Northwestern University Athletics
Lau Surges Into Top-10 After 36 Holes At NCAA Championships
5/21/2016 11:50:00 PM | Women's Golf
EUGENE, Ore. – No. 7 Northwestern opened the 2016 NCAA Golf Championships with a 4-over 292 and the Big Ten champions sit in sixth-place in the 24-team field after 18 holes. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Stephanie Lau carded a 1-under 71 for the second consecutive day to move into the Top-10, and the balanced and deep Wildcats are one of just two teams (Washington) with all five student-athletes inside the Top-54 on the leaderboard.
2016 NCAA Golf Championships – LIVE Leaderboard
Eugene Country Club – Course Flyover & Map
2016 Northwestern Women's Golf Statistics
Northwestern Women's Golf Record Book
Northwestern will tee off Sunday's Round 3 at Eugene Country Club at 7:30 a.m. PT, paired with Arizona and South Carolina. The Top-15 teams on the leaderboard at the end of the day on Sunday will advance to play one more 18-hole stroke round on Monday.
Lau carded a team-high five birdies, giving her nine for the tournament, on a day where every member of the Northwestern lineup recorded multiple birdies. The 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, one of the longest Wildcats off the tee, birdied all four of Eugene Country Club's Par-5 offerings, and has played the longest holes on the course at a tournament-best 6-under through two days.
Sophomore Hannah Kim, the two-time Big Ten Player of the Year fired an even-par 72 in Round 2, while junior Kacie Komoto, sophomore Sarah Cho and freshman Janet Mao all finished the loop at 1-over for the day. Komoto birdied three of her first ten holes of the day, while Cho got hot on the back-nine and birdied three of her last eight and Mao played the back-half at 2-under.
Northwestern – 8/24 • 292-289-R3=581 (+5)
T10 – Stephanie Lau -- 71-71-R3=142 (-2)
T37 – Hannah Kim -- 74-72-R3=146 (+2)
T37 – Janet Mao – 73-73-R3=146 (+2)
T54 – Sarah Cho -- 74-73-R3=147 (+3)
T54 – Kacie Komoto -- 74-73-R3=147 (+3)
This season marks the Wildcats fourth straight appearance in college golf's premier event. Northwestern earned a program-best 10th-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida.
All five Wildcats in the lineup this weekend earned 2016 All-Big Ten honors, with Komoto, Cho, Kim and Lau on the First Team, and Mao taking home Second Team recognition.
The 2016 Championships are the second year with the season's final event under the revised format. The 24-team field will play 54 holes of stroke play over the course of three days. The top 15 teams will then play one more round of stroke play on Monday, May 23. The top eight teams at the end of Monday's round will move into the match-play single elimination bracket. Tuesday will feature the quarterfinals and semifinals. The finals will be played Wednesday afternoon.
Golf Channel will provide unprecedented prime time coverage of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships. Twelve and a half hours of live event programming will be shown starting on Monday, May 23 and concluding with the match play finals on Wednesday afternoon.
2016 NCAA Golf Championships – LIVE Leaderboard
Eugene Country Club – Course Flyover & Map
2016 Northwestern Women's Golf Statistics
Northwestern Women's Golf Record Book
Northwestern will tee off Sunday's Round 3 at Eugene Country Club at 7:30 a.m. PT, paired with Arizona and South Carolina. The Top-15 teams on the leaderboard at the end of the day on Sunday will advance to play one more 18-hole stroke round on Monday.
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Lau carded a team-high five birdies, giving her nine for the tournament, on a day where every member of the Northwestern lineup recorded multiple birdies. The 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, one of the longest Wildcats off the tee, birdied all four of Eugene Country Club's Par-5 offerings, and has played the longest holes on the course at a tournament-best 6-under through two days.
Sophomore Hannah Kim, the two-time Big Ten Player of the Year fired an even-par 72 in Round 2, while junior Kacie Komoto, sophomore Sarah Cho and freshman Janet Mao all finished the loop at 1-over for the day. Komoto birdied three of her first ten holes of the day, while Cho got hot on the back-nine and birdied three of her last eight and Mao played the back-half at 2-under.
Northwestern – 8/24 • 292-289-R3=581 (+5)
T10 – Stephanie Lau -- 71-71-R3=142 (-2)
T37 – Hannah Kim -- 74-72-R3=146 (+2)
T37 – Janet Mao – 73-73-R3=146 (+2)
T54 – Sarah Cho -- 74-73-R3=147 (+3)
T54 – Kacie Komoto -- 74-73-R3=147 (+3)
This season marks the Wildcats fourth straight appearance in college golf's premier event. Northwestern earned a program-best 10th-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida.
All five Wildcats in the lineup this weekend earned 2016 All-Big Ten honors, with Komoto, Cho, Kim and Lau on the First Team, and Mao taking home Second Team recognition.
The 2016 Championships are the second year with the season's final event under the revised format. The 24-team field will play 54 holes of stroke play over the course of three days. The top 15 teams will then play one more round of stroke play on Monday, May 23. The top eight teams at the end of Monday's round will move into the match-play single elimination bracket. Tuesday will feature the quarterfinals and semifinals. The finals will be played Wednesday afternoon.
Golf Channel will provide unprecedented prime time coverage of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships. Twelve and a half hours of live event programming will be shown starting on Monday, May 23 and concluding with the match play finals on Wednesday afternoon.
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