Women's Golf | 5/9/2023 9:45:00 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – North Carolina A&T remains in fifth place after the second round of the PGA Works Collegiate Championship played on the women's golf side on Tuesday at the par-72, 5,969-yard Shoal Creek Club golf course. The ladies played at the par-71, 5,772 Bent Book Golf Course on Monday.
The Aggies maintained their fifth-place status by shooting a 46-over 334 to bring their two-round, 36-hole total to 68-over 640. A&T is seven shots behind fourth-place Texas A&M-Kingsville, who shot has a two-round 61-over 663.
For the second straight day, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi leads the tournament. After shooting a 1-over 283 on Monday, the Islanders shot 17-over 306 for a two-round total of 18-over 589. Delaware State is 20 shots off the lead with a 37-over 609. The Howard Bison follow the Hornets in third place with a 39-over 611.
Freshman Victoria Stutts made a significant leap up the leaderboard, going up six spaces to move into a three-place tie for 13th. Stutts shot a second-round 6-over 78, totaling a two-round 11-over 154. Corpus Christi has a trio atop the leaderboard led by Lucia Ramirez, who went from second place to first by shooting a second-round 1-over 73 to total a two-round even-par 143.
Her teammate Lucie Charbonnier was removed from her No. 1 spot after Tuesday's play after shooting a 6-over 78. She is two shots off the lead with a 2-over 145. The third of the trio is Maria Benton, who is in a tie for third with Howard's Kendall Jackson at 5-over 148. Texas Southern's Dili Sitanonth rounds out the top-5 with a 7-over 150.
Stutts began the day steadily. She posted six straight pars to start her round before carding a bogey on the par-4 seventh. She corrected the bogey on the par-4, 345-yard ninth with a birdie to move back to even par. But six bogeys on the back nine were not offset by birdies or eagles as she ended her back nine at 6-over.
Sophomore Vileska Gelpi made the biggest jump up the leaderboard for A&T, going up eight positions to finish in a three-way tie for 22nd. She was 5-over after the first four holes but got back on track by parring the final five holes on the front nine. However, she did post six straight bogeys on the back nine before securing her first and only birdie on the day, a two on the par-3 160-yard 16th.
Gelpi finished the day with a 10-over 82. For the tournament, she is 17-over 160. Teammates Kiaira Porter and Jayla Rogers are in a four-way tie for 27th after the second round. Porter shot a second-round 86, and Rogers shot a second-round 88. Both ladies are at 20-over 163. Kennedi Lee also played on Tuesday for A&T, totaling 172 for the tournament.
Wednesday will be the Aggies final round of the 2022-23 season.
