FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Samantha Brown, Olivia Hemmila and Luana Valero carded rounds of 75 (+4) to lead Purdue Women’s Golf on a difficult day at the Mason Rudolph Championship. The Boilermakers find themselves in seventh place in the 15-team field through 36 holes at Vanderbilt Legends Club.
Valero made a team-high three birdies on Saturday. The sophomore birdied a pair of par 3s before recording her third bird at the par-5 18th to conclude her round.
Both of Brown’s birdied came on par 5s, and the Boilermaker remained in the Top 15, tied for 14th at 1-over par (68-75).
Hemmila shaved three strokes off her opening round to match her teammates for Purdue’s lowest round of the day. The Oakland transfer finished strong, playing the final five holes 1-under par thanks to four pars and a birdie at the par-3 16th.
The Boilermakers look to find the success they had in the first round and climb the leaderboard during Sunday’s final round. Purdue will tee off alongside Northwestern (+15) and North Carolina (+15), beginning at 9 a.m. ET.
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BOILERMAKERS
T-14. Samantha Brown: 68-75—143 (+1)
T-38. Ashley Kim: 68-79—147 (+5)
T-38. Lauren Timpf: 71-76—147 (+5)
52. Luana Valero: 74-75—149 (+7)
T-65: Olivia Hemmila: 78-75—153 (+11)
*T-58: Michaela Headlee: 75-76—151 (+9)
*Competing as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
- Florida: 278-282—560 (-8)
2. Mississippi State: 284-279—563 (-5)
T-3. Vanderbilt: 282-286—568 (E)
T-3. Arizona State: 283-285—568 (E)
5. Georgia Southern: 290-289—579 (+11)
6. Louisville: 285-296—581 (+13)
7. Purdue: 281-301—582 (+14)
T-8. Northwestern: 285-298—583 (+15)
T-8. North Carolina: 294-289—583 (+15)
10. Charleston: 292-296—588 (+20)
11. Western Kentucky: 293-296—589 (+21)
12. Clemson: 291-299—590 (+22)
13. FAU: 293-309—602 (+34)
14. Long Beach State: 310-300—610 (+42)
15. Middle Tennessee: 299-316—615 (+47)