NICHOLASVILLE, KY – The second round of the NCAA DIII Championship Tournament was continued on the morning of May 23rd due to heavy rains and lightening delays on Wednesday.
The Ephs shot 26 over par (314) in the second round and were in 11
th place overall with a two-round total of 327.
First year
Emma Abramson and senior captain
Tianyi Zhuang led the Ephs on round 2 as each carded 78s, while sophomores
Victoria Kim and
Euna Lee both shot 79.
After round two the field was cut to just fifteen teams.
The third round began at 1 PM on Thursday with a shotgun start. The third round of the 4-round event was by far the Ephs best round as they shot 300, just 12 over par which translated into a 14-shot improvement from their second round. At day's end the Ephs remain in 11
th place overall.
In the afternoon junior captain
Gio Kim led the way for the Ephs shooting a one under par 71 that included four birdies. The Ephs had 13 birdies in round three. First year
Emma Abramson came in at 3 over par. Sophomore
Euna Lee shot four over par while senior captain
Tianyi Zhuang was six over par.
"We have had two very long days of golf, sitting out weather delays and waiting to see when we might get back out on the course," stated Eph head coach
Tomas Adalsteinsson. "Round two didn't end as well as we had hoped for when we were finally able to finish it early this morning. The committee made the right choice to switch to a shotgun format for the third round this afternoon and we started to put up scores closer to what we are used to. The conditions were ideal for scoring this afternoon and we even left some shots out there. I am proud of the team for pulling through with a good round after very long days. The plan is to build on it and see if we can do even better tomorrow to finish out the championship."
