Feb. 8, 2010
Round Two Results // Round Three Pairings
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After the second of three rounds at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, P.R., the fourth-ranked Purdue women's golf team is in fourth place. The Boilermakers recorded a team score of 295 (72-73-74-77) on Monday for a two-round total of 591.
No. 9 Alabama is in first place with a two-round total of 582 (295-287), 10th-ranked Georgia is second with a score of 587 (292-295) and Oklahoma State is third with a team total of 588 (300-288).
Purdue junior Thea Hoffmeister, who was atop the leader board after a first-round 66, carded a 73 in the second and is tied for second place at 139 (-5). She is competing as an individual, so her rounds do not count toward Purdue's team total. Hoffmeister trails Baylor's Hannah Burke by one stroke. Burke has played consistently strong golf, firing a 69 in each round of the event for a two-day total of 138 (-6).
The Boilermakers were again paced by junior Numa Gulyanamitta who recorded an even-par 72 on Monday. She is currently tied for seventh with a total of 143. Junior Maude-Aimee LeBlanc and sophomore Kishi Sinha are both tied for 20th with scores of 149. Sinha added a 74 to her opening round 75 and LeBlanc, ranked third nationally as an individual, carded a 77 in the second round after shooting even par on Sunday.
Freshman Laura Gonzalez Escallon recorded the second-lowest score for Purdue in the second round, shooting a one-over par 73. She is tied for 27th with a two-round total of 151 (78-73). Paula Reto is tied for 42nd, adding a score of 76 to her opening round 79.
Kent State is in fifth place with a team total of 600 and trail the Boilermakers by nine strokes.
Purdue is the host of the eighth annual tournament and the defending champions. The event is being played at the Trump International Golf Club on the Championship Course, a par-72, 6,219-yard venue designed by Tom Kite.
Round three begins Tuesday with a shotgun start at 6:45a.m. ET. Live scoring is not available, but final results will be posted to purduesports.com.
For full results please see the attached PDFs.