Carolina Golfers Tied For Sixth At NCAA Championships

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May 20, 2011 | Women's Golf

By: UNC Athletic Communications

May 20, 2011

BRYAN, TEXAS - The North Carolina women's golf team moves up to a tie for sixth place in the third round of the NCAA Championships with six teams yet to complete the third round after an earlier two-hour weather delay for lightning. Carolina fired a 9-over-par 297 in the third round for an 895 total through three rounds. Junior Allie White led the Tar Heels on Friday firing an even par 72.

The Tar Heels played one of the better rounds of the day even though they struggled on their last hole, the par 4 9th hole, with four players carding an above-par score on that hole. Freshman Casey Grice, from nearby College Station, fired a 1-over-par 73 in the third round with a double bogey on her last hole. Grice is tied for 31st with a 7-over 223 total and is enjoying playing so close to home. Another freshman, Katherine Perry is tied for 22nd place going into the final round. Perry, from Cary, N.C., carded a 3-over 75 on Friday for a 5-over 221 total and was the only Tar Heel to par the final hole. Freshman Jackie Chang and junior Catherine O'Donnell both scored a bogey on the 9th hole. Chang, from Paradise Valley, Ariz., posted a 77 and is tied for 49th with a 226 total. O'Donnell, from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., shot a 78 for a 231 total and is tied for 76th. White, after struggling a bit the first two days, came through big in the third round with an even par 72 even after a double bogey on her closing 9th hole. The Lancaster, Ohio, native has a 234 total and is tied for 95th place.

UCLA, Purdue and LSU are three of the teams that have yet to complete the third round. UCLA, the leader after each of the first two rounds, still leads the 24-team field at 13-over-par. The Bruins are 5-over thus far in the third round, six strokes ahead of Purdue, which is in second place at 19-over. LSU stands at 26-over and is tied for third place with Virginia which fired a 302 in the third round for an 890 total. Host Texas A&M is alone in fifth place with an 891 total. Carolina and Vanderbilt are tied for sixth place with 895 totals while Southern California and Florida are deadlocked in eighth place at 32-over. The Gators have yet to complete their round while the Trojans shot a 4-over 292.

Tiffany Lua of UCLA holds the individual lead, but has not completed her third round. She stands at 5-under-par for the tournament and is 3-under through 14 holes of Friday's third round. Three strokes back in second place are Marta Silva Zamora of Georgia and Austin Ernst of LSU. Zamora carded an even par 72 on Friday while Ernst is 4-over through 14 holes. Carolina Powers of Michigan State is alone in fourth place at 1-under 215. Five players are deadlocked in fifth place at even par - Virginia's Brittany Altomare, North Dakota State's Amy Anderson, Duke's Lindy Duncan, Arkansas' Kelli Shean and Purdue's Laura Gonzeles, who has three holes left in her third round.

So far there have been three holes-in one in the third round - Coastal Carolina's Courtney Boe and UCLA's Tiffany Lua on the 115-yard 11th hole and Virginia's Brittany Altomare on the 143-yard 16th hole.

The final round of the 72-hole event will be played Saturday at The Traditions Club, which features a par 72, 6,260-yard layout. The Traditions Club was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II, a UNC graduate. The completion of the third round will begin at 7:30 CDT Saturday followed by the final round. Live scoring is available on TarHeelBlue.com and Golfstat.com.