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Tuesday, February 28
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Darius Rucker Intercollegiate - Day 2
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Bulldogs Climb To 9th At Darius Rucker
February 28, 2023 | Women's Golf
Bae moves to 7th on individual leaderboard
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Georgia women's golf team shot 9-over 293 in Tuesday's second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club. The Bulldogs ascended one spot into a tie for ninth with No. 19 Northwestern and Duke in the elite field that features six top-10 and 12 top-25 teams.
"It was a good day," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We'd like to have a great day. Maybe we're just saving that for a different time this spring. We moved up the leaderboard, which is always the goal, and we want to go out and do that again tomorrow."
Jenny Bae paced the Bulldogs on Tuesday, firing a 1-under 70. In the process, the super senior from Suwanee, Ga., moved up five spots on the leaderboard to seventh place. She is four shots off the pace of South Carolina's Mathilde Claisse, the individual leader at 4-under 138.
In addition to Bae's 71, the Bulldogs also counted a 73 by Céleste Dao, a 74 from Caroline Craig and a 76 from Caterina Don. LoraLie Cowart, who is competing individually, shot 72 on Tuesday.
"It was nice to see Céleste have what was probably her best round of the spring on a very challenging golf course, and it's good to have to have Caroline back competing and playing well," Brewer said. "Jenny was her consistent self, which we really needed and never take for granted."
Overall, Cowart is tied for 28th at 147, Don and Dao are both tied for 35th at 148, Craig is tied for 63rd at 152 and Candice Mahé, who shot 79 in the second round, is 90th at 165.
Bae enjoyed a steady day that featured 15 pars. She was 2-under at the turn following birdies at No. 3 and No. 8 and posted her only blemish with a bogey at No. 11. In the process, Bae notched her 14th par-or-better score in 20 rounds this season.
No. 4 South Carolina is atop the team field at 1-under 567, four shots ahead of No. 6 LSU. Rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 5 Auburn at 577, No. 8 Texas at 581, No. 20 Vanderbilt at 582, No. 2 Wake Forest and No. 12 Arizona State both at 583, No. 8 Baylor at 584 and the Bulldogs, Blue Devils and Wildcats at 590.
In such an elite field, the Bulldogs will aim to finish within the top 8 on Wednesday, which will carry some significance. The top-8 teams after stroke play at the NCAA Championships advance to the match play quarterfinals to decide the national champion.
"We talk about that all the time," Brewer said. "There are a couple of cuts you want to make every season – to make match play at SECs, to advance from Regionals and to make the cut after three and four rounds at the national championships. We talk about that approach. We want to go out and play as well as we can tomorrow and hopefully put up the number we would need to simulate that result during the postseason."
Georgia will play with the Wildcats and Blue Devils in Wednesday's final round, teeing off from No. 10 in intervals from 11:10-11:50 a.m. Cowart will begin her round at No. 10 at 9:40 a.m. Live coverage on the Golf Channel will begin with the network's College Central show from 2:00-2:30, followed by exclusive coverage of the Darius Rucker for the following two and a half hours each day. Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament at www.golfstat.com.
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Long Cove Club
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Par 71; 6220 Yards
Tuesday's Second-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
South Carolina 283-284=567
LSU 283-288=571
Auburn 285-292=577
Texas 295-286=581
Vanderbilt 296-286=582
Wake Forest 291-292=583
Arizona State 292-291=583
Baylor 291-293=584
Georgia 297-293=590
Duke 300-290=590
Northwestern 300-290=590
Oregon 295-297=592
Alabama 297-295=592
Kentucky 305-295=600
Arkansas 307-297=604
Virginia 307-297=604
Furman 311-295=606
Individual Leaderboard
Mathilde Claisse, S. Carolina 69-69=138
Megan Schofill, Auburn 67-73=140
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 73-68=141
Phoebe Brinker, Duke 72-69=141
Rosie Belsham, Baylor 69-72=141
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 68-73=141
Jenny Bae, Georgia 72-70=142
Ashleigh Park, Oregon 70-72=142
Edit Hertzman, LSU 69-73=142
Jensen Castle, Kentucky 72-70=142
Angela Hao, Texas 70-72=142
Additional Georgia Scores:
*T28. LoraLie Cowart 75-72=147
T35. Caterina Don 72-76=148
T35. Céleste Dao 75-73=148
T63. Caroline Craig 78-74=152
90. Candice Mahé 86-79=165
* competing as an individual
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Georgia women's golf team shot 9-over 293 in Tuesday's second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club. The Bulldogs ascended one spot into a tie for ninth with No. 19 Northwestern and Duke in the elite field that features six top-10 and 12 top-25 teams.
"It was a good day," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We'd like to have a great day. Maybe we're just saving that for a different time this spring. We moved up the leaderboard, which is always the goal, and we want to go out and do that again tomorrow."
Jenny Bae paced the Bulldogs on Tuesday, firing a 1-under 70. In the process, the super senior from Suwanee, Ga., moved up five spots on the leaderboard to seventh place. She is four shots off the pace of South Carolina's Mathilde Claisse, the individual leader at 4-under 138.
In addition to Bae's 71, the Bulldogs also counted a 73 by Céleste Dao, a 74 from Caroline Craig and a 76 from Caterina Don. LoraLie Cowart, who is competing individually, shot 72 on Tuesday.
"It was nice to see Céleste have what was probably her best round of the spring on a very challenging golf course, and it's good to have to have Caroline back competing and playing well," Brewer said. "Jenny was her consistent self, which we really needed and never take for granted."
Overall, Cowart is tied for 28th at 147, Don and Dao are both tied for 35th at 148, Craig is tied for 63rd at 152 and Candice Mahé, who shot 79 in the second round, is 90th at 165.
Bae enjoyed a steady day that featured 15 pars. She was 2-under at the turn following birdies at No. 3 and No. 8 and posted her only blemish with a bogey at No. 11. In the process, Bae notched her 14th par-or-better score in 20 rounds this season.
No. 4 South Carolina is atop the team field at 1-under 567, four shots ahead of No. 6 LSU. Rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 5 Auburn at 577, No. 8 Texas at 581, No. 20 Vanderbilt at 582, No. 2 Wake Forest and No. 12 Arizona State both at 583, No. 8 Baylor at 584 and the Bulldogs, Blue Devils and Wildcats at 590.
In such an elite field, the Bulldogs will aim to finish within the top 8 on Wednesday, which will carry some significance. The top-8 teams after stroke play at the NCAA Championships advance to the match play quarterfinals to decide the national champion.
"We talk about that all the time," Brewer said. "There are a couple of cuts you want to make every season – to make match play at SECs, to advance from Regionals and to make the cut after three and four rounds at the national championships. We talk about that approach. We want to go out and play as well as we can tomorrow and hopefully put up the number we would need to simulate that result during the postseason."
Georgia will play with the Wildcats and Blue Devils in Wednesday's final round, teeing off from No. 10 in intervals from 11:10-11:50 a.m. Cowart will begin her round at No. 10 at 9:40 a.m. Live coverage on the Golf Channel will begin with the network's College Central show from 2:00-2:30, followed by exclusive coverage of the Darius Rucker for the following two and a half hours each day. Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament at www.golfstat.com.
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Long Cove Club
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Par 71; 6220 Yards
Tuesday's Second-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
South Carolina 283-284=567
LSU 283-288=571
Auburn 285-292=577
Texas 295-286=581
Vanderbilt 296-286=582
Wake Forest 291-292=583
Arizona State 292-291=583
Baylor 291-293=584
Georgia 297-293=590
Duke 300-290=590
Northwestern 300-290=590
Oregon 295-297=592
Alabama 297-295=592
Kentucky 305-295=600
Arkansas 307-297=604
Virginia 307-297=604
Furman 311-295=606
Individual Leaderboard
Mathilde Claisse, S. Carolina 69-69=138
Megan Schofill, Auburn 67-73=140
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 73-68=141
Phoebe Brinker, Duke 72-69=141
Rosie Belsham, Baylor 69-72=141
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 68-73=141
Jenny Bae, Georgia 72-70=142
Ashleigh Park, Oregon 70-72=142
Edit Hertzman, LSU 69-73=142
Jensen Castle, Kentucky 72-70=142
Angela Hao, Texas 70-72=142
Additional Georgia Scores:
*T28. LoraLie Cowart 75-72=147
T35. Caterina Don 72-76=148
T35. Céleste Dao 75-73=148
T63. Caroline Craig 78-74=152
90. Candice Mahé 86-79=165
* competing as an individual
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