Pressel continues to pace Texas Longhorns Women’s Golf at Stanford Intercollegiate

Senior Madison Pressel carded a team-best and even-par 71 in Saturday’s second round.

PALO ALTO, CA (October 20, 2012)  Texas senior Madison Pressel continued to pace the Longhorns at the Stanford Intercollegiate by carding an even-par 71 in Saturday’s second round. Through 36 holes, Pressel is tied for 25^th place at 4-over 146 (75-71).

Pressel overcame five bogeys with as many bogeys toresult in the even scorecard. After beginning her round with a bogey on 10, she bounced back with a pair of subpars on 11 and 12. Her second bogey came on 14, but a third birdie at 17 led her to turn at 1-under. She dipped to 2-under through 10 holes with another birdie on the first hole, but gave up two strokes with bogeys at two and six. A final birdie at seven and bogey at nine capped Pressel’s second round at Stanford Golf Course.

Senior Haley Stephens (76-74=150) notched Texas’ second-lowest round of the day with a 3-over 74. Stephens trails Pressel byfour strokes and is tied for 49^th place.

Sophomore Bertine Strauss (80-79) and senior Desiree Dubreuil (80-79) are tied for 85^th with matching 159 (+17) totals. Freshman Tezira Abe (80-83=163) rounds out the UT squad in 89^th place.

Southern California (286-285=571) holds a four-stroke lead over second-place Washington (290-285=575) on the team leaderboard. Oklahoma State (289-288=577) and Oregon State (287-290) are knotted in third place.

The Longhorns are set to conclude the Stanford Intercollegiate Sunday beginning at 7 a.m. Central off the 10^th tee alongside California and a quintet of individual players from Stanford, UC Davis and Cal.

Stanford Intercollegiate

Stanford Golf Course (par 71; 6,130 yards)

Second-round Team Standings

1. Southern California – 286-285=571 (+3)

2. Washington – 290-285=575 (+7)

T3. Oklahoma State – 289-288=577 (+9)

T3. Oregon State - 287-290=577 (+9)

T5. Stanford – 289-290=579 (+11)

T5. Vanderbilt – 288-291=579 (+11)

T5. Arizona State – 290-289=579 (+11)

8. Arizona – 294-289=583 (+15)

9. Georgia – 293-295=588 (+20)

10. UCLA – 296-295=591 (+23)

T11. UC Davis – 295-297=592 (+24)

T11. Pepperdine – 304-291=592 (+24)

13. Harvard – 304-290=594 (+26)

14. Oregon – 298-301=599 (+31)

15. San Jose State – 303-298=601 (+33)

16. California – 307-298=605 (+37)

17. Texas – 311-302-613 (+45)

Second-roundPlayer Leaderboard

T1. Kyung Kim, Southern California – 72-66=138 (-4)

T2. Doris Chen, Southern California – 69-70=139 (-3)

T2. Kelsey Vines, Oklahoma State – 70-69=139 (-3)

T4. SooBin Kim, Washington – 72-68=140 (-2)

T4. Grace Na, Pepperdine – 72-68=140 (-2)

T6. Emilie Burger, Georgia – 71-70=141 (-1)

T6. Lauren Sewell, Oregon State – 71-70=141 (-1)

T8. Josephine Janson, Oklahoma State – 69-73=142 (E)

T8. Sophia Popov, Southern California – 70-72=142 (E)

T8. Lauren Stratton, Vanderbilt – 71-71=142 (E)

Texas Players

T25. Madison Pressel – 75-71=146 (+4)

T49. Haley Stephens – 76-74=150 (+8)

T85. Bertine Strauss – 80-79=159 (+17)

T85. Desiree Dubreuil – 80-79=159 (+17)

89. Tezira Abe – 80-83=163 (+21)