Alabama Women’s Golf in 14th Place After 36 Holes Played at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Monday, February 4

Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

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Alabama

Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Alabama Women’s Golf in 14th Place After 36 Holes Played at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

2/4/2019 6:58:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Crimson Tide improves six strokes from round one, but drops two spots in overall standings

PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The No. 5 Alabama women's golf team improved six shots from Sunday's opening round 307, carding a 301 during the second round on Monday to finish with a 36-hole total of 608 at the at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Despite the improvement, the Crimson Tide fell two spots in the overall standings to 14^th place entering Tuesday's final round of play.

Alabama is one of nine teams in the 16-team field ranked among Golfstat.com's top-15 teams in the nation, while 13 rank among the nation's top-35 entering this week's event.

The Crimson Tide has two players who ended the day in the individual top-25 heading into the third and final round. Sophomore Angelica Moresco carded the team's low round on the par-71, 6,017-yard Palos Verdes Golf Club, finishing with a 1-over par 72 on Tuesday to climb into a tie for 17^th place overall with a 5-over 147 (72-75). Junior Jiwon Jeon is one shot back of her teammate in a tie for 23^rd place at 6-over par 148 (73-75). Moresco has been impressive on par 4 holes, leading the entire field with a 3.91 average, while Jeon has done her damage on par 3s with an average of 2.75 to rank second among the entire field.

Junior Kenzie Wright is in a tie for 47^th with a 36-hole total of 11-over par 153 (76-77). Freshman Mary Mac Trammell had Alabama's biggest individual improvement, bettering her first-round score of 84 by seven strokes and finishing the day with a 77 to end with a two-day score of 161. Freshman Carolina Caminoli rounds out the Crimson Tide starters with a 167 (83-84).

Stanford, ranked No. 13 in the nation, carded the low round of the field with a 279 to vault into first place with a two-day total of 6-over 574. The Cardinal hold a six-shot lead over No. 12 UCLA (580) heading into the final round of play. Second-ranked Texas is in third with a 586, one stroke ahead of No. 1 USC's 587. Wake Forest, ranked 14^th in the nation, rounds out the top five teams with a 592.

The third and final round begins Tuesday morning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. PT (10:30 a.m. CT). Alabama will be paired alongside No. 8 Arizona State, No. 35 Baylor and Colorado. Live scoring can be found at GolfStat.com.