Texas A&M
The UCF Challenge
Boland Ties School Record with 65 in Florida; Aggies Tied for Second
Mar 01, 2010 | Women's Golf
March 1, 2010
SORRENTO, Fla. - Texas A&M senior Julia Boland tied the school record with a seven-under-par 65 in Monday's opening round at the UCF Challenge at RedTail Golf Club.
Boland's 65-75=140 total through 36 holes leads the individual standings by one stroke over teammate Sarah Zwartynski (70-71=141) going into Tuesday's final round. The No. 16 Aggies (+22) are tied with Baylor and host UCF for second place, seven strokes behind leader Georgia State (+15).
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Boland, the No. 6-ranked amateur in the world by Golfweek, started the opening round with seven pars before carding birdies on seven of her next 10 holes. She had five straight birdies starting on the par-4 13th. The Australian tied the school record set by Ashley Knoll at the 2005 Lady Tar Heel Invitational.
"Julia's round was the best I've seen in college golf," A&M Coach Trelle McCombs said. "Her composure was amazing and she was in control the entire round. Zwartynski played steady golf all day with just a couple of hiccups. I'm looking forward to watching those two duke it out tomorrow."
Zwartynski was the only player in the field to break par in both rounds on Monday. The junior from Allen, Texas, recorded four birdies in each round.
A&M senior Ashley Freeman is tied for 61st (80-78=158) and freshman Sarah Beth Davis opened with a 78 but withdrew from the second round with a sore shoulder.
Junior Alexa Porter, competing as an individual, is in 88th place (84-86=170).
"We played okay today, we just needed a little more help from our three, four and five players," McCombs said. "I'm confident they will come out and play great tomorrow. We are in good position to do something special."
Oklahoma and College of Charleston (+23) are tied for fifth, followed by Coastal Carolina (+24), Furman (+24), Indiana (+27), SMU (+28), UNC Greensboro (+31), South Florida (+35), Augusta State (+39), East Carolina (+40), UTSA (+40), Nebraska (+51) and Miami (+53).
