RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – The No. 12 Texas A&M women's golf team shot a 1-over 289 in round two of the Puerto Rico Classic on Monday at the Grand Reserve Golf Club to stay within one stroke of the lead.
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"Conditions were really wet and windy today, but we fought through that very well," head coach Gerrod Chadwell said. "We hung in there and gave ourselves a chance tomorrow. It wasn't all pretty, but we have some positives that we can take into the third round to compete for the title against some really good teams."
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The Aggies remained one shot behind No. 11 LSU, who also shot 1-over 289 in the second round. Oklahoma State (-1) took over third with No. 3 Arkansas (+2) and No. 17 Auburn (+3) also in the top five.
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Blanca Fernández GarcĂa-Poggio registered another under-par round, turning in a 1-under 71 on Monday and holding onto a share of third. The graduate student stood two shots behind Kansas State's Carla Bernat for the lead.
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Adela Cernousek and Jennie Park both shot even-par 72 and tied for 10th and 29th, respectively. Cayetana Fernández GarcĂa-Poggio went 2-over 74 in her second round and tied for 19th. Sky Sudberry rounded out the starting five in a tied for 64th.
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Zoe Slaughter and Mia Nixon competed as individuals and tied for 54th and 86th, respectively. Slaughter shot 1-over 73 in round two.
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Live stats can be found at Golfstat.com for round three. The final round will tee off at 5:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.
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Team Standings
1 – LSU (-4)
2 – Texas A&M (-3)
3 – Oklahoma State (-1)
4 – Arkansas (+2)
5 – Auburn (+3)
6 – Georgia Southern (+6)
7 – Furman (+7)
8 – Purdue (+9)
9 – Kansas State (+10)
T10 – Ole Miss (+11)
T10 – TCU (+11)
12 – Minnesota (+13)
13 – Mercer (+27)
14 – ULM (+32)
15 – Cincinnati (+34)
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(i) – Competing as individual
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"Conditions were really wet and windy today, but we fought through that very well," head coach Gerrod Chadwell said. "We hung in there and gave ourselves a chance tomorrow. It wasn't all pretty, but we have some positives that we can take into the third round to compete for the title against some really good teams."
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The Aggies remained one shot behind No. 11 LSU, who also shot 1-over 289 in the second round. Oklahoma State (-1) took over third with No. 3 Arkansas (+2) and No. 17 Auburn (+3) also in the top five.
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Blanca Fernández GarcĂa-Poggio registered another under-par round, turning in a 1-under 71 on Monday and holding onto a share of third. The graduate student stood two shots behind Kansas State's Carla Bernat for the lead.
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Adela Cernousek and Jennie Park both shot even-par 72 and tied for 10th and 29th, respectively. Cayetana Fernández GarcĂa-Poggio went 2-over 74 in her second round and tied for 19th. Sky Sudberry rounded out the starting five in a tied for 64th.
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Zoe Slaughter and Mia Nixon competed as individuals and tied for 54th and 86th, respectively. Slaughter shot 1-over 73 in round two.
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Live stats can be found at Golfstat.com for round three. The final round will tee off at 5:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.
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Team Standings
1 – LSU (-4)
2 – Texas A&M (-3)
3 – Oklahoma State (-1)
4 – Arkansas (+2)
5 – Auburn (+3)
6 – Georgia Southern (+6)
7 – Furman (+7)
8 – Purdue (+9)
9 – Kansas State (+10)
T10 – Ole Miss (+11)
T10 – TCU (+11)
12 – Minnesota (+13)
13 – Mercer (+27)
14 – ULM (+32)
15 – Cincinnati (+34)
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| Place | Team/Player | Round 1 | Round 2 | Overall |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 284 (-4) | 289 (+1) | 573 (-3) |
| T3 | Blanca Fernández GarcĂa-Poggio | 69 (-3) | 71 (-1) | 140 (-4) |
| T10 | Adela Cernousek | 70 (-2) | 72 (E) | 142 (-2) |
| T19 | Cayetana Fernández GarcĂa-Poggio | 71 (-1) | 74 (+2) | 145 (+1) |
| T29 | Jennie Park | 74 (+2) | 72 (E) | 146 (+2) |
| T64 | Sky Sudberry | 76 (+4) | 77 (+5) | 153 (+9) |
| T54 | Zoe Slaughter (i) | 77 (+5) | 73 (+1) | 150 (+6) |
| T86 | Mia Nixon (i) | 82 (+10) | 79 (+7) | 161 (+17) |
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Follow the Aggies
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