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PAC 10-SEC Challenge
Georgia 11th At Pac-10-SEC Challenge
November 06, 2010 | Women's Golf
Nov. 6, 2010
PALO ALTO, Calif. --- The No. 7-ranked Georgia women's golf team posted a second-straight 9-over 293 at the PAC 10-SEC Challenge on Saturday. The Bulldogs enter the final round at the Stanford University Golf Course in 11th but just five shots out of fifth.
"I think we're within striking distance of fifth which, given the field, you'd feel good about taking," head coach Kelly Hester said.
The tournament features 21 of 22 schools from the conferences, including seven top-10 teams and four additional top-25 units.
Georgia teed off from No. 10 and played the back half of the course first on Saturday. The Bulldogs struggled early, turning at 9-over and slipping to 13-over through 15 holes before playing Nos. 7-9 at 4-under.
"We played much better on the second side, which was the front half for us today," Hester said. "We gained a few coming in. Obviously, you're not thrilled with 9-over, but you don't mind it when you're 9-over at the turn. Hopefully, we can take some of the good stuff we had coming in, build on that and keep the positive energy tomorrow."
Marta Silva Zamora paced Georgia with a 1-under 70, her 10th par-or-better round in 11 loops played this fall.
Silva Zamora birdied No. 11 and No. 12 to quickly move to 2-under but turned at 1-over after bogeys at No. 13, No. 15 and No. 17. She birdied No. 1 to get back to par and used a birdie at No. 7 to return to red numbers.
Rounding out the Bulldogs' counting tallies were a pair of 74s from Abby Johnson and Milena Savich and a 75 from Amelia Hill. Emilie Burger's 76 was the dropped score.
"Abby has stepped in and played well," Hester said. "Milena improved, which I knew she would. She just had a weird day yesterday, which we all have some times."
No. 5 UCLA shot 2-under 281 to push its one-shot lead after 18 holes to nine strokes entering the final round. No. 3 Alabama and Auburn are tied for second at 575, followed by No. 13 Arizona at 578, No. 4 Cal at 581, Washington and Stanford at 582, No. 12 Arkansas and No. 21 Tennessee at 584, No. 2 Southern Cal at 585 and the Bulldogs at 586.
Vanderbilt's Marina Alex shot 1-under 70 to move to 6-under 136 and atop the individual leaderboard. She leads Auburn's Cydney Clanton by a shot.
Individually for Georgia, Silva Zamora is fourth at 139, Johnson is tied for 27th at 147, Burger is tied for 49th at 150, Hill is tied for 60th at 152 and Savich is tied for 92nd at 159.
Live scoring on Sunday is available via www.golfstat.com.
PAC 10-SEC Challenge
Stanford Golf Course
Palo Alto, Calif.
Par 71; 6148 Yards
Saturday's Second-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
UCLA 285-281=566
Alabama 289-286=575
Auburn 286-289=575
Arizona 286-292-578
California 290-291=581
Washington 287-295=582
Stanford 293-289=582
Arkansas 288-296=584
Tennessee 291-293=584
Southern Cal 294-291=585
Georgia 293-293=586
Vanderbilt 291-302=593
Ole Miss 300-299=599
South Carolina 299-303=602
Kentucky 295-308=603
Florida 309-298=607
LSU 316-293=609
Oregon 307-306=613
Oregon State 320-304=624
Washington State 315-310=625
Mississippi State 319-306=625
Individual Leaderboard
Marina Alex, Vanderbilt 66-70=136
Cydney Clanton, Auburn 68-69=137
Joanne Lee, Cal 65-73=138
Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia 69-70=139
Isabella Boineau, Arizona 71-69=140
Stephanie Kono, UCLA 73-67=140
Sophia Popov, Southern Cal 73-68=140
Glory Yang, UCLA 69-71=140
Kelli Bowers, Washington 70-71=141
Ani Gulugian, UCLA 72-69=141
Brooke Pancake, Alabama 72-69=141
Additional Georgia Scores
T27. Abby Johnson, Georgia 73-74=147
T49. Emilie Burger, Georgia 74-76=150
T60. Amelia Hill, Georgia 77-75=152
T92. Milena Savich, Georgia 85-74=159
