Wake Forest University
NCAA Regional
Deacons Open NCAA West Regional With Round of 304
5/8/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 8, 2014
By Gary Petit, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWGolf)
CLE ELUM, Wash. - The Wake Forest women's golf team opened the NCAA West Regional with a round of 304 and is in 13th place.
The Demon Deacons are just four shots out of one of the eight qualifying spots. The top eight teams at the end of the 54-hole event with earn a trip to the NCAA Championship.
Junior Allison Emrey led the Deacs on Thursday with a 3-over 75. She made the turn in even-par and then made three bogeys and six pars coming home. She is tied for 35th with two rounds to go.
Freshman Sierra Sims and junior Marissa Dodd each opened with rounds of 4-over 76. Sims had a tough second nine after making three birdies and going out in 1-under 35. Dodd's round was opposite of Sims. She made back-to-back birdies early and then had an unfortunate 10 on the par-5 14th, her fifth hole of the day. That dropped her 4-over for the round and she then regrouped and played the final 13 holes at even-par.
Redshirt-freshman Elizabeth Doty carded nines of 38-39 for a first-round 77. She is in a tie for 62nd headed into Friday. Senior Olafia Kristinsdottir rounded out the Deacon-five with a round of 79.
Top-seeded Southern Cal was the only team to shoot under-par on the day and leads by four shots after a 4-under 284. Host Washington is second at even-par.
The Deacons will again be paired with Washington and Clemson for the second round which will start for the ground at 3:56 p.m. ET off the first tee. Golfstat.com will have live scoring of the final two rounds.
NCAA West RegionalTumble Creek ClubCle Elum, Wash.Par 72, 6,252 yards
Team StandingsPl. Team +/- R11 Southern California -4 2842 Washington E 2883 Arizona State +1 2894 Texas A&M +2 290T5 Michigan State +3 291T5 Oklahoma +3 291T7 Iowa State +12 300T7 UC Davis +12 3009 Wisconsin +13 301T10 Northwestern +14 302T10 Clemson +14 302T10 Denver +14 30213 Wake Forest +16 30414 GRU Augusta +17 30515 Tennessee +18 30616 Oregon +23 311T17 Portland State +26 314T17 New Mexico +26 314T19 Chattanooga +28 316T19 Notre Dame +28 316T21 Gonzaga +29 317T21 San Diego State +29 317T21 New Mexico State +29 31724 Detroit +48 336
Top-5 Individuals1 Kyung Kim (USC) -6 66T2 Noemi Jimenez (ASU) -5 67T2 Marijosse Navarro (A&M) -5 674 Clariss Guce (CSU-N) -4 68T5 SooBin Kim (WASH) -2 70T5 Liz Nagel (MSU) -2 70T5 Jennifer Yang (WASH) -2 70
Wake Forest IndividualsT35 Allison Emrey +3 75T45 Sierra Sims +4 76T45 Marissa Dodd +4 76T62 Elizabeth Doty +5 77T80 Olafia Kristinsdottir +7 79
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