Julie Hovland Director of Operations/ Assistant Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Julie Hovland Director of Operations/ Assistant Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
The Illinois women's golf team is positioned in sixth place after the second round of the Nexus Collegiate tournament, held in New Providence, Bahamas. The team achieved a total score of 301 (+13).
Leading the charge for Illinois is Isabel Sy, who will enter the final round with a three-stroke advantage following her impressive 3-under 69 performance. Sy managed to maintain consistency throughout her round, beginning at 1-under on the front nine and concluding with 2-under on the back nine. Her six birdies during this round bring her total to nine over 36 holes. She leads the field in par 4 (3.88, -2) and par 5 (4.30, -7) scoring categories. The senior from San Gabriel, California, aims for her first career tournament victory and seeks to secure her fourth consecutive Top 5 finish this season.
Freshman Yurang Li is tied for 14th place after carding a second-round score of 78 (+6). Despite an initial struggle with a front-nine score of 41 (+5), Li improved with a back-nine score of 37 (+1), accumulating three birdies in total. Like Sy, Li has also recorded nine birdies across two rounds, tying for fourth-most among competitors.
Anna Ritter finds herself tied for 44th place after shooting a round of 79 (+7). Meanwhile, Lexanne Halama and Erica Lee are both tied for 55th place with scores of 80 (+8) and 75 (+3), respectively.
Competing individually, Sophia Sulkar is currently tied for 64th place following her second-round score of 83 (+11).
Kentucky tops the team leaderboard at +3 (579), while their player Laney Frye trails Isabel Sy by three strokes in pursuit of the individual tournament lead.
The Illinois team will continue its participation in tomorrow's final round with play commencing at a shotgun start scheduled for 7:00 a.m. CT.
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