Penn State junior Madelein Herr, who starred scholastically
at Council Rock North, was competing as individual in the River Landing Classic
at River Landing Country Club in Wallace, N.C.
She had struggled in the opening round Monday with a
6-over-par 78 over the 6,082-yard, par-72 River Landing layout, but she was
battling back in Monday afternoon’s second round. She was 2-under for her round
when play was suspended due to darkness and had worked herself into the top 20.
She was tied for 18th at 4-over.
But the field at River Landing woke up Tuesday morning to a
golf course covered by snow and, just like that, Herr’s excellent bounce-back
round was wiped out.
Pretty sure the Seton Hall kids were just shaking their
heads. They flew to Rio Verde, Ariz. last week for the Rio Verde Invitational
and were greeted by snow. That storm postponed the opening round, but they did
get two rounds in and the Pirates finished a solid second.
This storm didn’t alter Seton Hall’s fortunes that much as
they were tied for 12th when play was halted and tied for 12th
at the end of the first round. And getting most of the second round in on a day
in which a double-round was scheduled was a good thing. But forgive the Hall
ladies if they’re looking over their shoulders to make sure there isn’t a
Weather Channel van following them around.
The distance between Wallace, N.C. and Bluffton, S.C., where
the Penn State men were finishing up in the Colleton River Collegiate Tuesday,
is just less than 300 miles, but the quick-hitting storm that dumped snow on
River Landing either missed Bluffton or it was warm enough there for it be
rain.
You won’t hear any complaints from Middle Tennessee. The
Blue Raiders had carded a 2-over 290 to take the opening-round lead, but by the
time was halted by darkness Monday, they had fallen seven shots behind Campbell
in the team chase.
But when the scores reverted back to the opening round,
Middle Tennessee, No. 65 in the latest Golfstat
rankings, had a trophy to take back with them to Murfreesboro, Tenn. Campbell,
at No. 32 the highest-ranked team in the field, fell back into a four-way tie
for second with No. 89 Rutgers, No. 76 East Tennessee State and No. 74 Memphis,
all of which finished the opening round at 8-over 296.
Penn State, at No. 40 the second highest-ranked team in the
field, was alone in seventh when play was called Monday and ended up sharing
sixth place with No. 70 Charlotte, host North Carolina Wilmington, ranked 103rd,
and No. 95 Marshall, all of which carded a 13-over 301 in the opening round.
Middle Tennessee was led by Jenna Burris, a redshirt senior
from Manchester, Tenn. who carded a 1-under 71 in the opening round and ended
up tied for second.
The outcome of the individual chase probably was not altered
by the snowstorm. East Tennessee State’s Hee Ying Loy, a senior from Malaysia,
fired a 4-under 68 in the opening round and claimed the title by three shots.
She was 2-under in her second round when play was halted Monday and built her lead up to six shots.
Backing up Burris for Middle Tennessee was Sophie Burks, a
sophomore from Montgomery, Ala. whose opening round of even-par 72 left her
tied with three other players for fourth.
Also for the Blue Raiders, Catherine Caudill, a freshman
from Clarkesville, Tenn., finished in the group of nine players tied for eighth
at 1-over 73, Hanley Long, a senior who also hails from Clarkesville, Tenn.,
ended up in the group tied for 17th with a 2-over 74 and Kailey
Collier, a graduate student from Broken Arrow, Okla., was among the group tied
for 67th at 8-over 80, a score Middle Tennessee was able to toss.
Joining Middle Tennessee’s Burris in the tie for second at
1-under 71 was Rutgers’ Ashleigh Greenham, a graduate student from England.
Rounding out the foursome that shared fourth place with
Middle Tennessee’s Burks at even-par 72 were UNC Wilmington’s Phu Khine, a
freshman from Myanmar, Georgia State’s Harmanprit Kaur, a junior from
Lawrenceville, Ga., and Memphis’ Sydney Colwill, a senior from Tucson, Ariz.
Much like her teammate Herr, Penn State senior Jackie
Rogowicz, a two-time PIAA runnerup at Pennsbury, had battled her way to a
1-under round Monday afternoon and into a tie for second place in the
individual standings. But Tuesday’s snowstorm knocked Rogowicz back into that
nine-player logjam tied for eighth with her opening round of 1-over 73.
Rogowicz’s fellow seniors, Cara Basso, the 2012 PIAA Class
AA champion as a sophomore at Villa Maria Academy, and Lauren Waller, the 2014
PIAA Class AAA runnerup as a senior at Canon-McMillan, ended up in the group
tied for 26th at 3-over 75.
Basso represented Penn State in the NCAA Madison Regional
after being invited as an individual last spring. She wants to see the Blue and
White make it as a team in the spring of the senior season for Basso, Rogowicz
and Waller.
Sarah Willis, a freshman from Eaton, Ohio, and junior Megan
McLean, a product of Voorhees High in South Jersey, rounded out the Penn State
lineup, finishing in the group tied for 47th at 6-over 78. McLean
had a nice even-par round going Monday afternoon that had moved her into a tie
for 27th when play when darkness fell.
That group tied for 47th is also where Herr ended
up after all her hard work in the second round was wiped out by the untimely
reminder that winter isn’t quite over just yet.
Seton Hall was led by junior Maddie Sager, the 2015 PIAA
Class AAA runnerup as a senior at Owen J. Roberts, and Lizzie Win, a junior
from Sylvania, Ohio, both of who ended up in the group tied for 34th
at 4-over 76.
Sophomore Mia Kness, the 2016 PIAA Class AAA champion as a
senior at Peters Township, finished among the group tied for 47th
with a 78. Carolina Ronchel Salas, a junior from Spain, finished among the
group tied for 60th with a 79 and Seton Hall tossed the 83 registered
by junior Sammie Staudt, the former Coatesville standout who finished in a tie
for 76th.
Gianna Tomeo, a senior from Bradenton, Fla., competed as an
individual for the Pirates and finished 89th with a 92.
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