Bauer Completes Day Two of NCAA Central Regional

Friday, May 7

Columbus, Ind.

12:20 PM

Michigan

NCAA Central Regional

5/7/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

May 7, 2010

Site: Columbus, Ind.
Course: Otter Creek Golf Course (par 72, 6,416 yards)
Tournament: NCAA Central Regional (Day 2 of 3)
U-M Standing: No Team Scoring
Top U-M Individual: Ashley Bauer, Tie-80th (78-87/165) After Day 2
Final Round: Saturday, May 8 -- at NCAA Central Regional (Columbus, Ind.), 8:55 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- With winds gusting upwards to 30 miles per hour, senior Ashley Bauer (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc HS) of the University of Michigan women's golf team battled her way through the second round of the NCAA Central Regional on Friday (May 7) and closed the day in a tie for 80th with a 165 (78-87) at the Otter Creek Golf Course.

Beginning her day in the second wave of players on the course in the afternoon, Bauer opened her round with a bogey on the first hole. A double bogey on the third hole put her at three over before her only birdie of the day on No. 4 brought her back to two over. With high winds across the course elevating scores, Bauer made the turn at 12 over. With the conditions softening on the back nine, she parred six of the nine holes to close at an 87, giving her a 136 two-day total.

Bauer is third among the three invited individuals as Missouri's Julia Potter is tied for 16th with at 154 (76-78) and Drake's Olivia Lansing is tied for 65th at 161 (79-82).

Fifth-ranked Southern Cal (299-302) moved into the lead after 36 holes with a 601 tally and first-day leader Arizona State (297-312) dropped to the second position with a 609 total. Oklahoma State (305-308) moved into third. As for the rest of the Big Ten teams at the regional, No. 8 Purdue is fifth at 623 (303-320), No. 10 Michigan State is tied for eighth at 626 (310-316), Northwestern is 15th at 643 (321-322) and host Indiana is tied for 17th at 646 (318-328).

The NCAA Central Regional will conclude Saturday (May 8) with the final 18 holes. Bauer and the rest of the individuals will tee off at 8:55 a.m. from the 10th tee. The top eight teams and the top two individuals not on a qualifying team will advance to the NCAA Championship (May 18-21) in Wilmington, N.C.

Team Standings (After Day 2)

 1. Southern California   299-302 = 601 2. Arizona State         297-312 = 609 3. Oklahoma State        305-308 = 613 4. Oregon                305-316 = 621 5. Purdue                303-320 = 623 6. New Mexico            306-318 = 624 7. Denver                312-313 = 625 8. Mississippi           309-317 = 626    Michigan State        310-316 = 626    Georgia               312-314 = 62611. Kent State            309-319 = 62812. Florida State         308-321 = 62913. San Diego State       319-316 = 63514. Louisville            315-324 = 63915. Northwestern          321-322 = 64316. Baylor                316-329 = 64517. Indiana               318-328 = 646    Illinois State        317-329 = 64619. Notre Dame            328-319 = 64720. N.C. State            328-324 = 65221. Tulsa                 324-330 = 65422. Murray State          336-347 = 68323. Detroit-Mercy         352-354 = 70624. Jackson State         357-357 = 714

Top Individuals

 1. Lizette Salas, USC                 75-69 = 144 2. Victoria Park, Oklahoma State      72-74 = 146 3. Martina Gavier, Kent State         72-75 = 147 4. Malin Enarsson, San Diego State    72-77 = 149    Jodi Ewart, New Mexico             72-77 = 149    Kendra Little, Oregon              70-79 = 149 7. Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State   77-73 = 150    Juliana Murcia, Arizona State      71-79 = 150 9. Thea Hoffmeister, Purdue           70-81 = 151    Cyna Rodriguez, USC                74-77 = 151    Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia        75-76 = 151    Jaclyn Sweeney, Arizona State      75-76 = 151

Michigan Individual

T80. Ashley Bauer   78-87 = 165*
* playing as individual

• Previous Results: Day One

N O T E S

• Ashley Bauer is making the third NCAA postseason tournament appearance of her career. As a freshman (2007), she helped U-M compete as a team at the Central Regional hosted in Ann Arbor, Mich. Last season (2009), she helped U-M compete as a team at the Central Regional at OSU's Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.

• With her start at the NCAA Central Regional, Ashley Bauer has yet to miss a tournament in her career, playing in 48 straight events. The U-M record for consecutive events played is held by Laura Olin (2002-05), who started 50 consecutive events.

Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423