Sunday, May 20
Stillwater, OK
All Day
University of Washington
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NCAA Championships
Huskies Make the Cut to Advance to Final Day of Stroke Play at NCAAs
May 20, 2018 | Women's Golf
STILLWATER, Okla. – The 15th ranked University of Washington women's golf team used its best round of the NCAA Championships on Sunday to finish 14th at 38-over 902 (303-300-299). The top 15 teams from the 24-team field earned a spot in the final 18 with the top after Monday will move on to match play action starting on Tuesday at Karsten Creek Golf Course.
Washington's wait for final results was not without some drama as the Huskies were at one point three strokes below the cut line waiting it out for over two hours as the final groups finished their rounds.
"We're grateful to see another day here and to have the opportunity to continue to play," said head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "We are going to need a really good effort tomorrow and be focused and stick to our game plan in order to get the kind of round that will help us move on. It was really good to see Julianne sink some birdies and hopefully that will help her confidence and carry over to tomorrow. It will be a tough fight tomorrow and hopefully we're a little more comfortable on the course and can get some putts to go."
Freshman Rino Sasaki once again matched her score from the first two days as she carded a 3-over 75 to move up one spot on the leaderboard into a tie for 43rd at 9-over 225. She had her fewest bogeys of the three rounds of stroke play on Monday and sits tied for 43rd.
Also moving up the leaderboard was junior Sarah Rhee who is tied for 49th at 10-over 226. Rhee jumped five spots as she also went 3-over 75 on Sunday's round. She posted two birdies first finishing her front nine, the par-5 482-yard 18th, with her first birdie of the day then followed that right up after the turn with another one on the par-5 first hole.
Sophomore Karen Miyamoto's highest scoring round of the tournament unfortunately came on Sunday as she went 7-over 79 en route to her 11-over 227 overall score (76-72-79) which is now tied for 54th, dropping her 24 spots on the board.
Making another move up the standings during the third set of 18 holes was junior Wenyung Keh as she climbed 19 spots due to a two-stroke improvement from her second round. She is now at 13-over 229 following scores of 77-77-75 which is good for a 58th-place tie. Keh's second birdie of the tournament came on Sunday as she knocked in one the par-4 fourth hole.
Junior Julianne Alvarez made UW's biggest jump as she moved 32 spots into a tie for 66th and sits at 15-over 231 (79-78-74). Alvarez carded four birdies on the day, which was the most by a Husky for a single round during the national championship. The start of her round was up and down as she went birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey but she settled and went 1-under over the next three holes following a birdie on the par-3 15th. She added another birdie on the par-3 third hole to help her finish at 2-over 74.
The other teams advancing, in the order of where they finished, are No. 1 Alabama, No. 3 UCLA, No. 9 Arizona, No. 13 Northwestern, No. 5 USC, No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Stanford, No. 16 Kent State, No. 21 Florida State, No. 26 Baylor, No. 2 Arkansas, No. 7 Furman, No. 8 Texas, No. 15 Washington and No. 25 Louisville.
Washington, who is second in the field in made pars at 174, will tee off in the final round at 9:30 a.m. PT with Texas and Louisville.
Washington's wait for final results was not without some drama as the Huskies were at one point three strokes below the cut line waiting it out for over two hours as the final groups finished their rounds.
"We're grateful to see another day here and to have the opportunity to continue to play," said head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "We are going to need a really good effort tomorrow and be focused and stick to our game plan in order to get the kind of round that will help us move on. It was really good to see Julianne sink some birdies and hopefully that will help her confidence and carry over to tomorrow. It will be a tough fight tomorrow and hopefully we're a little more comfortable on the course and can get some putts to go."
Freshman Rino Sasaki once again matched her score from the first two days as she carded a 3-over 75 to move up one spot on the leaderboard into a tie for 43rd at 9-over 225. She had her fewest bogeys of the three rounds of stroke play on Monday and sits tied for 43rd.
Also moving up the leaderboard was junior Sarah Rhee who is tied for 49th at 10-over 226. Rhee jumped five spots as she also went 3-over 75 on Sunday's round. She posted two birdies first finishing her front nine, the par-5 482-yard 18th, with her first birdie of the day then followed that right up after the turn with another one on the par-5 first hole.
Sophomore Karen Miyamoto's highest scoring round of the tournament unfortunately came on Sunday as she went 7-over 79 en route to her 11-over 227 overall score (76-72-79) which is now tied for 54th, dropping her 24 spots on the board.
Making another move up the standings during the third set of 18 holes was junior Wenyung Keh as she climbed 19 spots due to a two-stroke improvement from her second round. She is now at 13-over 229 following scores of 77-77-75 which is good for a 58th-place tie. Keh's second birdie of the tournament came on Sunday as she knocked in one the par-4 fourth hole.
Junior Julianne Alvarez made UW's biggest jump as she moved 32 spots into a tie for 66th and sits at 15-over 231 (79-78-74). Alvarez carded four birdies on the day, which was the most by a Husky for a single round during the national championship. The start of her round was up and down as she went birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey but she settled and went 1-under over the next three holes following a birdie on the par-3 15th. She added another birdie on the par-3 third hole to help her finish at 2-over 74.
The other teams advancing, in the order of where they finished, are No. 1 Alabama, No. 3 UCLA, No. 9 Arizona, No. 13 Northwestern, No. 5 USC, No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Stanford, No. 16 Kent State, No. 21 Florida State, No. 26 Baylor, No. 2 Arkansas, No. 7 Furman, No. 8 Texas, No. 15 Washington and No. 25 Louisville.
Washington, who is second in the field in made pars at 174, will tee off in the final round at 9:30 a.m. PT with Texas and Louisville.
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