ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 12 Florida women’s golf team stands 17th after two rounds at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia Golf Course. The Gators carded a 322 on Saturday and now have a two-day total of 636, 36 shots behind second-round leader Duke.
Sophomore Marika Lendl leads the Gators after two rounds with a total score of 156 (+12) that ties her for 26th place. Lendl carded a 7-over-par 79 Saturday. Freshman Mia Piccio had the low round of the day for the Gators, a 6-over 78, and was tied for 36th at 157.
Sophomore Evan Jensen, who opened with a 76 Friday, shot an 84 Saturday and was at 160. Freshman Isabelle Lendl shot an 81 for a two-day total of 163. Freshman Megan Pak was in 115th place after shooting an 88 for 172.
No. 4 Duke remains in the team lead after matching its first-round score for a two-round total of 600 (+24). The Blue Devils were nine shots ahead of No. 2 Auburn.
The tournament concludes Sunday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
LIZ MURPHEY COLLEGIATE CLASSIC
At par-72, 6,335-yard University of Georgia Golf Course, Athens, Ga.
TEAM: 1. (4) Duke 600 (300-300) (+24); 2. (2) Auburn 609 (310-299) (+33); 3. (34) North Carolina 614 (310-304) (+38); 4. (39) Arkansas 615 (312-303) (+39); 5. (6) Alabama 618 (316-302) (+42); 6. (9) Wake Forest 620 (316-304) (+44); 7. (14) Michigan State 621 (314-307) (+45); 8. (13) Purdue 625 (310-315) (+49); 9. (21) Ohio State 626 (315-311) (+50); 10. (46) Georgia State 627 (322-305) (+51); 11. (33) Kent State 629 (320-309) (+53); 12. (15) Virginia 631 (320-311) (+55); 13. (16) Georgia 632 (321-311) (+56); T14. (27) South Carolina 633 (324-309) (+57) and (20) Denver 633 (321-312) (+57); 16. (31) Tulane 634 (319-315) (+58); 17. (12) Florida 636 (314-322) (+60); 18. (11) Tennessee 637 (318-319) (+61); T19. (47) Furman 642 (323-319) (+66) and (50) Mississippi 642 (327-315) (+66); 21. UCF 657 (330-327) (+81); 22. Georgia (B) 669 (329-340) (+93); 23. Mississippi State 675 (342-333) (+99).
TOP 10 (and ties): 1. (11) Lindy Duncan (Duke) 142 (70-72) (-2); 2. (34) Cheyenne Woods (Wake Forest) 147 (74-73) (+3); T3. (19) Jennifer Kirby (Alabama) 149 (77-72) (+5) and (61) Calle Nielson (Virginia) 149 (74-75) (+5); T5. (1) Cydney Clanton (Auburn) 150 (77-73) (+6) and (26) Kelli Shean (Arkansas) 150 (78-72) (+6); T7. Kim Donovan (Duke) 151 (75-76) (+7), Courtney Gunter (North Carolina) 151 (75-76) (+7), Stacey Kim (Duke) 151 (76-75) (+7), (95) In Hong Lim (Ohio State) 151 (75-76) (+7), Charlotte Lorentzen (Georgia State) 151 (79-72) (+7), (38) Brooke Pancake (Alabama) 151 (75-76) (+7) and (24) Marta Silva Zamora (Georgia) 151 (74-77) (+7).
FLORIDA 636 (314-322) (+60): T26 Marika Lendl 156 (77-79) (+12); T36. Mia Piccio 157 (79-78) (+13); T56. Evan Jensen 160 (76-84) (+16); T76. Isabelle Lendl 163 (82-81) (+19); 115. Megan Pak 172 (84-88) (+28).