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The Battle at Rancho Bernardo
Georgia Golfers Climb To 10th In San Diego
March 21, 2011 | Women's Golf
March 21, 2011
SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- The No. 20-ranked Georgia women's golf team shot 304 in the second round of the Battle of Rancho Bernardo on Monday, moving the Bulldogs up to 10th on the team leaderboard.
Marta Silva Zamora fired an even-par 72 and ascended 30 positions in the individual standings, The Bulldogs also counted a 73 from Emilie Burger, a 78 from Abby Johnson and an 81 from Kiara Hayashida, while dropping Milena Savich's 83.
"We're still not quite firing on all cylinders," head coach Kelley Hester said. "We had to count another big number today. I fee like we're headed in the right direction. We just can't have two people play poorly on the same day. It's encouraging that we were just one score away from having a pretty good round."
The Bulldogs teed off from No. 10 and played the back half of the layout first. Silva Zamora turned at 1-over after a birdie at No. 13 and bogeys at No. 14 and No. 16. She carded eight straight pars on the front side before finishing with a birdie at No. 9.
No.7 Purdue moved atop the team leaderboard after shooting a 4-over 292. The Boilermakers are at 587 and lead No. 1 Southern Cal by three shots. Rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 3 UCLA at 5974, No. 18 UC Davis at 601, No. 8 Arizona at 605, UNLV at 607, Texas at 609, No. 22 Auburn at 612, No. 9 Arizona State at 613 and the Bulldogs at 614.
Purdue's Laura Gonzalez is the individual leader at 3-under 141, a shot better than UNLV's Therese Koelbaek. For Georgia, Silva Zamora is tied for 12th at 149, Johnson is tied for 36th at 154, Burger is tied for 52nd at 156, Savich is tied for 65th at 160, Hayashida is tied for 69th at 161 and Tess Fordham, who is competing individually, is tied for 79th at 163.
Live scoring for Tuesday's final round will be available at www.golfstat.com.
Battle at Rancho Bernardo
Rancho Bernardo Inn Championship Course
San Diego, Calif.
Par 72; 6336 Yards
Monday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Purdue 295-292=587
Southern Cal 299-295=594
UCLA 293-304=597
UC Davis 294-307=601
Arizona 303-302=605
UNLV 304-303=607
Texas 303-306=609
Auburn 305-307=612
Arizona State 297-316=613
Georgia 310-304=614
Denver 314-305=619
Pepperdine 311-308=619
California 306-314=620
Oregon 309-318=627
New Mexico 312-317=629
San Diego State 309-321=630
TCU 322-309=631
Individual Leaderboard
Laura Gonzalez, Purdue 70-71=141
Therese Koelbaek, UNLV 72-70=142
Lizette Salas, Southern Cal 73-71=144
Giulia Molinaro, Arizona State 69-76=145
Cydney Clanton, Auburn 71-76=147
Thea Hoffmeister, Purdue 73-74=147
Sophia Popov, Southern Cal 74-73=147
Amy Simanton, UC Davis 71-76=147
Numa Gulyanamitta, Purdue 73-75=148
Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue 77-71=148
Grace Na, Pepperdine 78-70=148
Additional Georgia Scores
T12. Marta Silva Zamora 77-72=149
T36. Abby Johnson 76-78=154
T52. Emilie Burger 83-73=156
T65. Milena Savich 77-83=160
T69. Kiara Hayashida 80-81=161
*T79. Tess Fordham 85-78=163
* Fordham is competing as an individual.
