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NCAA Raleigh Regional
Buckeyes Crack Top-3 at NCAA Regional – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 7, 2015
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RALEIGH, N.C. – On the strength of top-15 efforts by second-year players Katja Pogacar, Jessica Porvasnik and Rio Watanabe, Ohio State ascended to third place after Day One at the NCAA Raleigh Regional. Pogacar led the charge, burrowing one shot under par (71) to earn a share of fifth place individually overall in the 96-player field.
Ohio State is four shots back from tournament-leading LSU, and more importantly owns a four-stroke edge over seventh place as the top-6 teams advance to the NCAA Championships.
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Pogacar was 2-under at the turn with a pair of birdies flanked with seven pars. She added another birdie on the Front 9 (Ohio State started on Hole #10) between two bogeys.
Porvasnik is back a lone shot at even par (72), good for a piece of ninth place. She was steady as can be, breaking even on both the Front and Back 9s. Watanabe follows closely behind tied for 14th, posting a 1-over 73. The redshirt freshman took the opposite route of Pogacar, shooting 2-over on the Back 9 before rebounding with a 1-under 35 on the Front 9.
Senior co-captains Claudia Lim and Jan Chanpalangsri rounded out the Buckeye lineup. Lim contributed the fourth score to the team tally, carding a 4-over 76. Chanpalangsri matched Pogacar and Porvasnik with a team-high three birdies, but a disastrous quadruple bogey on Hole #3 doomed her final ledger of 77 (+5).
BUCKEYE RESULTS
3rd – Team 292 (+4)
T-5th – Katja Pogacar 71 (-1)
T-9th – Jessica Porvasnik 72 (E)
T-14th – Rio Watanabe 73 (+1)
T-48th – Claudia Lim 76 (+4)
T-55th – Jan Chanpalangsri 77 (+5)
Ohio State will get it going off of Hole #1 for Friday’s Round Two. The Buckeyes will be paired with LSU and host North Carolina State as the last threesome to tee off. The group’s first tee time is 9:09 a.m. ET and the final is set for 9:45 a.m.
