Romfo and McIlvaine Pace Women’s Golf Following First Day at City of Oaks Collegiate
RALEIGH, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's golf team is tied for 10th after the first day and two rounds at the City of Oaks Collegiate, hosted by NC State at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's golf team is tied for 10th after the first day and two rounds at the City of Oaks Collegiate, hosted by NC State at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Senior Ava Romfo and Kasey McIlvaine are tied for the team lead and stand together at 33rd in the field at 13-over-par (157) through two rounds.
TEAM
- The Spartans finished 59-over-par (635), shooting 43-over-par (331) in round one before posting a 16-over-par (304) in the second round.
- UNCG made a jump from 15th place to a tie for 10th during the second round.
- After two rounds of action on day one, UNCG ranks sixth as a team with 16 birdies.
- The Spartans have been at their best on par-three holes, averaging 3.19 strokes on par threes, which ranks tied for seventh with Charlotte after two rounds.
- UNCG finished ahead of the only other Southern Conference (SoCon) school in the tournament, Western Carolina, which finished 13th at 66-over-par (642).
- East Carolina is on top of the team leaderboard after the first two rounds at 11-over-par (587).
INDIVIDUAL
- Romfo and McIlvaine are tied at 33rd while leading the Spartans after the first day and two rounds of the tournament.
- Romfo shot nine-over-par (81) in round one before posting a four-over-par (76) in round two. She is tied for seventh with five birdies so far.
- McIlvaine shot 10-over-par (82) in the opening round and three-over-par (75) in round two.
- Sophomore Elle Burnette shot 12-over-par (84) and two-over-par (74) and stands in a tie for 43rd at 14-over-par (158).
- Freshman Lulu Leetham posted a 12-over-par (84) and seven-over-par (79) to finish the day tied for 62nd at 19-over-par (163).
- Freshman Sophie Lauture shot a 15-over-par (87) and 12-over-par (84) to finish day one tied for 87th at 27-over-par (171).
- Campbell's Mira Berglund leads after the first two rounds at one-under-par (143) after shooting rounds of 70 and 73.
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The Spartans will play the final round of the City of Oaks Collegiate at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Saturday morning, with an 8:30 a.m. double tee off at holes 1 and 10.
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