Sept. 14, 2010
Round Two Results 
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers climbed four spots in round two of the Fall Preview presented by Callaway, recording a 293 (+5). It is a seven-stroke improvement from the Boilermakers' opening round of 300 at the Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas.
Purdue is tied with No. 7 Auburn for 10th with a two-round total of 593 (+17) and trail the leader, No. 4 Alabama (286-280=566) by 27 strokes. The Crimson Tide have blown away the 36-hole course record, previously held by Duke who recorded a 594 in 2006.
Alabama's Brooke Pancake and Vanderbilt's Marina Alex share the individual lead at six-under par. Pancake recorded a 73 on Tuesday after tying a course record with an opening-round 65. Alex carded a 71 in the second round for her two-round total of 138.
No. 17 LSU is in second place, No. 3 Southern California is third, No. 13 Georgia - who led after round one by firing an 11-under par 277 - is tied with No. 10 Vanderbilt for fourth place.
Four of Purdue's five golfers improved their scores by two strokes or more and for the second day in a row, Purdue senior Thea Hoffmeister recorded the team's low round. The Berlin, Germany, native fired an even-par 72 on Tuesday and is tied for 27th with a score of 146 (+2). Hoffmeister opened with a double-bogey on hole No. 10 and bogeyed No. 13. She recovered with a birdie on No. 14 and went on to birdie No. 18 and No. 6 to finish even par.
Numa Gulyanamitta carded a one-over par 73, a two-stroke improvement from the opening round. She is tied for 33rd with a 148 (+4) after 36 holes. Gulyanamitta recorded three bogeys in her first 10 holes but made birdies on No. 6 and No. 7 to get back to one-over for the day.
Sophomore Laura Gonzalez-Escallon shot a 73 in the second round and is tied for 41st, just one stroke behind Gulyanamitta with a 149 (+5). Gonzalez-Escallon, the 2010 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, recorded three birdies and four bogeys on Tuesday.
Freshman Alex Stewart fired a 75 for the second-consecutive round and is tied for 48th place with a two-round score of 150 (+6).
Senior Maude-Aimee LeBlanc made the biggest strides in the second round, improving her score by seven strokes with a 75. She moved up to a tie for 77th with a 157. LeBlanc, who averaged a conference-best 73.0 strokes per round last season, opened with an 82 on Monday. The Sherbrooke, Quebec, native is Purdue's highest rated individual in the preseason, ranked No. 4 by Golfweek.
Play resumes at 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday for the third and final round of the Fall Preview hosted by Texas A&M. Purdue tees off from hole No. 10 beginning at 8:39 a.m. and will be paired with Auburn and Wake Forest. Full results from round two and round three live scoring are available at golfstat.com. Final results will be posted to purduesports.com at the conclusion of Wednesday's round.