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UCF Women's Golf In Sixth Place At Wildcat Invitational

Sept. 30, 2007

Lexington, Ky. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF women's golf team dropped to sixth place in the team standings at the Wildcat Invitational, following round two play Sunday at the University Club's Big Blue Course. For the second-consecutive day, freshman Jessy Tang (Miami, Fla./Olympia) posted the best round for Knights. Tang posted a 76 (+4) and is tied for 11th with a two-round total of 149 (+5).

Alabama extended its lead in the team standings to five strokes with a two-over total of 290 in round two. The Crimson Tide members are in the top five of the individual standings. Florida's Whitney Myers leads the race for medalist honors by a stroke at 137 (-7).

UCF posted a 311 (+23) in the second round to give the Knights a 36-hole total of 611 (+35). The team is five shots behind host Kentucky, who is in fifth place at 606 (+30). Florida is second (587, +11), Arkansas is third (599, +23) and USF is in fourth (602, +25).

Junior Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md./The Pendleton School) followed up an opening round 74 (+2) with a 78 (+6) in round two. Connelly is tied for 24th at 152 (+8). Freshman Katie Detlefsen (Eagan, Minn./Minnehaha) led the team with a pair of birdies and is tied with team Sara Hurwitch (Potomac Falls, Va./Dominion) for 32nd. Detlefsen and Hurwitch have two-round totals of 155 (+11).

The three-round tournament in Lexington concludes on Monday with the final round set to begin at 9 a.m. ET. Live results and full tournament stats are available at www.golfstat.com.

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Team Leaderboard (Second Round)1 Alabama 292-290 = 582 (+6)2 Florida 295-292 = 587 (+11)3 Arkansas 298-301 = 599 (+23)4 USF 301-301 = 602 (+26)5 Kentucky 301-305 = 606 (+30)
Individual Leaderboard (Second Round)1 Whitney Myers (Florida) 70-67 = 137 (-7)2 Courtney Harter (Alabama) 67-71 = 138 (-6)3 Camilla Lennarth (Alabama) 71-68 = 139 (-5)4 Kathleen Ekey (Alabama) 73-71 = 144 (E)5 Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) 69-76 = 145 (+1)
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