Women's Golf Leads By 8 In Orlando

Freshman Reagan Southerland led the Tar Heels with a 3-under-par 69 and Kayla Smith and Ing Iadpluem shot a pair of 70s as the Carolina women's golf team surged to an eight-shot lead after 36 holes at the UCF Challenge Sunday in Orlando, Fla.

Vilde Nystrøm shot 71 and Megan Streicher followed her school-record 64 in the first round with an even-par 72 today and is one shot off the lead in the individual standings.

Carolina is 17-under 559 through 36 holes. Miami is second at 9 under, the College of Charleston is 5 under, Kansas is -4, and Northwestern and UCF are tied for fifth at 2 under.

Southerland made five birdies en route to tying her season-best round of 69. Iadpluem also made five birdies, Smith played the final 14 holes 3 under today and Streicher birdied the 16^th, 17^th and 18^th holes to shoot even.

Streicher (64-72) is 8-under 136, one shot behind Texas Tech's Lauren Zaletsky, who shot 71 today after her opening 64.

The third and final round begins Monday morning at 8:30 a.m.

Carolina is looking to win its second tournament in as many starts. The Tar Heel won the St Andrews Links Collegiate in Scotland last October.

Scoreboard Slider

University of North Carolina Athletics

Related News

Players Mentioned

Kayla Smith

Reagan Southerland

Megan Streicher

Related Videos