Women’s Golf: ‘Hoos remain in ninth place after 36 holes at PING/ASU Invitational

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 7 Virginia women’s golf team remains in ninth place after the second round of play at the PING/ASU Invitational at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. The Cavaliers shot 4-over 292 on Saturday, a three-shot improvement over their first-round score. UVA’s 36-hole total stands at 11-over 587. Host Arizona State leads the field at 555.

Senior Riley Smyth led the Cavaliers during the second round by shooting 2-under 70. She moved up to 15th place at 1-under 143.

Sophomore Jennifer Cleary, the team’s first-round leader, shot 74 and dropped back to 27th at 1-over 145. Freshman Amanda Sambach is one shot behind her in 31st position. She carded a scorer of 73 on Saturday. Graduate student Beth Lillie is in 62nd place at 153 and sophomore Rebecca Skoler is 82nd at 160. Lillie shot 75 while Skoler had a score of 77 on Saturday.

Sunday’s final round is scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m. MT. Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.

PING/ASU Invitational

Papago Golf Course

Phoenix, Ariz.

Par 72, 6,426 yards

Second Round Results

Team Results

1. Arizona State   280-275-555
2. Oregon          286-286-572
3. Baylor          286-286-572
4. Stanford        285-289-574
5. Northwestern    286-290-576
6. Oregon State    294-285-579
7. UCLA            291-289-580
8. Arizona         295-291-586
9. Virginia        295-292-587
10. Michigan        301-287-588
11. New Mexico      292-299-591
12. Denver          297-295-592
13. Colorado        304-294-598
14. San Diego State 297-308-605
15. Washington      303-304-607
16. Harvard         312-307-619

Individual Leaders

1. Ashley Menne, Arizona State          69-67-136
2. Alexandra Forsterling, Arizona State 66-71-137
3. Rose Zhang, Stanford                 70-69-139

Virginia Results

15. Riley Smyth      73-70-143
16. Jennifer Cleary  71-74-145
17. Amanda Sambach   73-73-146
18. Beth Lillie      78-75-153
19. Rebecca Skoler   83-77-160