Gamecocks in First Place Through Two Rounds of PING ASU Invitational

April 5, 2014

TEMPE, Ariz. –

The seventh-ranked South Carolina women’s golf team shot an 8-under 280 on Saturday and is currently in first place after the second round of the PING ASU Invitational hosted by Arizona State University. The Gamecocks have a two-round score of 568.

Six strokes behind South Carolina, Arizona State and Duke are tied for second place with a score of 574 (-2)

Sarah Schmelzel carded the low round of the day for the Gamecocks with a 4-under 68, which is a new career-best for the sophomore. Schmelzel is currently in fifth place with a two-round score of 141 (-3).

Katelyn Dambaugh shot a 3-over 75 in the second round, giving her a score of 143 (-1). The freshman finished the day in a tie for 11^th place.

Junior Justine Dreher has a two-round score of 144 (E) after carding an even-par 72 for the second straight day. Dreher is currently tied for 16^th place.

Seniors Samantha Swinehart and Suzie Lee both shot a 2-under 70 in the second round. Swinehart is currently tied for 19^th place while Lee finished the day in a tie for 30^th place.

Sophomore Mary Fran Hillow, who is competing in the tournament as individual, carded a 1-under 71 and is currently tied for 42^nd place.

Celine Boutier of Duke is currently in first place on the individual leaderboard with a 6-under 138. SooBin Kim of Washington finished the day in second place with a 5-under 139. In a tie for third place with a two-round score of 140 (-4) are Laetitia Beck of Duke and Hannah Suh of California.

The third and final round is scheduled to begin Sunday at 7:30 a.m. PT. Live scoring is available =”” http:=”” golfstatresults=”” com=”” public=”” indexh=”” cfm=”” tournament_id=”4690″>here

South Carolina Results
Sarah Schmelzel 73-68=141 (-3)
Katelyn Dambaugh 68-74=143 (-1)
Justine Dreher 72-72=144 (E)
Samantha Swinehart 75-70=145 (+1)
Suzie Lee 77-70=147 (+3)
Mary Fran Hillow 78-71=149 (+5)

Team Standings
1. South Carolina 288-280=568 (-8)
T2. Arizona State 287-287=574 (-2)
T2. Duke 290-284=547 (-2)
4. Washington 284-291=575 (-1)
5. Arizona 288-288=576 (E)
6. Stanford 295-285=580 (+4)
7. California 291-292=583 (+7)
8. UCLA 291-294=585 (+9)
9. Texas 294-292=586 (+10)
10. Oregon 291-296=587 (+11)
11. UC Davis 300-298=598 (+22)
12. Oklahoma 296-303=599 (+23)
13. Vanderbilt 300-302=602 (+26)
14. Oregon State 308-303=611 (+35)
15. Washington State 301-313=614 (+38)