USC continues to lead at the NCAA St. George Regional Championships

ST. GEORGE, Utah – Southern California extended its first-place lead after the second round of the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf St. George Regional Championships on Friday.

"Similar to our opening round on Wednesday, we stayed patient today," USC head coach Andrea Gaston said. "I told them to not look at the big picture, but to stay in the moment and give their best on each shot. We are in a good position going into the final round tomorrow. We just need to play our game and keep doing what we've been doing the first two rounds."

USC remained in first (+17) after the second day, 11 strokes below the next team. Stanford moved up three spots to put itself in second (+28). Tied for third place, California and Arkansas both shot 34-over-par.

Annie Park from USC took over first place in the second round, shooting one-over-par. Three players jumped into the top 10 on Friday; Shannon Aubert from Stanford climbed 14 places after shooting 69 to put herself in a tie for second (+2), while Jenny Haglund and Alana Uriell both moved up 10 spots to a six-way tie for sixth (+5).

"Annie did a great job of staying calm," Gaston said. "She hit a lot of good shots and played really consistent golf."

There is a three-way tie for seventh (+43) between SMU, Wisconsin and New Mexico State after day two. Vanderbilt made the most progress in the second round, moving up six spots to a tie for 11th (+48) with Middle Tennessee. San Diego State had the biggest drop, falling four places to 16th (+57).

The third and final round of the regional championships will begin at 8 a.m. MDT on Saturday at the Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club.

2015 Division I Women's Golf St. George Regional Championships - May 8, 2015

Team Scores
Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Southern California	293	292	585
2	Stanford	304	292	596
T3	California	297	305	602
T3	Arkansas	306	296	602
5	Virginia	308	296	604
6	UNLV	301	304	605
T7	SMU	308	303	611
T7	Wisconsin	303	308	611
T7	New Mexico State	305	306	611
10	TCU	313	302	615
T11	Vanderbilt	319	297	616
T11	Middle Tennessee	313	303	616
13	Miami	316	306	622
14	Denver	315	308	623
15	Colorado	316	308	624
16	San Diego State	315	310	625
17	Northern Arizona	317	323	640
18	University at Albany	331	322	653

Individual Scores
Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Annie Park	72	71	+1
T2	Shannon Aubert	75	69	+2
T2	Dana Finkelstein	72	72	+2
T4	Gaby Lopez	73	72	+3
T4	Pauline Loulier	68	77	+3
T6	Jenny Haglund	75	72	+5
T6	Alana Uriell	75	72	+5
T6	Lauren Coughlin	74	73	+5
T6	Brooke Ferrell	72	75	+5
T6	Casey Danielson	72	75	+5
T6	Karen Chung	71	76	+5