SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Following nearly two rounds of play at the Bruin Wave Invitational, No. 17 Arizona State women's golf is in a tie for fourth while junior Olivia Mehaffey is also fourth overall individually. ASU shot the only sub-300 second round, the lowest finalized second round by seven strokes.
The 15-team field playing 36 holes on Monday, nearly all teams finished the second round but darkness forced the final group inside before the end of the round. Oregon, Cal Poly, and New Mexico will complete the first round at 7 am PT Tuesday morning before the third round starts shortly after.
"We struggled this morning but I am so proud of this team and hwo hard we fought in the second round today," said head coach Missy Farr-Kaye. "Shooting the low round in the afternoon is a great accomplishment. I am excited to get back out for our third round and see what this team can accomplish together."
ASU (+25) moved up seven spots on the leaderboard between the first and second rounds, cutting 15 shots off their second round. The Sun Devils, tied with No. 14 Northwestern, are just two strokes behind No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 Stanford (+23), both tied for second. Oregon currently holds the lead (+16) with several second-round holes left to play.
Individually, Mehaffey birdied four holes, three on the back nine, in round two to shoot a 1-under 71. Raquel Olmos sits just outside the top-10 (T11), shooting 75 and 74, respectively.
Alexandra Försterling is just inside the top-25 (T23) shooting even par in round two, tied for her second-lowest collegiate round to date.
Golfstat results throughout the tournament can be found at http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16176.
The 15-team field playing 36 holes on Monday, nearly all teams finished the second round but darkness forced the final group inside before the end of the round. Oregon, Cal Poly, and New Mexico will complete the first round at 7 am PT Tuesday morning before the third round starts shortly after.
"We struggled this morning but I am so proud of this team and hwo hard we fought in the second round today," said head coach Missy Farr-Kaye. "Shooting the low round in the afternoon is a great accomplishment. I am excited to get back out for our third round and see what this team can accomplish together."
ASU (+25) moved up seven spots on the leaderboard between the first and second rounds, cutting 15 shots off their second round. The Sun Devils, tied with No. 14 Northwestern, are just two strokes behind No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 Stanford (+23), both tied for second. Oregon currently holds the lead (+16) with several second-round holes left to play.
Individually, Mehaffey birdied four holes, three on the back nine, in round two to shoot a 1-under 71. Raquel Olmos sits just outside the top-10 (T11), shooting 75 and 74, respectively.
Alexandra Försterling is just inside the top-25 (T23) shooting even par in round two, tied for her second-lowest collegiate round to date.
Golfstat results throughout the tournament can be found at http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16176.