Pinehurst, N.C. –Virginia senior Anna Redding (Concord, N.C.) reached the quarterfinals of the 116th North & South Women’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday with a pair of wins in match play. Redding dispatched Furman’s Anna Morgan 7&6 in the morning flight and rallied for a 2-up win against Baylor’s Gurleen Kaur in the round of 16. She faces Australian amateur Rebecca Kay at 7:16 a.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals in Pinehurst, N.C.
Redding was 2-down after 13 holes of her round of 16 match before making back-to-back birdies to square the match. After both she and Kaur posted bogeys on the 16 hole, Redding won the next two holes with a par and birdie to clinch the match.
Redding reached match play after finishing second in medal play. She tied for first with South Carolina’s Anita Uwadia, but lost a one-hole playoff for the medal play title.
Current Cavaliers Katharine Patrick, Beth Lillie and Morgan Gonzales failed to advance to match play during the tournament.
Redding Advances to Quarterfinals at North & South Am
Pinehurst, N.C. –Virginia senior Anna Redding (Concord, N.C.) reached the quarterfinals of the 116th North & South Women's Amateur Championship on Wednesday with a pair of wins in match play. Redding dispatched Furman's Anna Morgan 7&6 in the morning flight and rallied for a 2-up win against Baylor's Gurleen Kaur in the round of 16. She faces Australian amateur Rebecca Kay at 7:16 a.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals in Pinehurst, N.C.