April 23, 2013
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VALENCIA, Calif.—The 12th-ranked Arizona State women’s golf team finishes the second round of the 2013 Pac-12 Championships, hosted by UCLA, in fifth place, Tuesday, in Valencia, Calif. The Sun Devils shot a team total of 14-over 590 (295-295) after the second round. USC leads the first round of competition at five under through 36 holes at the Valencia Country Club.
Junior Laura Blanco vaulted up the leader board after shooting 3-under 69 in the second round of competition to finish in fifth place with a two-round total of 2-under 142 (73-69). Blanco carded five birdies on the day and narrowly missed shooting four under after recording a bogey on her final hole. On the season, the Colombian native has finished in the top-10 in five of the Sun Devil’s eight tournaments this year.
Under head coach Melissa Luellen, the Sun Devils won the Pac-12 title in 2007 and 2009. The Sun Devils were a top the leader board in 2010 until two golfers came down with food poisoning and were forced with withdraw from the team competition. In fantastic fashion the remaining three golfers, Carlota Ciganda, Juliana Murcia and Jennifer Johnson finished 1-2-3 in the individual competition. Murcia and Ciganda actually tied for first, but were mandated to move into a play off rather than to be named co-Pac-12 Champions. With her individual win in 2009 and 2010, Ciganda is the only player in Conference history to win back-to-back Pac-12 titles. ASU golfer also won two Pac-12 titles, non-consecutively, in 1993 and 1995.
The Pac-12 Tournament also serves as the Territorial Cup point for golf. Ever since the team was unable to compete in 2010, the point for golf has been in the hands of the Wildcats, something the team is eager to change this week in Valencia. Currently ASU leads UA 7.5-5.5 in the Territorial Cup Standings with No. 22 women's tennis' victory, Saturday.
The third round of the Pac-12 Women’s Golf Championships concludes tomorrow at the par-72, 6,300-yard Valencia Country Club, with the Sun Devils teeing off from the first tee beginning at 8:00 a.m. with the University of Oregon.