Spiders Tied For Eighth After Day 1 at River Landing Classic
03/08/2021 | Women's Golf
WALLACE, N.C. -- Paced by a career day from junior Naomi Mitchell, the Richmond Spiders women's golf team is tied for eighth at the 13-team River Landing Classic midway through the 54-hole event. When play was halted due to darkness in the middle of the second round at 6:14 PM Monday evening, the Spiders were 10-over par, tied with Florida Atlantic for eighth place.Â
Mitchell is in ninth on the individual leaderboard at 2-under par through 13 holes of Round 2. In Monday morning's opening round, she paired two birdies and two bogeys with 14 pars for an even-par 72, matching the low round of her collegiate career.Â
Sophomore Muskan Uppal is tied for 12th in the 72-person field, having fought back to even par with a birdies in two of her final four holes on Monday following a 74 (+2) in Round 1.Â
Freshman Rory Weinfurther and Sophomore Vicky Zhu are tied for 40th at 7-over par, while junior Emily Ward is tied for 58th at 12-over. Competing as individual, senior Ally Steffen is at 19-over par, tied for 68th.Â
"Today we were really focused on just enjoying the competition and getting used to playing again," said coach Calle Barlow. "I saw tons of great things from our team and I'm very excited to see that continue tomorrow."
The Spiders will need to finish the final five or six holes of their second round on Tuesday morning before the third and final round of the event.Â
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Mitchell is in ninth on the individual leaderboard at 2-under par through 13 holes of Round 2. In Monday morning's opening round, she paired two birdies and two bogeys with 14 pars for an even-par 72, matching the low round of her collegiate career.Â
Sophomore Muskan Uppal is tied for 12th in the 72-person field, having fought back to even par with a birdies in two of her final four holes on Monday following a 74 (+2) in Round 1.Â
Freshman Rory Weinfurther and Sophomore Vicky Zhu are tied for 40th at 7-over par, while junior Emily Ward is tied for 58th at 12-over. Competing as individual, senior Ally Steffen is at 19-over par, tied for 68th.Â
"Today we were really focused on just enjoying the competition and getting used to playing again," said coach Calle Barlow. "I saw tons of great things from our team and I'm very excited to see that continue tomorrow."
The Spiders will need to finish the final five or six holes of their second round on Tuesday morning before the third and final round of the event.Â
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