Hoos Make Move Up Leaderboard at Tar Heel Invitational
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The Virginia women’s golf team shot 11-under 277, the second best team score of the day, to move up to 10th place at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. UVA’s two-day total stands at 1-under 575. Kentucky leads the 18-team field at 15-under 561.
UVA was led Saturday by sophomore Riley Smyth’s (Cary, N.C.) career-best score of 5-under 67. She finished the day in 13th place at 3-under 141. Freshman Virginia Bossi (Como, Italy) carded a round of 1-under 71 for the second consecutive day to finish the round in 18th place at 142.
Sophomore Haeley Wotnosky (Wake Forest, N.C.) is in 38th place at 145 thanks to a second-round score of 69, which was a career-best 18-hole total for her. Senior Julia Ford (Shrewsbury, Mass.) improved to 53rd position at 3-over 147 after equaling her career-low single-round score with a 2-under 70. Junior Beth Lillie (Fullerton, Calif.) is in 82nd place at 154 after shooting 77 for the second straight day.
The field will use a 9:15 a.m. shotgun start to begin Sunday’s final round. The Cavaliers will be paired with Arkansas and Clemson during the third round.
Tar Heel Invitational
Finley Golf Course
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Par 72, 6,379 yards
Second Round Results
Team Results
1. Kentucky 283-278-561
2. Wake Forest 282-280-562
3. Michigan State 284-277-563
3. Alabama 283-280-563
5. Duke 293-272-565
6. North Carolina 284-285-569
7. South Carolina 289-280-573
7. Ohio State 384-289-573
7. Furman 288-284-573
10. Virginia 298-277-575
11. Arkansas 297-284-581
12. Clemson 295-288-583
13. Charlotte 286-297-585
13. Michigan 293-292-585
15. Tulane 301-291-592
16. NC State 303-299-602
16. UNC Wilmington 302-300-602
18. Rollins 302-306-608
Individual Leaders
1. Aneka Seumanutafa, Ohio State 66-71-137
1. Valery Plata, Michigan State 69-68-137
1. Jaravee Boonchant, Duke 71-66-137
Virginia Results
13. Riley Smyth 74-67-141
18. Virginia Bossi 71-71-142
38. Haeley Wotnosky 76-69-145
53. Julia Ford 74-70-147
82. Beth Lillie 77-77-154