Women's Golf | 2/27/2017 7:25:00 PM
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Anne-Charlotte Mora is tied for 12th overall and the Texas State University women's golf team is ninth on the team leaderboard after two rounds of play at the University of Houston-hosted The Dickson, contested at par-72, 6,296-yard Tournament Course at The Woodlands Country Club.
The Bobcats opened the tournament with a season-best 1-under 287, then fired a 10-over 298 to carry a 585 (+9) into the final round. The Bobcats are two strokes ahead of rival UTSA (587) and three up the host Cougars (588).
Florida State, ranked third by Golfstat, leads the 16-team field with a 22-under 554 (275-279). No. 42 SMU is second (569, -7) followed by No 10 Kent State (575, -1). No. 18 Purdue, No. 35 Texas Tech and No. 17 Texas A&M are tied for fourth with 1-over, 577.
Mora, a sophomore, shot matching 1-under rounds of 71 for her 142 tally. Her first time around the course, she carded four birdies and 11 pars. In the afternoon she posted three birdies and 13 pars, including seven straight to open the round. The Nantes, France, native led the field in par-4 scoring, playing the holes a combined 4-under.
Maty Monzingo, the defending Sun Belt championship medalist, is tied for 20th overall with a 1-over 145. Monzingo, like Mora, shot a 1-under 71 to open the tournament. She then posted a 2-over 74. Monzingo's day consisted of six birdies and 23 pars. The senior played both the par-3 and par-5 holes a combined 1-under.
Senior Raksha Phadke turned in rounds of 73 and 75 for a 148 to sit tied for 43rd. Phadke rolled in four birdie putts on the day. Freshman Sasikarn Somboonsup carded rounds of 72 and 78 for her 150, tying for 54th after 36 holes of play. Somboonsup is tied for seventh in the field with 26 total pars.
Sarah is tied for 75th overall after rounds of 77 and 79 (156). Her day consisted of 20 pars and four birdies.
The third and final round is slated for an 8:00 a.m. start Tuesday morning.
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