The Gators did not see the improvement they hoped for the second day of the 2014 Northrop Grumman Tournament.
Florida remains in 10th place after another round of 18 holes in Palos Verdes, Calif., shooting 302 (+18) and bringing its total score to 600 (+32).
The team is currently 33 strokes behind new leader Southern California, which ended Day 1 two strokes behind first place.
“The conditions were tough today,” coach Emily Glaser said in a release. “We hung in there pretty well at the beginning but had a stretch of holes through the middle of our round that killed us.”
Junior Sarah Schober began the day tied for 16th place and tied for third place with Oklahoma’s Alexandra Kaui with a total score of 140 (-3) at the end of Day 2. The junior, who is competing as an individual, shot seven birdies and earned a second round score of 68 (-2).
“Sarah is having a great tournament against a strong field and we are very happy for her,” Glaser said. “She will play a key role for us the remainder of the spring.”
Katie Mitchell led Florida’s lineup after the second round with a score of 72 (+1), improving by three strokes to reach 27th place. The redshirt sophomore shot five birdies to lift her total score to 148 (+6).
Senior Elcin Ulu also saw improvement after shooting 11 over par in the first round, scoring three birdies and ending the day with a score of 75 (+4).
The rest of the team struggled in Palos Verdes, with junior Camilla Hedberg dropping from sixth place to 29th after finishing the day seven-over and tying freshman Maria Torres.
The two earned a total score of 149 (+7) and are currently tied with 10 other players.
Freshman Karolina Vlckova added two more strokes to her Day 1 score and currently sits sixth from the bottom of the leaderboard with a total score of 160 (+10).
Florida has one final round to improve its standings against a lineup that includes eight of the top 10 Division 1 teams.
“This is a course that exposes your weaknesses,” Glaser said. “I think this team is learning a lot about what we need to do to get better.”
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