No. 15 Women?s Golf Eighth after Day Two of Bryan National Collegiate

Saturday, April 1

Browns Summitt, NC

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

Bryan National

No. 15 Women?s Golf Eighth after Day Two of Bryan National Collegiate

Saturday, April 1, 2006 | Women's Golf

The 15^th-ranked University of Florida women's golf team sits in eighth place among the team leaderboard after 36 holes of play at the ninth-annual Bryan National Collegiate. The Gators shot a collective 19-over, 307, on Saturday, moving their two day total to a 31-over-par, 607, heading into the final day of competition at the par 72, 6,210-yard Bryan Park Champions Course in Browns Summit, N.C.

In the team standings, UF finds itself 16 shots behind tournament leader and No. 6-ranked Georgia (300-291—591). The Bulldogs are closely followed by the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils (298-295—593), No. 8-ranked Purdue (295-299—594), the 13^th-ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers (306-294—600) and unranked South Carolina (309-295—604). Individually, sophomore Whitney Myers (East Berlin, Pa.) is the highest Florida golfer in the field at a tie for 15^th with a 36-hole total score of 72-78—150, while freshman Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) and sophomore Ornella Jouven (La Ciotat, France) both carded four-over, 76s on the day for the Orange and Blue's lowest round scores.

Sophomore Sandra Gal (Leichlingen, Germany) and Jouven are tied for 27^th overall with identical 8-over, 152s, after two rounds, while Blackwelder is tied for 32^ndin the field with a two-day total of 9-over, 153. Freshman Brittany Nelson (Ponte Verde Beach, Fla.) shaved two strokes off her opening round score and has carded a 36-hole score 81-79—160 for a 69^th-place tie.

The Gators have one last chance to improve its standings with the final round Sunday. Live scoring will be available via the Internet at www.golfstat.com. A complete tournament recap will be provided following the conclusion of the remaining 18 holes on www.GatorZone.com.

Bryan National Round Two Results

Name	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Place	Rel. To Par
Whitney Myers	72	78	150	T15	+6
Sandra Gal	75	77	152	T27	+8
Ornella Jouven	76	76	152	T27	+8
Mallory Blackwelder	77	76	153	T32	+9
Brittany Nelson	81	79	160	T69	+16

Team Standings Following Round Two

Name	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rel. To Par
1 Georgia	300	291	591	+15
2 Duke	298	295	593	+17
3 Purdue	295	299	594	+18
4 Tennessee	306	294	600	+24
5 South Carolina	309	295	604	+28
T6 Wake Forest	303	303	606	+30
T6 Oklahoma State	306	300	606	+30
8 Florida	300	307	607	+31
T9 North Carolina State	299	311	610	+34
T9 California	310	300	610	+34
11 University of Virginia	312	304	616	+40
T12 Charleston, College of	311	316	627	+51
T12 N. Car. Wilmington	312	315	627	+51
14 North Carolina	323	305	628	+52
15 Louisiana State	314	324	638	+62
16 Vanderbilt	316	308	624	+48
17 N. Car. – Greensboro	323	322	645	+69