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Jennifer Chang
No. 3 USC Maintains 9-Stroke Lead After Stanford Intercollegiate Second Round
October 20, 2018 | Women's Golf, Features
Alyaa Abdulghany and Jennifer Chang card par rounds to lead Troy Saturday.
Sophomores Jennifer Chang and Alyaa Abdulghany both registered par rounds to lead the No. 3 USC women's golf team in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate on Saturday (Oct. 19), helping the Trojans maintain the lead 36 holes into the tournament.
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The Trojans now sit at 10-under 558 (272-286), nine strokes ahead of second-place Northwestern while host Stanford is third at par.
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A day after combining for a 272, among the top 5 rounds in program history, USC used a more workmanlike performance as the Trojans seek their second straight win.
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Abdulghany established a collegiate best 67 on Friday and used a par round Saturday to move into fourth at 4-under 138 (67-71). She had four birdies on the day and is five strokes out of first.
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Chang is tied for eighth at 2-under 140 (69-71) after her par round with three birdies. She is trying to pocket her 10th straight top 15 finish.
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Sophomore Amelia Garvey (69-72) and freshman Malia Nam (67-74) are tied for 10th at 1-under 141. Nam shook off a 5-under front 9 to close with a 2-under back. Garvey had one birdie, two bogeys in her round.
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Sophomore Gabriela Ruffels is tied for 19th at 1-over 143 (71-72). Coming off her first win in USC's last event, she had four birdies in her round.
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The Trojans now sit at 10-under 558 (272-286), nine strokes ahead of second-place Northwestern while host Stanford is third at par.
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A day after combining for a 272, among the top 5 rounds in program history, USC used a more workmanlike performance as the Trojans seek their second straight win.
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Abdulghany established a collegiate best 67 on Friday and used a par round Saturday to move into fourth at 4-under 138 (67-71). She had four birdies on the day and is five strokes out of first.
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Chang is tied for eighth at 2-under 140 (69-71) after her par round with three birdies. She is trying to pocket her 10th straight top 15 finish.
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Sophomore Amelia Garvey (69-72) and freshman Malia Nam (67-74) are tied for 10th at 1-under 141. Nam shook off a 5-under front 9 to close with a 2-under back. Garvey had one birdie, two bogeys in her round.
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Sophomore Gabriela Ruffels is tied for 19th at 1-over 143 (71-72). Coming off her first win in USC's last event, she had four birdies in her round.
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