Waves Move Up to Third after Golfweek Red Sky Classic Second Round

Tuesday, September 24

Wolcott, Colo.

Pepperdine University

Golfweek Red Sky Classic

Waves Move Up to Third after Golfweek Red Sky Classic Second Round

9/24/2024 5:25:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

VAIL, Colo. – The Pepperdine women's golf team put in one of the top-three performances of the second round on Tuesday to move up to third-place at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic. After a strong 290 in the opening round, the Waves shot a 6-under 282 for a two-day total of 572 at the par-72, 6,328-yard Red Sky Golf Club.

The Waves are seven-strokes behind Kansas who has the team lead after two rounds and two-shots back from Sacramento State in second. Pepperdine is another two-shots ahead of Denver in second and three in front of Boise State who rounds out the top-five. The team's 4-under 572 ties for 10^th in the program record books for lowest 36-hole score.

Pepperdine's efforts have been helped by Jeneath Wong and Lauren Gomez who both are in the top-seven after 36-holes. Wong picked up six birdies in the round today and is 7-under through two rounds to sit in fourth-place and only two shots behind the lead heading into the final 18-holes tomorrow. She is tied for the tournament high with 11 birdies so far. Gomez is close behind, tied for seventh and 4-under overall, while leading all competitors in par-five scoring with a 6-under 4.25 average so far this tournament.

The Waves will be paired with Kansas, Sacramento State and Denver, all in contention to take home the team hardware tomorrow. All teams will tee off at 8 a.m. PT, with Pepperdine teeing off on holes one through three for the final round.

PLAYER SCORES

Junior Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) is in fourth with a score of 137 (68-69). She continued pace with her strong first round yesterday despite opening the second with a bogey. She posted a pair of birdies shortly after on holes three and four, before dropping back to 1-over by hole six. Those would be her final flaws of the day, however, as a birdie on eight pushed her to even through the turn. She ended the day with a trio of birdies in her final five holes.
Senior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) has posted a 140 (70-70) to tie for seventh. She had a relatively even day with a birdie and bogey in each the front and back nine, but ended the round on a high note with an eagle on the par-five 18^th hole.
Junior Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) is tied for 31^st after posting a 147 (76-71) to move up 24-spots from yesterday. She had three bogeys on the front nine, but would post only one on the back nine while countering with five birdies, shooting 4-under on the back nine alone.
Freshman Grace Anderson (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) also moved up 20-spots from yesterday after shooting even par in the second round, tallying a 148 (76-72) through both rounds. She had a pair of bogeys on the front before spending nine holes in the middle of the round without an error. She would bogey again on hole 15, but ended with three-consecutive birdies in as many holes to round out the day.
Freshman Nishna Patel (Mumbai, India) is tied for 76^th with a two-round score of 158 (82-76). She's had one birdie each day.

THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Kansas 565; 2. Sacramento State 570; 3. Pepperdine 572; 4. Denver 574; 5. Boise State 575; 6. UC Irvine 579; 7. Northern Arizona 586; T8. Mercer 591; T8. Little Rock 591; 10. South Dakota State 592; 11. UNC Asheville 593; 12. Northern Colorado 599; 13. East Tennessee State 603; 14. Wichita State 607; 15. Eastern Michigan 608; 16. Arkansas State 611.

Individual Scores: T1. Savannah de Bock (Eastern Michigan) 135; T1. Caitlin Maurice (Sac State) 135; 3. Alona Avery (UC Irvine) 136; 4. Jeneath Wong (Pepperdine) 137; 5. Lily Hirst (Kansas) 138; 6. Katherine Laursen (Little Rock) 139; T7. Lauren Gomez (Pepperdine) 140: T7. Clara Gestsdottir (Denver) 140; T9. Johanna Ebner (Kansas) 141; T9. Logan Hale (Denver) 141; T9. Brooke Patterson (Boise State) 141.