Tuesday, April 16
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
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Allisen Corpuz fired a season-best tying 69 Tuesday.
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No. 1 USC Maintains Lead After Pac-12 Championships Second Round
April 16, 2019 | Women's Golf, Features
The Trojans, led today by Allisen Corpuz's 69, will take seven-stroke edge into final round.
Junior Allisen Corpuz posted a 2-under 69 while sophomore Jennifer Chang carded an even round as the No. 1 USC women's golf team extended its lead to seven strokes after the second round of the Trojan-hosted 2019 Pac-12 Championships on Tuesday (April 16) at the Palos Verdes G.C.
The Trojans, seeking their seventh conference title and the first since 2016, combined for a 2-over 286 and are now leading the tournament at 1-over 569 (283-286). Stanford is second at 8-over 576 while Arizona, the defending NCAA champion, is third at 14-over 582.
USC, trying to repeat its feat by winning a conference crown while hosting at Palos Verdes as it did in a 26-stroke win in 2008, began the day with a six-stroke lead. The Trojan advantage ebbed and flowed throughout the round before settling at seven as Troy looks for its sixth win this season.
"We drove it really well today," USC Coach Justin Silverstein said. "Our iron play was okay, kind of got off in spots, but still picking good targets and missing it in the right spots. Our speed on the greens has been great. It doesn't look like we have great speed, but I think compared to the field we've had better speed and the data we keep kind of showed us that for yesterday and duplicated today. If we can do that again tomorrow, we can put ourselves in good position at the end of the round."
Corpuz (73-69), Chang (71-71) and sophomore Gabriela Ruffels (70-72) are part of a five-way tie for third at par 142, seven back of Stanford leader Albane Valenzuela and three behind ASU's second-place Olivia Mehaffey.
Corpuz matched her season best today, her previous 69 also coming on this course in the second round of this year's Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. She birdied 3 in a 1-under front 9 and birdied 10 and 14 in a 1-under back. She is seeking her second straight top 10 finish.
Chang birdied 8 and 9 to turn at 1-under and was still 1-under until a late bogey on 17. She is after her seventh top 10 this year. Ruffels turned at 1-over and finished the back at par with birdies on 6 and 15 today. She is looking for her fifth top 10.
Sophomore Alyaa Abdulghany is tied for ninth at 2-over 144 (70-74). She was 1-over going out, 2-over coming in, also in line for a potential top 10 finish. Freshman Malia Nam is tied for 21st at 7-over 149 (72-77).
Silverstein, on the challenging wind in the afternoon: "We are a morning practicing team, so we don't see that 15-20 (mph winds) that it got to down between holes 12 and 15. But it got really nasty and lots of greens were missed with short clubs. So, frustration runs high when that happens for good players. We had to fight through it, and there were a couple of great up and downs by Jenn and Gabriela while Alyaa battled hard. Allisen was so steady, her back nine was super impressive."
USC will tee off Wednesday beginning at 10:10 a.m. with second-place Stanford. Pac-12 Network live coverage begins at 2 p.m.
The Trojans, seeking their seventh conference title and the first since 2016, combined for a 2-over 286 and are now leading the tournament at 1-over 569 (283-286). Stanford is second at 8-over 576 while Arizona, the defending NCAA champion, is third at 14-over 582.
USC, trying to repeat its feat by winning a conference crown while hosting at Palos Verdes as it did in a 26-stroke win in 2008, began the day with a six-stroke lead. The Trojan advantage ebbed and flowed throughout the round before settling at seven as Troy looks for its sixth win this season.
"We drove it really well today," USC Coach Justin Silverstein said. "Our iron play was okay, kind of got off in spots, but still picking good targets and missing it in the right spots. Our speed on the greens has been great. It doesn't look like we have great speed, but I think compared to the field we've had better speed and the data we keep kind of showed us that for yesterday and duplicated today. If we can do that again tomorrow, we can put ourselves in good position at the end of the round."
Corpuz (73-69), Chang (71-71) and sophomore Gabriela Ruffels (70-72) are part of a five-way tie for third at par 142, seven back of Stanford leader Albane Valenzuela and three behind ASU's second-place Olivia Mehaffey.
Corpuz matched her season best today, her previous 69 also coming on this course in the second round of this year's Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. She birdied 3 in a 1-under front 9 and birdied 10 and 14 in a 1-under back. She is seeking her second straight top 10 finish.
Chang birdied 8 and 9 to turn at 1-under and was still 1-under until a late bogey on 17. She is after her seventh top 10 this year. Ruffels turned at 1-over and finished the back at par with birdies on 6 and 15 today. She is looking for her fifth top 10.
Sophomore Alyaa Abdulghany is tied for ninth at 2-over 144 (70-74). She was 1-over going out, 2-over coming in, also in line for a potential top 10 finish. Freshman Malia Nam is tied for 21st at 7-over 149 (72-77).
Silverstein, on the challenging wind in the afternoon: "We are a morning practicing team, so we don't see that 15-20 (mph winds) that it got to down between holes 12 and 15. But it got really nasty and lots of greens were missed with short clubs. So, frustration runs high when that happens for good players. We had to fight through it, and there were a couple of great up and downs by Jenn and Gabriela while Alyaa battled hard. Allisen was so steady, her back nine was super impressive."
USC will tee off Wednesday beginning at 10:10 a.m. with second-place Stanford. Pac-12 Network live coverage begins at 2 p.m.
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