Mehaffey leads as Leona closes gap
Olivia Mehaffey. Picture: thesundevils.com
Leona Maguire surged to within two shots of Olivia Mehaffey before a double-bogey, bogey finish left the world number one five adrift of her international team-mate entering the final round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in California.
After opening with a four-over 75 to trail Arizona State's Mehaffey by seven strokes, Leona came out with all guns blazing in the second round at the 6,017-yard, par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club.
Starting on the back nine, she rolled in a four-foot birdie on the 12th, an 11-footer on the 13th and tapped in for birdie on the 453-yard, par-five 16th before making an impressive up-and-down for par on the 18th to turn in 33.
But after picking up two more birdies at the fifth and sixth, her double-bogey, bogey finish saw her card a two-under 69 that eventually left her tied for ninth on two-over 144.
She's five strokes behind Mehaffey, who followed her opening 68 (holing in one at the 200-yard second with a 19-degree rescue) with a level par 71 featuring four bogeys and four birdies to lead by a stroke on three-under 139 from Texas' Kaitlyn Papp (69 71) and UCLA's Patty Tavatanakit (71 69).
It was a still a big move for Leona, who jumped 30 spots on the leaderboard to joint ninth on two-under par.
Duke moved up to joint sixth behind new leaders Alabama with Lisa Maguire's 76 leaving her 42nd on eight-over.
Alabama and UCLA (576) hold the individual lead with Arizona (577), Arizona State (583), Stanford (587), Duke (589), Florida (589), Northwestern (592), Baylor (593) and Texas (594) rounding out the top 10.
Team Scores
T3 T1 Alabama 292 284 576 +8
T3 T1 UCLA 292 284 576 +8
T1 3 Arizona 285 292 577 +9
T1 4 Arizona State 285 298 583 +15
T6 5 Stanford 295 292 587 +19
8 T6 Florida 296 293 589 +21
T9 T6 Duke 297 292 589 +21
5 8 Northwestern 293 299 592 +24
T12 9 Baylor 300 293 593 +25
11 10 Texas 298 296 594 +26
T9 11 Washington 297 299 596 +28
T14 12 Tennessee 303 295 598 +30
T6 13 Southern California 295 306 601 +33
T12 14 Ohio State 300 305 605 +37
17 15 Oklahoma State 307 300 607 +39
18 16 Wake Forest 310 301 611 +43
16 T17 UNLV 306 309 615 +47
T14 T17 San Diego State 303 312 615 +47
1 1 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 68 71 139 -3
T2 T2 Kaitlyn Papp Texas 69 71 140 -2
T8 T2 Patty Tavatanakit UCLA 71 69 140 -2
T14 T4 YuSang Hou Arizona 72 70 142 E
T32 T4 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 74 68 142 E
T5 T4 Bethany Wu UCLA 70 72 142 E
T8 T7 Gigi Stoll Arizona 71 72 143 +1
T2 T7 Kristen Gillman Alabama 69 74 143 +1
T5 T9 Chih-Min Chen Oklahoma State 70 74 144 +2
T39 T9 Leona Maguire Duke 75 69 144 +2
T14 T9 Mika Liu Stanford 72 72 144 +2
T39 T9 Lilia Vu UCLA 75 69 144 +2
T19 T9 Lakareber Abe Alabama 73 71 144 +2
T14 T14 Carlotta Ricolfi Florida 72 73 145 +3
T8 T14 Andrea Lee Stanford 71 74 145 +3
T2 T14 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 69 76 145 +3
T14 T17 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 72 74 146 +4
T39 T17 Sierra Brooks Florida 75 71 146 +4
T19 T17 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73 73 146 +4
T8 T17 Sarah Cho Northwestern 71 75 146 +4
T19 T17 Diane Baillieux Baylor 73 73 146 +4
T32 T17 Sara Kjellker San Diego State 74 72 146 +4
T39 T23 Hannah Kim Northwestern 75 72 147 +5
T32 T23 Janet Mao Northwestern 74 73 147 +5
T19 T23 Wenyung Keh Washington 73 74 147 +5
T19 T23 Alyaa Abdulghany Southern California 73 74 147 +5
T19 T23 Roberta Liti Arizona State 73 74 147 +5
T75 T23 Amy Lee Baylor 79 68 147 +5
T53 T23 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 76 71 147 +5
T14 T23 Bianca Pagdanganan Arizona 72 75 147 +5
T19 T23 Anna Newell Tennessee 73 74 147 +5
T5 T23 Haley Moore Arizona 70 77 147 +5
T53 T33 Sarah Rhee Washington 76 72 148 +6
T53 T33 Albane Valenzuela Stanford 76 72 148 +6
T39 T33 Adeena Shears Ohio State 75 73 148 +6
T19 T33 Alex Wright Ohio State 73 75 148 +6
T8 T33 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 71 77 148 +6
T8 T33 Madison Kerley Arizona State 71 77 148 +6
T32 T39 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 74 75 149 +7
T61 T39 Micheala Williams Tennessee 77 72 149 +7
T19 T39 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 73 76 149 +7
T64 T42 Alexis Sadeghy Oklahoma State 78 72 150 +8
T53 T42 Shannon Aubert Stanford 76 74 150 +8
T19 T42 Julianne Alvarez Washington 73 77 150 +8
T32 T42 Lisa Maguire Duke 74 76 150 +8
T39 T42 Agathe Laisne Texas 75 75 150 +8
T19 T42 Allisen Corpuz Southern California 73 77 150 +8
T39 T42 Sandra Nordaas Arizona 75 75 150 +8
T39 T42 Waverly Whiston Tennessee 75 75 150 +8
T39 T50 Ana Belac Duke 75 76 151 +9
T64 T50 Marta Perez Florida 78 73 151 +9
T32 T50 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 74 77 151 +9
T32 T50 Gabi Ruffels Southern California 74 77 151 +9
T39 T54 Karen Miyamoto Washington 75 77 152 +10
T64 T54 Mariel Galdiano UCLA 78 74 152 +10
T64 T54 Blakesly Warren Tennessee 78 74 152 +10
T75 T54 Polly Mack UNLV 79 73 152 +10
T39 T58 Divya Manthena * Southern California 75 78 153 +11
T39 T58 Jennifer Chang Southern California 75 78 153 +11
T39 T60 Monica Matsubara * Northwestern 75 79 154 +12
T64 T60 Greta Volker Texas 78 76 154 +12
T53 T60 Mackenzie Raim UNLV 76 78 154 +12
T19 T60 Elizabeth Prior UNLV 73 81 154 +12
T75 T64 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 79 76 155 +13
T87 T64 Miranda Wang Duke 81 74 155 +13
T87 T64 Maddie Luitwieler Texas 81 74 155 +13
T81 T64 Ziyi (Emily) Wang Stanford 80 75 155 +13
T61 T64 Amelia Garvey Southern California 77 78 155 +13
T64 T64 Angelica Moresco Alabama 78 77 155 +13
T75 T64 Fiona Liddell Baylor 79 76 155 +13
T64 T64 Nastasia Kossacky UNLV 78 77 155 +13
T53 T64 Joo Seo UCLA 76 79 155 +13
T39 T64 Gioia Carpinelli San Diego State 75 80 155 +13
T81 T74 Elin Esborn Florida 80 76 156 +14
T64 T74 Fernanda Escauriza San Diego State 78 78 156 +14
T87 T76 Stephanie Astrup Oklahoma State 81 76 157 +15
T92 T76 Alanis Sakuma * Ohio State 82 75 157 +15
T87 T76 Rino Sasaki Washington 81 76 157 +15
T53 T76 Emilee Hoffman Texas 76 81 157 +15
T19 T76 Stephanie Lau Northwestern 73 84 157 +15
T81 T81 Kenzie Neisen Oklahoma State 80 78 158 +16
T53 T81 Milagros Chaves San Diego State 76 82 158 +16
T61 T83 Erin Choi * UCLA 77 82 159 +17
T87 T83 Giovana Maymon * Baylor 81 78 159 +17
T81 T83 Mariah Smith Tennessee 80 79 159 +17
T64 T86 Sofia Seldemirova * Ohio State 78 82 160 +18
T81 T86 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 80 80 160 +18
95 T88 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 85 76 161 +19
T92 T88 Brooke Riley Northwestern 82 79 161 +19
T75 T88 Raquel Olmos Arizona State 79 82 161 +19
T75 T91 Emma Whitaker Oklahoma State 79 83 162 +20
94 T91 Maria Vesga Baylor 83 79 162 +20
T81 93 Alyssa Getty UNLV 80 83 163 +21
T64 94 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 78 87 165 +23
96 T95 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 88 78 166 +24
T64 T95 Georgia Lacey San Diego State 78 88 166 +24
