PALO ALTO, Calif. – Sophomore Mary Michael Maggio and junior Jacqueline Hedwall both fired even par rounds of 71 to help a 23-stroke turnaround for the LSU Lady Tigers golf team in the second round of the Pac-10-SEC Challenge at the Stanford University Golf Course Saturday.
The Tigers posted a nine-over round of 293 on Saturday to improve from a first round of 316 to stand at 41-over par 609, in 17th place in the 21-team tournament. UCLA is the tournament leader at two-under 566 for the Pac 10 with the SEC represented by Alabama and Auburn tied for second at seven-over.
Maggio is at six-over 148 after 36 holes moving from 70th to 35th place after two rounds. Austin Ernst shot a three-over 74 and Amalie Valle and Lindy LaBauve had 77s to round out the counting scores.
The teams conclude the tournament on Sunday and the fall season for LSU. Live stats can be found at LSUsports.net through Golfstat.com.
PAC-10-SEC Challenge
Stanford Golf Course
Second Round Team Results (284-568)
1. UCLA 285-281 – 566 -2; 2. Auburn 286-289 – 575 +7; 2. Alabama 289-286 – 575 +7; 4. Arizona 284-292 – 578 +10; 5. California 290-291 – 581 +13; 6. Washington 287-295 – 582 +14; 6. Stanford 293-289 – 582 +14; 8. Tennessee 291-293 – 584 +16; 8. Arkansas 288-296 – 584 +16; 10. Southern California 294-291 – 585 +17; 11. Georgia 293-293 – 586 +18; 12. Vanderbilt 291-302 – 593 +25; 13. Ole Miss 300-299 – 599 +31; 14. South Carolina 299-303 – 602 +34; 15. Kentucky 295-308 – 603 +35; 16. Florida 309-298 – 607 +39; 17. LSU 316-293 – 609 +41; 18. Oregon 307-306 – 613 +45; 19. Oregon State 320-304 – 624 +56; 20. Washington State 315-310 – 625 +57; 20. Mississippi State 319-306 – 625 +57
Individual Top 5 (Par 71-142)
1. Marina Alex, Vanderbilt, 66-70 – 136 -6; 2. Cydney Clanton, Auburn, 68-69 -137 -5; 3. Joanne Lee, California, 65-73 – 138 -4; 4. Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia 69-70 – 139 -3; 5. Sophia Popov, Southern Cal, 72-68 – 140 -2; 5. Stephanie Kono, UCLA, 73-67 – 140 -2; 5. Isabelle Boineau, Arizona, 71-69 – 140 -2; 5. Glory Yang, UCLA, 69-71 – 140 -2.
LSU Scores
T35. Mary Michael Maggio 77-71 – 148 +6
T68. Jacqueline Hedwall 82-71 – 153 +11
T68. Austin Ernst 79-74 – 153 +11
T81. Lindy LaBauve 79-77 – 156 +14
T90. Amalie Valle 81-77 – 158 +16