Florida tees off the final round of stroke play one-shot outside the match play cut tomorrow.
The Gators had a second round of 286 (+6) to produce a 36-hole team score of 568 (+8) and are tied for 9th, trailing one shot back of the top-8 match play at the conclusion of tomorrow’s final stroke play round. UF will tee off tomorrow at 9:40 a.m. as an octad of teams will battle to advance to match play.
Florida’s low round scores came from Paula Francisco and Addison Klonowski each with a 71 (+1). Francisco had a quick start to her second set of 18-holes with a 3-under bogey-free back nine and was tied for the lead when she made the turn. She is 2-under overall and tied for 8th while sitting third in birdies in 10.
Klonowski made a six-shot improvement from her opening round and is T58. She closed strong with a 1-under bogey-free final nine holes.
UF’s final two counting scores were both from Inès Archer (T41) and Jessica Guiser (T34) with 72s (+2). The freshman, Guiser, leads the field in par3 scoring with a mark of 2.63 (-3).
The non counting score today was from Karoline Tuttle (T30) with a 73 (+3).
TEAM LEADERBOARD
| Position | School | Round 1 | Round 2 | Score | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina | 266 | 274 | 540 | -20 |
| 2 | LSU | 275 | 279 | 554 | -6 |
| 3 | Texas | 279 | 280 | 559 | -1 |
| 4 | Ole Miss | 279 | 283 | 562 | +2 |
| 5 | Auburn | 276 | 289 | 565 | +5 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 283 | 283 | 566 | +6 |
| T7 | Mississippi State | 283 | 284 | 567 | +7 |
| T7 | Texas A&M | 284 | 283 | 566 | +7 |
| T9 | Florida | 282 | 286 | 568 | +8 |
| T9 | Arkansas | 288 | 280 | 568 | +8 |
| 11 | Alabama | 286 | 284 | 570 | +10 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 286 | 292 | 578 | +18 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 288 | 296 | 584 | +24 |
| 14 | Missouri | 288 | 297 | 585 | +25 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 288 | 302 | 590 | +30 |