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Georgia Shoots Season-Low Loop In SEC Second Round
April 18, 2015 | Women's Golf
Highlights from Day 2 of the SEC Women's Golf Championship from Birmingham, Alabama.
April 18, 2015
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The Georgia women's golf team fired its best round of the 2014-15 season on Saturday, a 1-over 289, in the second round of the SEC Championships at Greystone Golf and Country Club.
The Bulldogs enter Sunday's final round in ninth place, the same spot they occupied entering Saturday. However, Georgia was six shots from eighth following the first round but is within seven shots of fifth with 18 holes remaining.
The Bulldogs' entire playing five was solid on Saturday. Harang Lee led the way with a 1-under 71, while Georgia also counted a pair of even-par 72s from Manuela Carbajo Ré and Rocio Sanchez Lobato and a 74 from Sylvie Brick. In addition, Sammi Lee shot 77,
"I'm very excited," head coach Josh Brewer said. "It was our low round of the year, and we continue to get better each day. When I looked after nine holes, I think our worst score was even par. That was all five of our golfers. We were in it. It has been a long time since we've had that happen. We were under par for a good bit of the day and everyone in the lineup helped us get there. I expect us to go out and play as well or even better tomorrow."
Play began with a shotgun start and the Bulldogs teeing off on holes No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10.
Harang Lee was even through her first eight holes but birdied No. 16, No. 17, No. 1 and No. 2 to move to 4-under on the day. Just a quickly, she bogeyed No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 before finishing with a pair of pars.
"I was playing very well," Lee said. "I was 4-under. Putting was great. Everything was great. At the end, I couldn't close out the round. I made some mistakes. I made three bogeys in a row so I finished 1-under."
Carbajo Ré and Sanchez Lobato were extremely consistent. Neither was lower than 1-under or higher than 1-over during their rounds.
Brick's loop equaled her career-low effort established earlier this month in the final round of Seton Hall's Pirate Invitational.
"I think I played within myself a little bit more today," Brick said. "I knew what I was working with. I didn't try to do anything fancy. I was just trying to hit the fairway, hit the green and putt. If I didn't make the putt, two-putt and get out of there. I just tried to keep it very simple."
Georgia's previous best round this season was a 3-over effort in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate in the fall.
On the individual leaderboard, Harang Lee is tied for 14th at 145, Carbajo Ré is tied for 16th at 146, Sanchez Lobato is tied for 29th at 149, Sammi Lee is tied for 58th at 158 and Brick is tied for 63rd at 160.
Texas A&M shot an SEC-record 11-under 277 to move from a three-way to sole possession of the team lead. The No. 13-ranked Aggies are at 570, nine shots ahead of No. 2 South Carolina. Georgia is at 595, one shot behind No. 19 Florida, two strokes from No. 9 Arkansas and three shots shy of No. 4 LSU.
For the third consecutive day, the championships will begin with a 10 a.m. CT shotgun start on Sunday. Georgia will open play at the same locations as Saturday -- No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10 -- and will be paired with Arkansas and Florida. Live scoring is updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
2015 SEC Women's Golf Championships
Greystone Golf and Country Club
Legacy Course
Birmingham, Ala.
Par 72; 6308 Yards
Saturday's Second-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Texas A&M 293-277=570
South Carolina 299-280=579
Tennessee 293-291=584
Vanderbilt 293-292=585
Alabama 300-288=588
LSU 299-283=592
Arkansas 300-293=593
Florida 299-295=594
Georgia 306-289=595
Mississippi State 308-291=599
Auburn 307-295=602
Kentucky 307-297=604
Missouri 307-302=609
Ole Miss 310-302=617
Individual Leaderboard
Bianca Fabrizio, Texas A&M 70-67=137
Katelyn Dambaugh, S. Carolina 73-65=138
Jenny Hahn, Vanderbilt 67-72=139
Maddie Szeryk, Texas A&M 73-67=140
Madelene Sagstrom, LSU 72-70=141
Justine Dreher, S. Carolina 70-72=142
Ally McDonald, Mississippi St. 74-69=142
Emma Talley, Alabama 75-68=143
Anna Newell, Tennessee 73-70=143
Georgia Scores
T14. Harang Lee, Georgia 74-71=145
T16. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia 74-72=146
T29. Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia 77-72=149
T58. Sammi Lee, Georgia 81-77=158
T63. Sylvie Brick, Georgia 86-74=160
Players Mentioned
