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UW in Sixth Heading Into Final Round at NCAA Regionals; Alvarez Tied for Second
May 09, 2017 | Women's Golf
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The University of Washington women's golf team sits in sixth place at the NCAA Albuquerque Regionals heading into the final 18 as it fired a 4-over 292 during Tuesday's second round pushing its two-round total to 11-over 587 (295-292). The Huskies were led by sophomore Julianne Alvarez as she is currently tied for second overall at 3-under 141.
"I feel pretty good with where we're at after today's round," said head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "The conditions were a lot easier and I thought we hung in there pretty well. We didn't take advantage of the par-5's, outside of Julianne, the way that we are capable of and we need to be better at taking care of those situations, because on this course you're not going to get a lot of them because of the wind. "
"We also just have to pay attention to ourselves tomorrow," said Mulflur. "Just because it's the last round doesn't mean the scores count different than the first two days. We can't control anything anyone else does, so we just have to stay in our lane and take care of our own business."
Alvarez provided some exciting play for the Dawgs on Tuesday, posting five birdies en route to her 3-under 69 which ties her best round of the season. With the Huskies starting on hole one, the sophomore opened and closed the front nine with birdies on the two par-5's adding in just one bogey in between to make the turn at 1-under.
She went on to sink the par-3 11th hole thanks to a beautiful tee shot that put her just left of the pin for her to easily knock in her third birdie of the day. Alvarez then birdied the 14th and 18th, both par-5's, to climb the leaderboard into her tie for second at 3-under 141 (72-69).
"I was really happy for Julianne because she is just in a good place right now," added Mulflur. "It's good to see her in a nice rhythm and flow. She's being so patient with her play because you can't force it in this setting, you just have to let the game come to you and I think she's doing that."
"I feel like I got settled towards the end of the round yesterday and was able to keep that going today along with hitting the ball better and sinking putts," said Alvarez. "I was expecting a little more wind out there but regardless, I stayed patient and that helped a lot."
Sophomores Wenyung Keh and Sarah Rhee are both tied for 31st after carding two-round scores of 4-over 148. Keh opened the day with birdies on holes two and three but had some blemishes on the back nine en route to her 3-over 75. Rhee stayed at par over the first six holes before posting bogeys on four of the next 10. She responded by finishing the day going birdie-par to move her total number of pars to 28 over the two rounds, which is the second most by any of the 96 individuals.
One of the biggest movers of the day and the fourth score that counted for Washington was freshman Ellen Takada. She improved upon her day one score by 13 strokes, finishing Tuesday's round at even-par 72. Her 13-over 157 total is tied for 81st (85-72). She hit par with one birdie included over the course of the first 14 holes and after posting a bogey on 15, closed the day with how she started, three straight pars.
"What an unbelievable comeback by Ellen today," added Mulflur. "I think we all kind of expected it knowing what kind of person she is and how tough she is mentally. It was good to see her back on track."
"I was just more physically and mentally ready today and I believe if I can prepare the same way and just play my game, I can carry that over to tomorrow's final round," said Takada.
Rounding out the UW contingent was freshman Karen Miyamoto, who sits tied for 71st at 11-over 155 (78-77). She improved her round one score by one stroke finishing Tuesday with a 5-over 77.
No. 1 Stanford leads the team standings at 3-under 573 while No. 36 Pepperdine is in second (1-over 577), No. 6 USC is third (4-over 580), No. 9 Duke is fourth (9-over 585) and No. 26 California is in fifth (10-over 586. The top six teams following Wednesday's round will advance to the NCAA Championships while the top three individuals from non-advancing teams will also earn a spot in the national championships.
Washington will tee off of hole one for the final round starting at 7:24 a.m. PDT alongside Duke and California.
"I feel pretty good with where we're at after today's round," said head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "The conditions were a lot easier and I thought we hung in there pretty well. We didn't take advantage of the par-5's, outside of Julianne, the way that we are capable of and we need to be better at taking care of those situations, because on this course you're not going to get a lot of them because of the wind. "
"We also just have to pay attention to ourselves tomorrow," said Mulflur. "Just because it's the last round doesn't mean the scores count different than the first two days. We can't control anything anyone else does, so we just have to stay in our lane and take care of our own business."
Alvarez provided some exciting play for the Dawgs on Tuesday, posting five birdies en route to her 3-under 69 which ties her best round of the season. With the Huskies starting on hole one, the sophomore opened and closed the front nine with birdies on the two par-5's adding in just one bogey in between to make the turn at 1-under.
She went on to sink the par-3 11th hole thanks to a beautiful tee shot that put her just left of the pin for her to easily knock in her third birdie of the day. Alvarez then birdied the 14th and 18th, both par-5's, to climb the leaderboard into her tie for second at 3-under 141 (72-69).
"I was really happy for Julianne because she is just in a good place right now," added Mulflur. "It's good to see her in a nice rhythm and flow. She's being so patient with her play because you can't force it in this setting, you just have to let the game come to you and I think she's doing that."
"I feel like I got settled towards the end of the round yesterday and was able to keep that going today along with hitting the ball better and sinking putts," said Alvarez. "I was expecting a little more wind out there but regardless, I stayed patient and that helped a lot."
Sophomores Wenyung Keh and Sarah Rhee are both tied for 31st after carding two-round scores of 4-over 148. Keh opened the day with birdies on holes two and three but had some blemishes on the back nine en route to her 3-over 75. Rhee stayed at par over the first six holes before posting bogeys on four of the next 10. She responded by finishing the day going birdie-par to move her total number of pars to 28 over the two rounds, which is the second most by any of the 96 individuals.
One of the biggest movers of the day and the fourth score that counted for Washington was freshman Ellen Takada. She improved upon her day one score by 13 strokes, finishing Tuesday's round at even-par 72. Her 13-over 157 total is tied for 81st (85-72). She hit par with one birdie included over the course of the first 14 holes and after posting a bogey on 15, closed the day with how she started, three straight pars.
"What an unbelievable comeback by Ellen today," added Mulflur. "I think we all kind of expected it knowing what kind of person she is and how tough she is mentally. It was good to see her back on track."
"I was just more physically and mentally ready today and I believe if I can prepare the same way and just play my game, I can carry that over to tomorrow's final round," said Takada.
Rounding out the UW contingent was freshman Karen Miyamoto, who sits tied for 71st at 11-over 155 (78-77). She improved her round one score by one stroke finishing Tuesday with a 5-over 77.
No. 1 Stanford leads the team standings at 3-under 573 while No. 36 Pepperdine is in second (1-over 577), No. 6 USC is third (4-over 580), No. 9 Duke is fourth (9-over 585) and No. 26 California is in fifth (10-over 586. The top six teams following Wednesday's round will advance to the NCAA Championships while the top three individuals from non-advancing teams will also earn a spot in the national championships.
Washington will tee off of hole one for the final round starting at 7:24 a.m. PDT alongside Duke and California.
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