CARLSBAD, Calif. — After 54 holes of stroke play, the field of 30 teams at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course is now 15 after Sunday evening’s cut.
Texas A&M held on to the lead and will be out front by a shot over top-ranked Stanford heading into the final round. LSU is the only other team under par through 54 holes, with the Tigers sitting at 1 under.
Texas A&M junior Adela Cernousek is running away from the field, leading by seven shots heading into the final round. She sits at 12 under, in front of Arkansas freshman Maria Jose Marin.
One one team from the afternoon wave Sunday earned a spot in Monday’s final round of stroke play, and it took some heroics to get there.
Come Monday, the top eight teams after the final round of stroke play will make match play, which begins Tuesday morning.
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Meet the 15 teams who made the first cut at Omni La Costa:
The Aggies have a knack for playing well at NCAAs. Last year, Texas A&M made the semifinals. This year, they’re well on their way to again making it into match play. It all starts with Adela Cernousek, the individual leader at 12 under after 54 holes.
Stanford has won the stroke-play portion of NCAAs the past three years, so it’s no surprise to see the Cardinal yet again near the top of the leaderboard. Freshman Paula Martin Sampedro is leading the charge, sitting at 4 under.
LSU hasn’t had the best of success at NCAAs, but perhaps this is the year the Tigers break through into match play and beyond. And they’re doing it with a struggling Ingrid Lindblad, who is 13 over after 54 holes.
Clemson was the leader after the first round and has shot 5 over in each of the past two days. The Tigers are still in…
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