Women?s Golf Moves to Second At LSU/Cleveland Classic
3/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
BATON ROUGE, La. ?? The Alabama women's golf team moved into second place after round two by turning in a 9-over-294. The Tide improved from fifth place and shot five strokes better on the day to sport a two round score of 23-over-599. Florida State remains in first place with an 11-over-587 at the LSU/Cleveland Classic at the University Golf Club.
Alabama got two even par rounds from sophomore Rhea Nair and junior Laura Goodwin to pace the Tide on day two. Nair is currently tied for seventh overall with a 3-over-147. Goodwin is tied for 17th overall with a 6-over-150.
Junior Kathleen Ekey followed her first round score with an identical 4-over-76, to sit tied for 28th with teammate Courtney Harter. Ekey and Harter both sport an 8-over152. Harter shot a second round score of 5-over-77.
Freshman Camilla Lennarth rounded out the Tide scorers with a 6-over-78. Lennarth is tied for 40th overall with a 10-over-154.
Playing as an individual senior Sarah Sturm showed improvement in the second round with a 3-over-75. Sturm is tied for 54th overall with a 12-over-156.
The final round of play begins a half-hour later than the first two rounds at 8:30 a.m. with all players on the course. Live scoring can be found at LSUSports.net through golfstats.com
Second Round Team Results (288-576)
1. Florida State 293-294 ?? 587 +11; 2. Alabama 302-297 ?? 599 +23; 3. LSU 300-300 ?? 600 +24; 3. Wake Forest 300-300 ?? 600 +24; 5. Georgia 302-299 ?? 601 +25; 5. North Carolina State, 303-298 ?? 601 +25; 7. Louisville 301-301 ?? 602 +26; 8. North Carolina 302-301 ?? 603 +27; 9. Central Florida 302-304 ?? 606 +30; 10. South Carolina 306-306 ?? 612 +36; 11. Charleston 309-305 ?? 614 +38; 12. Virginia 309-307 ?? 616 +40; 13. Kentucky 308-312 ?? 620 +44; 14. Augusta State 317-304 ?? 621 +45; 15. North Carolina Wilmington 313-313 ?? 626 +50; 15. Mississippi State 315-311 +626 +50; 17. Mississippi 316-317 ?? 633 +57.
Individual Top 20 (Par 72-144)
1. Lauren Doughtie, North Carolina St., 141 -3; 1. Caroline Westrup, Florida State, 73-68 ?? 141 -3; 3. Stephanie Connelly, Central Florida, 73-70 ?? 143 -1; 4. Rebecca Kuhn, LSU, 71-73 ?? 144 E; 5. Whitney Wright, Florida State, 70-75 ?? 145 +1; 6. Benedicte Toumpsin, South Carolina, 73-73 ?? 146 +2; 7. Krystle Caithness, Georgia, 75-72 ?? 147 +3; 7. Garrett Phillips, Georgia, 73-74 ?? 147 +3; 7. Rhea Nair, Alabama, 75-72 ?? 147 +3; 10. Ann Laney, North Carolina, 74-74 ?? 148 +4; 10. Laura Anderson, Louisville, 74-74 ?? 148 +4; 10. Laura Crawford, Wake Forest, 70-78 ?? 148 +4; 10. Joy Kim, Virginia, 76-72 ?? 148 +4; 14. Lauren Hunt, North Carolina, 76-73 ?? 149 +5; 14. Steffi Kirchmayr, Charleston, 75-74 ?? 149 +5; 14. Jean Chua, Wake Forest, 76-73 ?? 149 +5; 17. Julie Saleeby, North Carolina State, 74-76 ?? 150 +6; 17. Dori Carter, Mississippi, 76-74 ?? 150 +6; 17. May Tomimbang, Central Florida, 73-77 ?? 150 +6; 17. Laura Goodwin, Alabama, 78-72 ?? 150 +6; 17. Megan McChrystal, LSU, 76-74 ?? 150 +6.
