Graf Leads Ducks in Ihlanfeldt Second Round

Tuesday, October 6

Seattle, Wash.

All Day

University of Oregon

9th, 646

Sahalee Country Club

10/06/09 | Women's Golf

By: GoDucks.com

* Complete results are available in the LINKS box to the right (note: results were revised late Tuesday night to reflect a five-less stroke differential in Monika Graf's score).

SAMMAMISH, Wash. – The No. 32-ranked University of Oregon women's golf team climbed four spots Tuesday in Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational second-round action hosted by the University of Washington at the Sahalee Country Club.

The Ducks shot the seventh-best score of the day with their 27-over score of 315 to give them an overall score of 641 and stand in a tie for seventh overall in the 13-team field.

Overall, No. 13 California owned a 10-stroke lead (296-303-599), while No. 24 Stanford improved a position into second place (308-301-609). No. 8 Pepperdine jumped three positions Tuesday to move into third place (311-302-613), and was followed by San Francisco (fourth, 301-313-614) and No. 45 San Jose State (fifth, 309-311-620).

Individually for UO, junior Monika Graf carded UO's lowest score of the tournament so far and was tied for 39th overall (86-76-162) Junior Kendra Little still led the Ducks in the overall standings (30th-t, 82-78-160), and UO's other scorers Tuesday included senior Kate Hildahl (46th-tie, 84-79-163) and junior Erica Omlid (36th-tie, 79-82-161). Freshman Cheyenne Hickle rounded out the Oregon contingent (52nd-tie, 81-84-165).

For the day, three Ducks each carded three birdies - Graf (par-4 #1, par-5 #2, par-3 #5), Hildahl (par-5 #2 and 6, par-4 #7) and Graf (par-3 #5 and 13, and par-4 #16). Little also had a pair of birdies on the par-4 third and par-5 18th holes, and Hickle logged her second birdie of the tourney Tuesday on the par-5 11th.

For comparison's sake, Oregon's opening round standings from Monday follow: Omlid (26th, 79), Hickle (38th-t, 81), Little (49th-t, 82), Hildahl (57th, 84) and Graf (62nd, 86).

Overall on the individual front, California's Pia Halbig improved a spot Tuesday to move into the lead (73-73-146) by one stroke over teammate Emily Childs (second, 73-74-147). First-day leader Natasha Podmore of San Francisco followed in a tie for third (72-76-148) with Katrina Delen Briones of San Jose State (73-75-148).

Regularly updated hole-by-hole results each round are available at the www.Golfstat.com website at the http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1823 URL address.

Looking ahead, the Ducks return for a single final round Wednesday morning, with the first tee time set for 8 a.m.

More tourney information is available at University of Washington's www.GoHuskies.com website at their http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/09-ihlanfeldt-invitational.html tournament page URL address.

SECOND ROUND FINAL RESULTS

Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational
Sahalee Country Club
Sammamish, Wash.
Par 72, 6,136 yards
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

*Revised Team Results – 1, California, 296-303-599. 2, Stanford, 308-301-609. 3, Pepperdine, 311-302-613. 4, San Francisco, 301-313-614. 5, San Jose State, 309-311-620. 6, Washington, 310-314-624. 7t, Oregon, 326-315-641. 7t, Oregon State, 324-317-641. 8, Idaho, 321-321-642. 10, Washington State, 333-315-648. 11, BYU, 320-330-650. 12, Long Beach State, 322-329-651. 13, New Mexico State, 333-350-683.

Top Individual Results – 1, Pia Halbig, California, 73-73-146. 2, Emily Childs, California, 73-74-147. 3t, Katrina Delen Briones, San Jose State, 73-75-148. 3t, Natasha Podmore, San Francisco, 72-76-148. 5t, Anya Alvarez, Washington, 75-74-149. 5t, Joanne Lee, California, 75-74-149. 5t, Sally Watson, Stanford, 77-72-149. 5t, Madeleine Ziegert, San Jose State, 73-76-149. 9, Danielle Cvitanov, San Francisco, 76-74-150. 10, Kristina Wong, Stanford, 76-75-151.

*Revised Oregon Individual Results – 30t, Kendra Little, 82-78-160. 36t, Erica Omlid, 79-82-161. 39t, Monika Graf, 86-76-162. 46t, Kate Hildahl, 84-79-163. 52t, Cheyenne Hickle, 81-84-165.