Oct. 27, 2007
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The Purdue women's golf team slipped into second place and the men dropped to fifth in the second round of the Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall. Tulsa opened up a 10-stroke margin over Ohio State in the men's standings and Wake Forest stormed into the lead in the women's competition.
Purdue's Christel Boeljon continues to lead the women's field after shooting even par for a 4-under 68-72=140 score after two rounds. She leads the Wake Forest tandem of Nannette Hill and Laura Crawford by one stroke heading into Sunday's finale. Seven women played the course under par on the day.
Junior Maria Hernandez carded a two-over par 74 on Saturday to go with her opening-round 71. She is tied for sixth with a one-over par 145. Freshman Maude-Aimee Leblanc had the second-lowest score for the Boilermakers today, firing a 73, tying her for 13th with a total of 148. Junthima Gulyanamitta is tied for 27th after an 80 in the second round and Stephanie Oukeo is tied for 44th, carding an 82.
In the men's team standings, the Golden Hurricane, which led by four strokes following Friday's opening round, shot a 285 on Saturday for a two-day total of 286-285=571. Trailing Tulsa are Ohio State (295-286=581), Virginia Tech (300-282=582), Georgia Southern (292-291=583), Purdue (293-293=586), Iowa (298-291=589), UNC Wilmington (302-293=595), Virginia (309-289=598), Xavier (309-290=599), Kansas (308-295=603), Virginia Commonwealth (311-296=607) and William & Mary (315-307=622).
Individually, Tulsa junior Nicolas Geyger widened his advantage on the men's leaderboard by shooting a 4-under-par 68 early Saturday for a 67-68=135 total. Geyger is four shots in front of Ohio State's Bo Coconis (71-68=139) and Georgia Southern's Drew Lethem (71-68=139). Sixteen players played below-par rounds as weather conditions improved dramatically on the rain-dampened course.
The Boilermakers were led today by freshmen Nakarintra Ratanakul and Maximo Kopp who both fired even-par 72 in the second round. Ratanakul is tied for 18th with a two-day total of 147. Kopp is tied for 30th, totaling 150. Junior Tom Oliver is the low golfer for Purdue after two rounds, tied for ninth with an even-par 144. Oliver fired a 73 on Saturday after an opening round 71. Michael Randle is tied for 18th after carding a 76, for a plus-three 147. Erich Johnston fired a 77 and is in 39th place.
On the women's side, the Demon Deacons entered Saturday trailing leader Purdue by nine strokes, but shot a sizzling 281 to move ahead of the Boilermakers by nine shots. Wake Forest leads the field with a 1-over-par 296-281=577 total, followed by Purdue (287-299=586), Michigan State (299-291=590), Virginia (290-302=592), UNC Wilmington (308-288=596), Ohio State (297-302=599), Tulsa (310-290=600), UNC Chapel Hill (310-311=621), N.C. State (319-303=622), Michigan (306-318=624), UNC Greensboro (320-308=628) and Penn State (325-308=633).
The third and final round of the 24-team event gets under way Sunday, with the Boilermaker men teeing off beginning at 9:02 a.m. and the women teeing off starting at 11:27 a.m. Live scoring can be found at golfstat.com and final results will be posted at purduesports.com.