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Women's Golf Rounds Out Day Two at NCAA Regionals

by Jenna VanHoose

BERMUDA RUN, N.C. – The UCF women’s golf team completed round two of the Bermuda Run Regional on Tuesday and is three spots back from the top-5 cut scheduled for tomorrow. 

The Knights 587 (+11) currently sit in 8th as Tennessee is in the final advancing spot to the National Championship at Omni La Costa from May 17-22. 

Molly Smith and Pimpisa “Sandwich” Sisutham led the Knights each carding a 73 (+1). Smith and Sisutham stay in the top-20 at T14 and T18, respectively.  Freshman, Smith, tallied three consecutive birdies on the front nine from holes two through four. Sophomore, Sisutham, went bogey-free on the back nine of Bermuda Run Country Club. 

Jess Baker and Katie Poots recorded a 74 (+2) to finish the round in T47. Baker rounded out the day with a birdie on hole No. 18 to bring her total for the day to three. Poots put together a strong back nine posting three birdies and just one bogey. 

Brittany Shin rounded out the lineup scoring a 76 (+4) to place T47. The graduate student went bogey-free through the front nine and carded a birdie on hole No. 10. 

UCF is paired with seventh place Oregon State (+2) and ninth place South Florida (+14) Wednesday at 8:55 a.m.