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UCF Women's Golf Team Remains In Third At C-USA Ch

C-USA Women's Golf Championship Central

April 24, 2007

Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF women's golf team remained in third place after the second round of the Conference USA Championship on Tuesday. Sophomore Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md./The Pendleton School) fired the low round of the day for the Knights and moved into a tie for seventh in the individual standings.

The Knights (307, +19), who shaved two strokes off their first-round tally, remained in third, but are joined their by East Carolina, who carded a 302 in round two. Both squads have two-day totals of 616 (+40) and trail new leader Memphis, who took the lead from UTEP with a 297 (+7). The Miners (610, +34) are three strokes behind the Tigers in second. SMU is in fifth (617, +41) one stroke behind the Knights and Pirates.

UTEP's Gerina Mendoza holds an eight-shot advantage on Memphis' Stacey Tate in the race for medalist honors after her second-straight 68 (-4). Mendoza's two-day total is 136 (-8). Tate joined Mendoza under par with a second-round 71 (-1) and is in second place with an even-par total for the tournament (144).

Connelly is tied for seventh along with teammate Annabel Silk (West Meon, England/Millfield), who carded a 79 (+7) in her second round and the duo has a two-day total of 153 (+9). Sophomore Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla./Gateway) shot a 77 (+5) and is tied for 18th (157, +13).

Freshman Sara Hurwitch (Potomac Falls, Va./Dominion) is tied for 12th after a 78 (+6). Hurwitch's two-round total is at 155 (+11). Freshman Victoria Tomko (Lontzen, Belgium/Bradenton Academy) posted an 83 (+11) in her second round and has a two-round total of 161 (+17, T25).

The final round of the three-day tournament is on Wednesday.

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Team Leaderboard - (Second Round)Rank Team Totals1 Memphis 310-297 = 607 (+31)2 UTEP 308-302 = 610 (+34)3 UCF 309-307 = 616 (+40) East Carolina 314-302 = 616 (+40)5 SMU 308-309 = 617 (+41)6 Tulsa 315-310 = 625 (+49)7 Marshall 325-323 = 648 (+72)8 Southern Miss 328-321 = 649 (+73)9 UAB 326-329 = 655 (+79)
Individual LeaderboardRank Player (School) Total1 Gerina Mendoza (UTEP) 68-68 = 136 (-8)2 Stacey Tate (Memphis) 73-71 = 144 (E)3 Kate Ackerson (SMU) 73-75 = 148 (+4)4 Tara Goedeken (Tulsa) 77-73 = 150 (+6)5 Lene Krog (East Carolina) 75-76 = 151 (+7)
UCF Individuals (Place)Annabel Silk (T7) 74-79 = 153 (+9)Stephanie Connelly (T7) 80-73 = 153 (+9)Sara Hurwitch (T12) 77-78 = 155 (+11)Mayule Tomimbang (T18) 80-77 = 157 (+13)Victoria Tomko (T25) 78-83 = 161 (+17)