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Sunday, September 14
Yeamans Hall Club (Charleston, S.C.)
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Cougar Classic
Georgia Opens Cougar Classic With 296
September 14, 2014 | Women's Golf
Sept. 14, 2014
Georgia's additional counting scores were a 73 from Rocio Sanchez Lobato, a 76 from Manuela Carbajo Ré and a 77 from Isabella Skinner. The Bulldogs' dropped Harang Lee's 78.
"It was a very solid opening round," head coach Josh Brewer said. "It was a great round by Amira continues her strong four weeks. It was a good round by Rocio, too. She hung in there and gave us a solid number. There were a lot positives and we look forward to building on those over the next two days."
Individually, Sanchez Lobato is tied for 31st, Carbajo Ré is tied for 66th, Skinner is tied for 80th and Lee is tied for 91th.
Georgia teed off from No. 10 and played the back half of the Yeamans Hall layout first on Sunday. Alexander bogeyed No. 11 but birdied No. 12, No. 14 and No. 18 to turn at 2-under. She moved to 3-under with a birdie at No. 1, her 10th hole of the day, but surrendered a stroke with a bogey at No. 6.
Wake Forest's Sierra Sims fired a 7-under 65 to lead the Demon Deacons to the team lead with a 6-under 282. Jessica Peng of Mississippi State is three strokes behind Sims, while Wake is a shot ahead of Arkansas in the team competition.
Play continues through Tuesday, with live scoring updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
Powerade Cougar Classic
Yeamans Hall Club
Hanahan, S.C.
Par 72; 6204 Yards
Sunday's First-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest 282
Arkansas 283
N.C. State 287
UCF 288
Virginia 288
Mississippi State 289
UCLA 290
College of Charleston 293
Tennessee 294
Charleston Southern 294
Duke 294
North Carolina 295
Georgia 296
Florida 297
Ole Miss 298
Wisconsin 299
Baylor 304
Maryland 304
Missouri 305
Penn State 307
UNC Greensboro 307
Indiana 308
Clemson 309
Individual Leaderboard
Sierra Sims, Wake Forest 65
Jessica Peng, Mississippi State 68
Regina Plasencia, Arkansas 69
Sandy Choi, Duke 69
Leona Maguire, Duke 69
Maia Schechter, North Carolina 69
Allison Emrey, Wake Forst 69
Lauren Diaz-Yi, Virginia 69
Amira Alexander, Georgia 70
Bronte Law, UCLA 70
Gaby Lopez, Arkansas 70
Vivian Tsui, N.C. State 70
Augusta James, N.C. State 70
Additional Georgia Scores
T31. Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia 73
T66. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia 76
T80. Isabella Skinner, Georgia 77
T91. Harang Lee, Georgia 78
CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Amira Alexander's 2-under 70 paced the Georgia women's golf team en route to an 8-over 296 in Sunday's opening round of the Powerade Cougar Classic on Sunday. Alexander is ninth and the Bulldogs are 13th on the individual and team leaderboards, respectively.
Georgia's additional counting scores were a 73 from Rocio Sanchez Lobato, a 76 from Manuela Carbajo Ré and a 77 from Isabella Skinner. The Bulldogs' dropped Harang Lee's 78.
"It was a very solid opening round," head coach Josh Brewer said. "It was a great round by Amira continues her strong four weeks. It was a good round by Rocio, too. She hung in there and gave us a solid number. There were a lot positives and we look forward to building on those over the next two days."
Individually, Sanchez Lobato is tied for 31st, Carbajo Ré is tied for 66th, Skinner is tied for 80th and Lee is tied for 91th.
Georgia teed off from No. 10 and played the back half of the Yeamans Hall layout first on Sunday. Alexander bogeyed No. 11 but birdied No. 12, No. 14 and No. 18 to turn at 2-under. She moved to 3-under with a birdie at No. 1, her 10th hole of the day, but surrendered a stroke with a bogey at No. 6.
Wake Forest's Sierra Sims fired a 7-under 65 to lead the Demon Deacons to the team lead with a 6-under 282. Jessica Peng of Mississippi State is three strokes behind Sims, while Wake is a shot ahead of Arkansas in the team competition.
Play continues through Tuesday, with live scoring updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
Powerade Cougar Classic
Yeamans Hall Club
Hanahan, S.C.
Par 72; 6204 Yards
Sunday's First-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest 282
Arkansas 283
N.C. State 287
UCF 288
Virginia 288
Mississippi State 289
UCLA 290
College of Charleston 293
Tennessee 294
Charleston Southern 294
Duke 294
North Carolina 295
Georgia 296
Florida 297
Ole Miss 298
Wisconsin 299
Baylor 304
Maryland 304
Missouri 305
Penn State 307
UNC Greensboro 307
Indiana 308
Clemson 309
Individual Leaderboard
Sierra Sims, Wake Forest 65
Jessica Peng, Mississippi State 68
Regina Plasencia, Arkansas 69
Sandy Choi, Duke 69
Leona Maguire, Duke 69
Maia Schechter, North Carolina 69
Allison Emrey, Wake Forst 69
Lauren Diaz-Yi, Virginia 69
Amira Alexander, Georgia 70
Bronte Law, UCLA 70
Gaby Lopez, Arkansas 70
Vivian Tsui, N.C. State 70
Augusta James, N.C. State 70
Additional Georgia Scores
T31. Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia 73
T66. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia 76
T80. Isabella Skinner, Georgia 77
T91. Harang Lee, Georgia 78
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