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NCAA Regionals - Day 2
Bulldogs Climb To Second In Albuquerque
May 10, 2022 | Women's Golf
Bae, Mahé lead Georgia with 3-under efforts
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Led by a pair of 3-under tallies from Jenny Bae and Candice Mahé, the Georgia women's golf team fired a 4-under 284 in Tuesday's second round of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional. That effort was the low team loop of the day and pushed the Bulldogs to second place on the team leaderboard.
Georgia enters Wednesday's final round at even-par 576, eight shots back of No. 2 Oregon. Equally importantly, the Bulldogs are eight strokes ahead of No. 11 Florida, which is in fifth place. The top-4 teams from the Regional will earn bids to the NCAA Championships next week in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"We've been waiting all spring for a round where all five golfers played well and we reach our potential," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We were just really solid all day. It's where you want to be heading into the final round of Regionals."
Georgia started quickly and maintained momentum. Freshman LoraLie Cowart and Mahé, the first two Bulldogs to tee off, both carded birdies at No. 1. After turning at 4-under as a team, Georgia played the back side of the University of New Mexico's Championship Course at even.
"LoraLie, after struggling yesterday, started today with a birdie for the team and then Candice followed that up with another birdie," Brewer said. "That got us going. And even Caterina (Don) with her birdie-birdie finish gave us some momentum going into tomorrow. It was a total team effort today. It was exciting."
In addition to the 69s, Georgia's counting tallies also included a pair of 1-over 73s from Cowart and Jo Hua Hung. A day after counting a 76, the Bulldogs dropped a 74 from Don.
No. 2 Oregon also shot 4-under on Tuesday to move the Ducks to 8-under overall. Following the Bulldogs, No. 13 Texas in third at 577, followed by TCU at 584, the Gators at 584, No. 23 Arizona and Sam Houston both at 588, Louisville at 591, Oklahoma at 602, North Texas at 603, New Mexico State at 606 and Northern Arizona at 614.
Bae is in second place individually at 7-under 137, three shots behind Oregon's Briana Chacon. Mahé vaulted 15 places on the leaderboard to a tie for sixth at 1-under 143, while Hung is tied for 21st at 147, Don is tied for 33rd at 150 and Cowart is tied for 49th at 153.
Both Bae and Mahé mixed four birdies with one bogey en route to their 3-under tallies.
After her beginning birdie, Mahé moved to 2-under with another at No. 5. She wrapped up the front side with her lone bogey of the day; however, consecutive birdies at No. 13 and No. 14 pushed her to 3-under. Mahé finished with four straight pars to match her low loop in 55 rounds during her Georgia career.
Bae turned at 2-under after posting birdies at both No. 5 and No. 7. She moved to 3-under with another red number at No. 14. Following a bogey at No. 17, Bae completed up her loop with a birdie to record her second-straight round in the 60s and sixth of the season.
The Bulldogs are in search of a second-straight Regional title. Last spring, Bae won medalist honors and Georgia earned a 15-shot win at the NCAA Columbus Regional.
"We talked and our mentality going into tomorrow is that we feel like we're eight behind," Brewer said. "We have a chance to win back-to-back Regionals. That's what we're striving to do tomorrow, put some pressure on Oregon. We'd like to jump, with the obvious of not being reckless and paying some attention to the leaderboard, but trying to move up again and duplicate today's round."
Georgia will be paired with Oregon and Texas on Wednesday, teeing off in waves between 11:06-11:50 a.m. Live scoring will be available via golfstat.com.
Albuquerque is one of six NCAA Regional sites with 12 teams and six individuals competing in 54-hole tournaments through Wednesday. From each Regional, four teams (24 total) and two individuals (12 total) who are not members of the top-4 teams will advance to the NCAA Championships on May 20-25 at Grayhawk Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.
NCAA Albuquerque Regional
UNM Championship Course
Albuquerque, N.M.
Par 72, 6336 Yards
Tuesday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Oregon 284-284=568
Georgia 292-284=576
Texas 287-290=577
TCU 292-291=583
Florida 288-296=584
Arizona 293-295=588
Sam Houston 302-286=588
Louisville 295-296=591
Oklahoma 299-303=602
North Texas 296-307=603
New Mexico State 302-304=606
Northern Arizona 309-305=614
Individual Leaderboard
Briana Chacon, Oregon 65-69=134
Jenny Bae, Georgia 68-69=137
Marina Escobar Domingo, Florida 68-72=140
Sabrina Iqbal, TCU 68-73=141
Hsin-Yu Lu, Oregon 71-70=141
Candice Mahé, Georgia 74-69=143
Caitlyn Macnab, TCU 72-71=143
Napat Lertsadwattan, N. Mexico 73-70=143
Jennifer Herbst, Sam Houston 74-69=143
Bentley Cotton, Texas 68-75=143
Additional Georgia Scores
T21. Jo Hua Hung 74-73=147
T39. Caterina Don 76-74=150
T62. LoraLie Cowart 80-73=153
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Led by a pair of 3-under tallies from Jenny Bae and Candice Mahé, the Georgia women's golf team fired a 4-under 284 in Tuesday's second round of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional. That effort was the low team loop of the day and pushed the Bulldogs to second place on the team leaderboard.
Georgia enters Wednesday's final round at even-par 576, eight shots back of No. 2 Oregon. Equally importantly, the Bulldogs are eight strokes ahead of No. 11 Florida, which is in fifth place. The top-4 teams from the Regional will earn bids to the NCAA Championships next week in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"We've been waiting all spring for a round where all five golfers played well and we reach our potential," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We were just really solid all day. It's where you want to be heading into the final round of Regionals."
Georgia started quickly and maintained momentum. Freshman LoraLie Cowart and Mahé, the first two Bulldogs to tee off, both carded birdies at No. 1. After turning at 4-under as a team, Georgia played the back side of the University of New Mexico's Championship Course at even.
"LoraLie, after struggling yesterday, started today with a birdie for the team and then Candice followed that up with another birdie," Brewer said. "That got us going. And even Caterina (Don) with her birdie-birdie finish gave us some momentum going into tomorrow. It was a total team effort today. It was exciting."
In addition to the 69s, Georgia's counting tallies also included a pair of 1-over 73s from Cowart and Jo Hua Hung. A day after counting a 76, the Bulldogs dropped a 74 from Don.
No. 2 Oregon also shot 4-under on Tuesday to move the Ducks to 8-under overall. Following the Bulldogs, No. 13 Texas in third at 577, followed by TCU at 584, the Gators at 584, No. 23 Arizona and Sam Houston both at 588, Louisville at 591, Oklahoma at 602, North Texas at 603, New Mexico State at 606 and Northern Arizona at 614.
Bae is in second place individually at 7-under 137, three shots behind Oregon's Briana Chacon. Mahé vaulted 15 places on the leaderboard to a tie for sixth at 1-under 143, while Hung is tied for 21st at 147, Don is tied for 33rd at 150 and Cowart is tied for 49th at 153.
Both Bae and Mahé mixed four birdies with one bogey en route to their 3-under tallies.
After her beginning birdie, Mahé moved to 2-under with another at No. 5. She wrapped up the front side with her lone bogey of the day; however, consecutive birdies at No. 13 and No. 14 pushed her to 3-under. Mahé finished with four straight pars to match her low loop in 55 rounds during her Georgia career.
Bae turned at 2-under after posting birdies at both No. 5 and No. 7. She moved to 3-under with another red number at No. 14. Following a bogey at No. 17, Bae completed up her loop with a birdie to record her second-straight round in the 60s and sixth of the season.
The Bulldogs are in search of a second-straight Regional title. Last spring, Bae won medalist honors and Georgia earned a 15-shot win at the NCAA Columbus Regional.
"We talked and our mentality going into tomorrow is that we feel like we're eight behind," Brewer said. "We have a chance to win back-to-back Regionals. That's what we're striving to do tomorrow, put some pressure on Oregon. We'd like to jump, with the obvious of not being reckless and paying some attention to the leaderboard, but trying to move up again and duplicate today's round."
Georgia will be paired with Oregon and Texas on Wednesday, teeing off in waves between 11:06-11:50 a.m. Live scoring will be available via golfstat.com.
Albuquerque is one of six NCAA Regional sites with 12 teams and six individuals competing in 54-hole tournaments through Wednesday. From each Regional, four teams (24 total) and two individuals (12 total) who are not members of the top-4 teams will advance to the NCAA Championships on May 20-25 at Grayhawk Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.
NCAA Albuquerque Regional
UNM Championship Course
Albuquerque, N.M.
Par 72, 6336 Yards
Tuesday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Oregon 284-284=568
Georgia 292-284=576
Texas 287-290=577
TCU 292-291=583
Florida 288-296=584
Arizona 293-295=588
Sam Houston 302-286=588
Louisville 295-296=591
Oklahoma 299-303=602
North Texas 296-307=603
New Mexico State 302-304=606
Northern Arizona 309-305=614
Individual Leaderboard
Briana Chacon, Oregon 65-69=134
Jenny Bae, Georgia 68-69=137
Marina Escobar Domingo, Florida 68-72=140
Sabrina Iqbal, TCU 68-73=141
Hsin-Yu Lu, Oregon 71-70=141
Candice Mahé, Georgia 74-69=143
Caitlyn Macnab, TCU 72-71=143
Napat Lertsadwattan, N. Mexico 73-70=143
Jennifer Herbst, Sam Houston 74-69=143
Bentley Cotton, Texas 68-75=143
Additional Georgia Scores
T21. Jo Hua Hung 74-73=147
T39. Caterina Don 76-74=150
T62. LoraLie Cowart 80-73=153
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