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Robyn Choi had Colorado's low round at 1-over 73
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Buffaloes Slip To Ninth At NCAA Regional
May 08, 2018 | Women's Golf
Brittany Fan Tied For Fourth, Two Shots Out
SAN FRANCISCO – It's all going to come down to 18 holes on Wednesday, and the University of Colorado has some work to do.
The Buffaloes shot 10-over, 298, slipping from second into a tie for ninth through two rounds of the 2018 NCAA Women's Golf San Francisco Regional at TPC Harding Park.
No. 26 ranked Colorado, at 6-over through 36 holes, is now looking up for that coveted spot in the NCAA Finals – the top six teams advance to Stillwater, Okla., May 18-23. The good news is every possibility remains on the table. Colorado is two strokes out of the top six and only eight from the overall lead.
Kent State and Stanford are tied for the team lead at 2-under. Top-ranked UCLA is third at 1-under while Ole Miss and Oregon are fifth at 1-over. NCAA Finals host Oklahoma State currently sits in the last advancing spot, as the Cowgirls are sixth at 4-over.
Colorado's 10-over was the highest among the field's top 14 teams, but only three teams shot in the red on the day. One of those teams is the one now tied with the Buffaloes – Pepperdine, which had the best overall round of the day a 3-under, 285.
"Tough day for the team," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We just couldn't really get anything going. Rough start for a few of the players. It's not that we played badly, we just didn't have anyone under par and in this field we need to get a couple players under par to have a chance."
Senior Brittany Fan remains Colorado's top individual at 3-under, 141. She is in a seven-way tie for fourth place, two strokes out of the lead, after shooting a 3-over, 75 in the second round. Pepperdine's Hira Naveed, who had the low round of the day with a 67 and at 5-under, 139, has a one stroke advantage over the Stanford duo of Andrea Lee and Ziyi Wang heading into Wednesday's final round.
Fan couldn't match her mastery of the front nine from round one. After shooting a nearly flawless 5-under, 31, Monday, Fan took a double-bogey at the par-4 No. 5 and a bogey at the par-4 No. 2. She managed to birdie the par-5 No. 9 – a hole she eagled Monday – to finish the front at 1-over.
Fan moved back to even with another birdie at No. 10, but lost two strokes with bogeys at the par-3 No. 11 and par-5 No. 12. She picked a stroke back up with a birdie at the par-4 No. 14, but played the final two holes at 2-over to close out.
Sophomore Robyn Choi had Colorado's low round of the day, equaling her first day output at 1-over, 73. She got off to a rough start with a double-bogey at the par-4 No. 1, but played the next 11 holes at even, highlighted by a birdie at the par-5 No. 4. Choi moved up to 1-over with a birdie at the par-4 No. 13, but dropped back to 2-over with a bogey at No. 14. She was able to get back to 1-over with a birdie on the par-3 No. 17 and enters the final round tied for 29th at 2-over, 146.
Sophomore Kirsty Hodgkins shot a 2-over, 74, and is tied for 24th place through two rounds at 1-over, 145. Hodgkins logged a team-best 14 pars for the round, hovering right around even until the end of her round. She started her round off with seven straight pars before dropping to 1-over with a bogey at the par-3 No. 8. Hodgkins took that stroke back immediately with a birdie at the par-5 No. 9.
Hodgkins then reeled off another six pars in a row before running into trouble at the end, where she bogeyed two of her last three holes to finish the day.
Junior Gillian Vance shot a 5-over 77 and is tied for 63rd place through two rounds at 7-over, 151. She, like Hodgkins, played fairly even for most of the round, logging 13 pars, but wasn't able to grab a red number on the day. Vance played the first six holes at 2-over and stayed there through 13 with seven-straight pars. She dropped three strokes on the final five holes including back-to-back bogeys at No. 14 and No. 15.
Freshman Alisha Lau matched her round one score, shooting a 4-over, 76. She had Colorado's low score on the front, registering two of her three birdies on the first nine to take the turn at 1-under, 35. Lau had her first birdie at the par-4 No. 2 and then closed the front in the red at the par-5 No. 9. She struggled on the back, taking a double-bogey at the par-5 No. 10, and added four more bogeys from there. Lau's highlight on the back was a birdie at the par-4 No. 16. She enters Wednesday's final round tied for 73rd at 8-over, 152.
"The good news is we still have a chance," Kelly said. "We have to eliminate the mental errors and play fearlessly tomorrow."
Colorado will pair with Louisville and North Carolina for Wednesday's third round beginning from the No. 1 hole at 9 a.m. MT.
NOTES: Tuesday marked the first time in six rounds the Buffaloes didn't have a player shoot under par…Fan's 141 is Colorado's best 36-hole total at an NCAA Regional. She had a share of the previous mark with a 146 in 2016…Colorado continues to be the second-best par-5 team in the field playing those four holes at -11 under with an average score of 4.73.
The Buffaloes shot 10-over, 298, slipping from second into a tie for ninth through two rounds of the 2018 NCAA Women's Golf San Francisco Regional at TPC Harding Park.
No. 26 ranked Colorado, at 6-over through 36 holes, is now looking up for that coveted spot in the NCAA Finals – the top six teams advance to Stillwater, Okla., May 18-23. The good news is every possibility remains on the table. Colorado is two strokes out of the top six and only eight from the overall lead.
Kent State and Stanford are tied for the team lead at 2-under. Top-ranked UCLA is third at 1-under while Ole Miss and Oregon are fifth at 1-over. NCAA Finals host Oklahoma State currently sits in the last advancing spot, as the Cowgirls are sixth at 4-over.
Colorado's 10-over was the highest among the field's top 14 teams, but only three teams shot in the red on the day. One of those teams is the one now tied with the Buffaloes – Pepperdine, which had the best overall round of the day a 3-under, 285.
"Tough day for the team," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We just couldn't really get anything going. Rough start for a few of the players. It's not that we played badly, we just didn't have anyone under par and in this field we need to get a couple players under par to have a chance."
Senior Brittany Fan remains Colorado's top individual at 3-under, 141. She is in a seven-way tie for fourth place, two strokes out of the lead, after shooting a 3-over, 75 in the second round. Pepperdine's Hira Naveed, who had the low round of the day with a 67 and at 5-under, 139, has a one stroke advantage over the Stanford duo of Andrea Lee and Ziyi Wang heading into Wednesday's final round.
Fan couldn't match her mastery of the front nine from round one. After shooting a nearly flawless 5-under, 31, Monday, Fan took a double-bogey at the par-4 No. 5 and a bogey at the par-4 No. 2. She managed to birdie the par-5 No. 9 – a hole she eagled Monday – to finish the front at 1-over.
Fan moved back to even with another birdie at No. 10, but lost two strokes with bogeys at the par-3 No. 11 and par-5 No. 12. She picked a stroke back up with a birdie at the par-4 No. 14, but played the final two holes at 2-over to close out.
Sophomore Robyn Choi had Colorado's low round of the day, equaling her first day output at 1-over, 73. She got off to a rough start with a double-bogey at the par-4 No. 1, but played the next 11 holes at even, highlighted by a birdie at the par-5 No. 4. Choi moved up to 1-over with a birdie at the par-4 No. 13, but dropped back to 2-over with a bogey at No. 14. She was able to get back to 1-over with a birdie on the par-3 No. 17 and enters the final round tied for 29th at 2-over, 146.
Sophomore Kirsty Hodgkins shot a 2-over, 74, and is tied for 24th place through two rounds at 1-over, 145. Hodgkins logged a team-best 14 pars for the round, hovering right around even until the end of her round. She started her round off with seven straight pars before dropping to 1-over with a bogey at the par-3 No. 8. Hodgkins took that stroke back immediately with a birdie at the par-5 No. 9.
Hodgkins then reeled off another six pars in a row before running into trouble at the end, where she bogeyed two of her last three holes to finish the day.
Junior Gillian Vance shot a 5-over 77 and is tied for 63rd place through two rounds at 7-over, 151. She, like Hodgkins, played fairly even for most of the round, logging 13 pars, but wasn't able to grab a red number on the day. Vance played the first six holes at 2-over and stayed there through 13 with seven-straight pars. She dropped three strokes on the final five holes including back-to-back bogeys at No. 14 and No. 15.
Freshman Alisha Lau matched her round one score, shooting a 4-over, 76. She had Colorado's low score on the front, registering two of her three birdies on the first nine to take the turn at 1-under, 35. Lau had her first birdie at the par-4 No. 2 and then closed the front in the red at the par-5 No. 9. She struggled on the back, taking a double-bogey at the par-5 No. 10, and added four more bogeys from there. Lau's highlight on the back was a birdie at the par-4 No. 16. She enters Wednesday's final round tied for 73rd at 8-over, 152.
"The good news is we still have a chance," Kelly said. "We have to eliminate the mental errors and play fearlessly tomorrow."
Colorado will pair with Louisville and North Carolina for Wednesday's third round beginning from the No. 1 hole at 9 a.m. MT.
NOTES: Tuesday marked the first time in six rounds the Buffaloes didn't have a player shoot under par…Fan's 141 is Colorado's best 36-hole total at an NCAA Regional. She had a share of the previous mark with a 146 in 2016…Colorado continues to be the second-best par-5 team in the field playing those four holes at -11 under with an average score of 4.73.
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||
| Rank | Name | Score |
| T4. | Brittany Fan | 66-75—141 |
| T24. | Kirsty Hodgkins | 71-74—145 |
| T29. | Robyn Choi | 73-73—146 |
| T63. | Gillian Vance | 74-77—151 |
| T72. | Alisha Lau | 76-76—152 |
| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1. | Hira Naveed, Pepperdine | 72-67—139 |
| T2. | Andrea Lee, Stanford | 66-74—140 |
| T2. | Ziyi Wang, Stanford | 71-69—140 |
| T4. | Brittany Fan, Colorado | 66-75—141 |
| T4. | Kathleen Scavo, Oregon | 70-71—141 |
| T4. | Milagros Chaves, San Diego State | 71-70—141 |
| T4. | Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA | 68-73—141 |
| T4. | Marthe Wold, California | 71-70—141 |
| T4. | Emma Broze, Oklahoma State | 72-69—141 |
| T4. | Mariel Galdiano, UCLA | 66-75—141 |
| TEAM SCORES | ||
| Rank | Team | Score |
| T1. | Kent State | 284-290—574 |
| T1. | Stanford | 287-287—574 |
| 3. | UCLA | 280-295—575 |
| T4. | Ole Miss | 290-287—577 |
| T4. | Oregon | 287-290—577 |
| 6. | Oklahoma State | 291-289—580 |
| T7. | Louisville | 287-294—581 |
| T7. | North Carolina | 289-292—581 |
| T9. | Colorado | 284-298—582 |
| T9. | Pepperdine | 297-285—582 |
| 11. | San Diego State | 289-294—583 |
| 12. | South Carolina | 296-289—585 |
| 13. | California | 297-292—589 |
| 14. | North Carolina State | 296-296—592 |
| 15. | Princeton | 305-299—604 |
| 16. | Long Beach State | 304-304—608 |
| 17. | Grand Canyon | 306-306—612 |
| 18. | Fairleigh Dickinson | 315-313—628 |
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