Women’s Golf 16th Through Second Round on West Coast

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's golf team is currently in 16th place following the completion of the second round at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, a tournament welcoming a field of 16 teams, including 10 ranked among the top 25 in the country, to Palos Verdes Estates, California. Ohio State University is the host of the three-day tournament held at the Palos Verdes Golf Club on a par-71, 6,017-yard course where the Hoyas have posted a two-day team score of 39-over par 607 (303-304).

HOW IT HAPPENED

Megan Gormley and Gabriella Gilrowski are tied for 42nd in the individual standings. Gilrowski had the low card on the day with a 72, including a trio of birdies. She once again opened play on the back nine with a birdie on hole 10. She finished the back nine at 2-under before the front nine gave her some trouble and she closed the round at 1-over with a two-day score of 149 (+7. 77-72).
Gormley tallied a pair of birdies on the back nine to close the frame at even par. However, setbacks on the front pushed the junior to a two-day score of 149 (+7, 75-74).
Lauren May was another Hoya who found herself with a pair of birdies on the back nine. With birdies on holes 11 and 18, May closed Monday with a 78 for a two-day score of 13-over-par 155 (T69th).
Kaitlyn Lees had a rough go at it on the back nine but her play was more consistent in the closing frame as she has a two-round score of 157 (+15, 74-83), tied for 73rd.
Angela Lee tallied a quartet of birdies on the day, totaling six so far in the tournament, with a pair each on the front and back nine. She sits in a tie for 76th at 17-over 159.

THERESE HESSION REGIONAL CHALLENGE STANDINGS THROUGH ROUND 2

1. No. 1 Stanford (+2, 286-284=570); 2. No. 3 San Jose State (+4, 286-286=572); 3. No. 23 Southern California (+9, 290-287=577); T4. No. 35 Ohio State (+10, 286-292=578) / No. 5 Oregon (+10288-290=578); 6. No. 18 Baylor (+11, 282-297=579); T7. No. 6 Texas (+17, 290-295=585) / No. 15 Arizona (+17, 294-291=585) / No. 24 Kentucky (+17, 292-293=585); 10. Illinois (+19, 295-292=587); 11. No. 12 UCLA (+20, 296-292=588); 12. No. 37 Pepperdine (+23, 292-299=591); 13. No. 28 Florida (+28, 301-295=596); 14. No. 21 SMU (+35, 299-304=603); 15. Washington (+38, 307-299=606); 16. Georgetown (+39, 303-304=607)

FOLLOW THE HOYAS

Live scoring via Golfstat is available on GUHoyas.com.
Round 3 will be a shotgun start with Gormley (hole 14), Gilrowski (15) May (16), Lee (17A) and Lees (17B) all teeing off at 11:15 a.m. ET.

UP NEXT
Following this trip out west, the Hoyas travel to Boynton Beach, Florida to compete at the Atlantic Invitational February 20-21 at the Indian Spring Golf Club.

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