Oct. 23, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ââ'¬" The Penn State women's golf team competed in the first round of the Landfall Tradition and finished with a score of 305 plus-17. The Nittany Lion's are in 15th out of 20 teams going into the second round.
Sophomore Ariana Coyle Diez (Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland) led the team shooting a 74 plus-2. Diez is tied for 28th in the player leaderboard.
Newcomer Lauren Waller (Canonsburg, Pa.) got off to a great start shooting 1-under through the front nine. Waller finished the round with a score of 75 plus-3.
Newcomer Jackie Rogowicz (Yardley, Pa.) tied Waller and Diez with a team-high three birdies on the day. Rogowicz shot a 77 plus-5 and is currently tied for 53rd on the leaderboard.
Seniors Halley Morell (Brecksville, Ohio) shot a 79 plus-7, while Grace Chung (Richmond Hill, Ontario) shot an 83 plus-11.
Duke University was the only team to finish the first round under par shooting 287 1-under. The Blue Devils are two strokes ahead of the second placed Oklahoma State.
Play will resume tomorrow with round two. Live stats can be found on golfstatresults.com.
Team Standings:
1. Duke (287, -1)
2. Oklahoma State (289, +1)
3. UNC Wilmington (290, +2)
T-4. Notre Dame (291, +3)
T-4. Michigan State (291, +3)
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15. Penn State (305, +17)
Player Leaderboard:
1. Isabella DiLisio (ND) -5
2. Sandy Choi (DU) -4
3. Annette Lyche (UNCW) -3
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T-28. Ariana Coyle Diez (PSU) +2