessica Bailey LSU 78 77      155 +13
T60 T75 Sarah Edwards Alabama 77 78      155 +13
T60 T75 Bentley Cotton Texas 77 78      155 +13
T82 82 Hana Ryskova Louisville 81 75      156 +14
T86 83 Crista Izuzquiza North Carolina 83 76      159 +17
T86 84 Kyra Cox Furman 83 78      161 +19
81 85 Savannah Hylton Furman 80 85      165 +23
T82 86 Jane Lu Northwestern 81 85      166 +24
88 87 Kelly Su * Northwestern 89 81      170 +28
85 88 Abbey Schimpf * South Carolina, U of 82 89      171 +29
90 89 Lauren Thibodeau Louisville 91 81      172 +30
89 90
Megan Furtney Duke 90 90      180 +38
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