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Windy City Collegiate Classic
Lee Fourth, Georgia Seventh At Windy City
October 07, 2014 | Women's Golf
WILMETTE, Illinois --- Led by a fourth-place individual finish from sophomore Harang Lee, the Georgia women's golf team placed seventh in the Windy City Collegiate Championship on Tuesday. Lee shot 2-under 70 in the final round to pace the Bulldogs en route to a 302 team tally.
After turning at 5-over in the first round, Lee played the final 45 holes of the tournament 5-under. Her finish and even-par (216) score also represented career-best efforts, topping a tie for 13th with a 3-over (219) at last spring's Lady Puerto Rico Classic.
"It was a very good finish for Harang, especially after her start yesterday," head coach Josh Brewer said. "To play as well as she did and to tie for fourth in a very good field ought to give her a boost of confidence."
On Tuesday, Lee turned at even after mixing seven pars with a bogey at No. 6 and a birdie at No. 8. She reached red numbers with a birdie at No. 11 and moved to 2-under with another birdie at No. 14 before wrapping up her day with a quartet of pars.
Georgia's other three counting scores were a 75 from Manuela Carbajo Ré, a 77 from Isabella Skinner and an 80, the loop recorded by both Amira Alexander and Rocio Sanchez Lobato.
Southern Cal captured the team title after finishing at 876. Rounding out the top-10 teams were Northwestern at 879, Iowa State at 888, Arizona at 891, Oklahoma State at 893, Ohio State at 894, the Bulldogs at 895, Tulane at 897, Purdue at 899 and Minnesota at 904.
Georgia was in position for a better finish before a late slide.
"I think we lost seven shots on the last seven holes," Brewer said. "If we par 18, we finish fifth. But this is the first time this group, this nucleus has seen the leaders in the final round. With seven holes to go, we were right there and could've finished third. That's a positive we can build on."
USC's Annie Park closed with a 3-under 69 to secure medalist honors at 5-under 511. For Georgia, Lee tied for fourth, Carbajo Ré tied for 13th at 221 and Alexander and Skinner both tied for 49th at 230. Sanchez Lobato, who withdrew from Tuesday's second round due to neck stiffness, finished her 36 holes at 11-over.
"Manuela played well for us," Brewer said. "Two years ago, she was an All-American as a freshman. To finish in the top-10 or top-15 is what we know she's capable of and what we expect from her. She did that here against a solid field of competition."
Georgia will wrap up its fall campaign next weekend when the Bulldogs compete in the Stanford Intercollegiate on Oct. 17-19.
"Like with any sport, you work hard to get better," Brewer said. "We have a few things to concentrate on in the next week and then we'll go to Stanford and try to improve on those things and finish the fall on a positive note."
Windy City Collegiate Classic
Westmoreland Country Club
Wilmette, Illinois
Par 72; 6191 Yards
Tuesday's Final Standings
Team Leaderboard
Southern Cal 294-287-295=876
Northwestern 300-287-292=879
Iowa State 297-298-293=888
Arizona 300-294-297=891
Oklahoma State 300-289-304=893
Ohio State 300-309-285=894
Georgia 299-294-302=895
Tulane 298-294-305=897
Purdue 294-302-303=899
Minnesota 298-306-300=904
Oregon 301-305-303=908
Wisconsin 303-306-301=910
Miami 294-311-307=912
Kentucky 312-302-309=923
New Mexico 322-317-301=940
Individual Leaderboard
Annie Park, Southern Cal 73-69-69=211
Lina Aguillon, Ohio State 70-71-73=214
Nattapan Siritrai, Iowa State 72-72-71=215
Harang Lee, Georgia 77-69-70=216
Doris Chen, Southern Cal 71-73-72=216
Celia Kuenster, Minnesota 72-73-72=217
Emily Penttila, Tulane 71-66-80=217
Maddie McCrary, Oklhaoma State 74-72-72=218
Hannah Kim, Northwestern 75-68-75=218
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, Northwestern 73-73-73=219
Daniela Darquea, Miami 69-71-79=219
Additional Georgia Scores
T13. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia 73-73-75=221
T49. Amira Alexander, Georgia 74-76-80-230
T49. Isabella Skinner, Georgia 77-76-77=230
Rocio Sancez Lobato, Georgia 75-wd-80
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