May 19, 2009
Round One Results 
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The ninth-ranked Purdue women's golf team is competing in its 10th straight NCAA Championships and is currently 11th after the first round of action. The Boilermakers recorded a team score of 306 (+18) on Tuesday and were led by senior Maria Hernandez who fired a two-over par 74.
Denver, the NCAA East Regional champions has the team lead after 18 holes with a plus-six total of 294. UCLA is two strokes behind in second place (296, +8) and North Carolina is third after recording an 11-over par 299.
Stephanie Sherlock from Denver and North Carolina's Catherine O'Donnell are tied for first after firing 72s. They were the only golfers to record below-par scores on Tuesday.
Hernandez, who is ranked No. 7 as an individual, sits in a tie for 12th with 13 other golfers after firing a team-low 74 in the first round. The three-time Big Ten Player of the Year recorded par on her first five holes before bogeying holes No. 6, 7 and 8. The Pamplona, Spain, native recovered with a birdie on No. 9 and played even-par on the entire back nine.
Sophomores Maude-Aimee Leblanc and Thea Hoffmeister both carded 76s on Tuesday and are tied for 38th. LeBlanc is coming off a fourth place finish at the NCAA Central Regional and was just one-over par after the first nine holes. The Sherbrooke, Quebec, native bogeyed four of her last six holes, but had a birdie on No. 17 to finish four-over on the day. Hoffmeister birdied No. 3 and No. 8, but had four bogeys on the front nine and two on the back to finish with four-over par.
Junthima Gulyanamitta is tied for 91st after firing a plus-eight 80 in the opening round. The sophomore jumped out to a hot start, shooting par on the first two holes and birdies on No. 3 and No. 4. Gulyanamitta followed up the birdies with back-to-back bogeys and then double-bogeyed No. 8. The first team All-Big Ten selection averages 75.0 strokes per round.
Freshman Vaishavi Sinha fired an 88 and is in 125th place.
The Boilermakers will tee off Wednesday from hole No. 10 starting at 8:50 a.m. ET. Follow Purdue in the second round through live scoring on golfstat.com. Round two results will be posted at purduesports.com and live webstreaming will be available at NCAA.com on both Thursday and Friday.
The NCAA Women's Golf Championships is a four-day, 72-hole event is being held at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., a par-72, 6,443-yard venue.