UVa Golfers Improve to 13th at NCAA Regional

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May 11, 2007

Baton Rouge, LA – The Virginia women’s golf team has to put on its rally caps Saturday if the Cavaliers want to return to the NCAA Championships. Friday UVa shot even-par 288 to move up two spots to 13th after 36 holes of play at the NCAA East Regional at LSU’s University Course. UVa’s two-day total is 7-over 583. Only the top eight teams advance to the NCAA Championships. Currently, Alabama is in eighth place, seven strokes ahead of the Cavaliers.

Virginia was led during the second round by senior All-American Leah Wigger, who shot 3-under 69, her best single-round score of the season. Wigger enters Saturday’s final round tied for 10th at 4-under 140. If UVa does not qualify as a team for the NCAAs, she must be one of the top two individual finishers, not advancing with a team, to earn an individual berth to the national championships. There are four players in that position, all within two shots of each other, among the top-10 players.

The Cavaliers also benefited by the play of senior Sally Shonk who equaled her career best score with a 1-under 71. The East Regional is just the fourth event Shonk has played in this season. She is 47th overall at 147. Classmate Rachel Smith posted a 2-over 74 and is 40th at 146. Whitney Neuhauser rebounded from an opening-round 82 by shooting 74 and moved up to 92nd at 156. Carly Truitt is in 98th place at 157.

UCLA enters the final round with a four shot lead over Wake Forest. The Bruins lead the field at 564. UCLA’s Sydnee Michaels finished the second round atop the leaderboard at 10-under 134.

Live scoring of the regional is on-line at Golfstat.com

2007 NCAA East Regional
The University Club
Baton Rouge, LA
Par 72, 6,403 yards
Second Round Results

Team Results

1. UCLA 281-283-564 2. Wake Forest 284-284-568 3. Duke 291-281-572 4. Furman 284-290-574 5. Purdue 285-290-575 5. Auburn 293-282-575 5. Louisville 286-289-575 8. Alabama 287-289-576 9. South Carolina 290-289-579 9. Texas A&M 291-288-57911. North Carolina 290-292-58211. LSU 287-295-58213. Virginia 295-288-58314. Florida State 292-298-59015. Birmingham Southern 297-295-59216. Col. of Charleston 292-303-59517. South Florida 306-294-60018. NC State 302-303-60519. Western Carolina 301-308-60920. Jacksonville State 324-301-62521. Jackson State 329-325-654

Individual Leaders 1. Sydnee Michaels, UCLA 66-68-134 2. Nannette Hill, Wake Forest 66-70-136 3. Cindy LaCrosse, Louisville 69-68-137 4. Kathleen Ekey, Furman 67-71-138 4. Aruka Feigueroso, Coastal Carolina 68-70-138 4. Nicole Hage, Auburn 68-70-138 4. Tiffany Joh, UCLA 70-68-138 4. Caroline Westrup, Florida State 69-69-138 9. Adrienne White, Louisville 66-73-13910. Danielle McVeigh, Texas A&M 69-71-14010. Leah Wigger, Virginia 71-69-140

Virginia Results10. Leah Wigger 71-69-14040. Rachel Smith 72-74-14647. Sally Shonk 76-71-14792. Whitney Neuhauser 82-74-15698. Carly Truitt 76-81-157