Women’s Golf: Three Hoos tied for second after 36 holes at Grumman Challenge

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Posted on Monday, Mar. 14, 2022, 8:29 pm

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Courtesy UVA Media Relations

golfA trio of Virginia players will enter the final round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge tied for second place at 2-under 140. That group includes graduate student Beth Lillie, senior Riley Smyth and junior Jennifer Cleary.

As a team, No. 6 Virginia is in second place after the first two rounds at 1-under 567. The Cavaliers shot 4-under 280 during Monday’s play. No. 2 Oregon is one shot ahead of Virginia on the leaderboard. The Ducks shot 279 during the second round.

Lillie and Cleary led the Cavaliers during the second round by posting scores of 2-under 69. Smyth and junior Celeste Valinho both carded rounds of 71 and freshman Amanda Sambach shot 74. Valinho is in 38th place at 148 while Sambach is 50th at 150.

Wake Forest’s Rachel Kuehn leads the field in stroke play at 8-under 134.

Tuesday’s third round is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. ET. Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.

Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Palos Verdes Golf Club
Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Par 71, 6,017 yards
Second-Round Results

Team Results

  1. Oregon        287-279-566
  2. Virginia      287-280-567
  3. Wake Forest   292-280-572
  4. Arizona State 291-284-575
  5. Kent State    286-290-576
  6. USC           295-287-582
  7. Duke          290-292-582
  8. Texas         297-290-587
  9. Arizona       293-295-588
  10. Baylor        304-287-591
  11. Auburn        297-295-592
  12. California    304-291-595
  13. Vanderbilt    301-298-599
  14. Pepperdine    297-302-599
  15. Ohio State    298-302-600
  16. Georgetown    321-302-623

Individual Leaders

  1. Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest  67-67-134
  2. Beth Lillie, Virginia      71-69-140
  3. Jennifer Cleary, Virginia  71-69-140
  4. Riley Smyth, Virginia      69-71-140
  5. Carolina Melgrati, Arizona 68-72-140
  6. Julie McCarthy, Auburn     68-72-140

Virginia Results

  1. Beth Lillie      71-69-140
  2. Riley Smyth      69-71-140
  3. Jennifer Cleary  71-69-140
  4. Celeste Valinho  77-71-148
  5. Amanda Sambach   76-74-150