No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges carded the joint-runner-up low round of Day Three at +1 to move into a tie for fourth place while No. 13 University of Redlands improved to seventh and No. 6 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges ended just outside the top 10 at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship.
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Esther Lee paced the Athenas after opening the round with one of just eight eagles all tournament on Hole 9, carding a -1 while
Christine Yu and
Stella Cheng played Even-par and
Jessie Kong came in at +2. SCIAC Newcomer of the Year
Rena Kaneko moved into seventh place individually with a an Even-par round while
Kylie McGrath led the Bulldogs, who had the fourth-lowest team round of moving day, at -1.
The Athenas sit at a collective +36 trailing leader No. 2 Emory University at +11, No. 1 Carnegie Mellon University (+24) and Middlebury College (+31). The Bulldogs are just four strokes back at +40 and the Sagehens trail by another five. The River Course has played one stroke lower than the Plantation Course on the weekend. Pomona-Pitzer has played Par 3s just a single stroke behind Emory for best in the field and ranks third on Par 5s, with CMS and Redlands joint-sixth another two strokes back. Individually,
Malia Loo (PP) and Yu have been the most successful players in the field on Par 3s at -2 and -1, respectively while
Jizelle Robledo (UR) has been joint-second best on Par 5s at an impressive -5.
The final round will begin tomorrow, Friday, May 16 at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
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