Women's Golf
Wave Golfers Remain in 12th Place after Two Rounds of Liz Murphey Fall Preview
Opfer fires a 1-over 73 to lead Tulane on Saturday
 
Madison Opfer led the Wave on Saturday with a 1-over 73.
 
Madison Opfer led the Wave on Saturday with a 1-over 73.
  
 

Oct. 6, 2012

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NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane golf team combined for a 12-over 300 total and remained in 12th place and freshman Madison Opfer led the Wave with a 1-over 73 to jump into 29th place following two rounds at the Liz Murphey Fall Preview at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga.

Freshman Emily Penttila and senior Maribel Lopez Porras each fired a 3-over 75 today and Penttila is sitting in 36th place, while Porras is tied with sophomore Gemma Dryburgh in 40th place. Today Dryburgh, who was TU's first round leader, shot a 6-over 78.

Freshman Silvia Garces went to the clubhouse with a 5-over 77 and is holding down 70th place.

Tulane will join golfers from UCLA and Denver for the Sunday's final round and the groups will start the day from the 10th tee box at 7 a.m. CST.

"We got off to a really good start on the back nine today at even par and things were going pretty well for us," Tulane head coach Andrew Pratt said. "But we hit a little of a jam on the first three holes and gave back a few and didn't finish strong. I think our youth and inexperience really showed on the last nine holes. We need to come back tomorrow more focused and put together a great round and post a good finish. I am proud of the way we are fighting and hanging in there against a great field."

The Auburn Tigers maintained its lead on Saturday and heads into the final round with a five stroke lead over defending tournament and national champion Alabama. North Carolina is third, followed by USC in fourth and Texas A&M and Georgia round out the top five squads.

Auburn's Marta Sanz overtook UCLA's Erynne Lee for the top spot on the individual leaderboard with a 3-under round today. Sanz holds a two-stroke lead over Purdue's Paula Reto.

Live results from each round are available at www.golfstat.com.

RESULTS

T12	Tulane 	                300-300=600 (+24)
T29	Madison Opfer	        76-73=149 (+5)
T36	Emily Penttila	        75-75=150 (+6)
T40	Gemma Dryburgh	        73-78=151 (+7)
T40	Maribel Lopez Porras	76-75=151 (+7)
T70	Silvia Garces	        78-77=155 (+11)

Team Results
1. Auburn (+4), 2. Alabama (+9), 3. North Carolina (+10), 4. USC 7+16), T5. Texas A&M (+19), T5. Georgia (+19), 7. Oklahoma (+20), T8. Tennessee (+21), T8. Duke (+21), T8. Denver (+21), 11. UCLA (+23), T12. Tulane (+24), T12. Virginia (+24), 14. Purdue (+25), T15. South Carolina (+26), T15. Vanderbilt (+26), LSU (+29), California (+30)

Individual Results (top-10 golfers only)
1. Marta Sanz, Auburn (-4), 2. Paula Reto, Purdue (-2), T3. Brittany Altomare, Virginia (-1), T3. Casey Grice, North Carolina (-1), Stephanie Meadow, Alabama (-1), T6. Hannah Collier, Alabama (E), T6. Tonje Daffinrud, Denver (E), T6. Carlie Yadloczky, Auburn (E), T6. Erynne Lee, UCLA (E), T10. T10 Jackie Chang, North Carolina (+1), T10. Lauren Stratton, Vanderbilt (+1), T10. Emily Collins, Oklahoma (+1), T10. Erica Popson, Tennessee (+1), T10. Lindsay Gahm, LSU (+1)

 

 

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