WGolf Up One Spot on the Leaderboard After Round TwoWGolf Up One Spot on the Leaderboard After Round Two

WGolf Up One Spot on the Leaderboard After Round Two

Feb. 5, 2018

Orlando, Fla.- The Penn State women's golf team climbed up one spot on the leaderboard to clench 11th place after two rounds at the UCF Challenge in Florida. Penn State shot a 295 (plus-seven) in the second round today for a two-round total of 598 (plus-22).

Miami sits in overall first place finishing the second round three-under 285 for a two-round score of 580 (plus-four). Tied for individual first is Miami's Dewi Weber and Host UCF's Kaeli Jones. The ladies completed round two six-under 66 and three-under 69 respectively.

Still leading the scoreboard for the Nittany Lions are junior Cara Basso (Downingtown, Pa.) and sophomore Maddy Herr (New Hope, Pa.) both shooting three-over 75 in the second round for a two-round score of 149 (plus-five). Basso and Herr also led in birdies today with four a piece.

Junior Jackie Rogowicz (Yardley, Pa.) finished the second round even to par (72). Rogowicz is tied for 35th with a two-round score of 150 (plus-6).

Fellow junior Lauren Waller (Canonsburg, Pa.) shot just one-over 73 for a two-round score of 151 (plus-seven) placing her tied for 43rd.

Sophomore Megan McLean (Lebanon, N.J.) and junior Kamerine Taylor (Dublin, Ohio) are both tied for 75th shooting 78 (plus-six) and 79 (plus-seven) respectively. Freshman Olivia Zambruno (Mt. Pleasant, Pa.) also shot a 79 (plus-seven) in the second round.

The Nittany Lions add to their 208-birdie count for the season with 18 birdies in the second round. There is still time to make a pledge to Birdies For The Heart by visiting HERE.

Penn State tees off for the final round tomorrow morning at 8:45 a.m. from holes 16 through 19 with Mississippi State and Texas Tech. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.