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Women's Golf

Tigers Make Move Up Standings at Mason Rudolph Championship

Mizzou will enter Sunday's action in eighth place overall, at 18-over par, but find themselves only three strokes behind fifth-place Clemson (+15).

FRANKLIN, TN. – Saturday's weather played havoc with the second day of the Mason Rudolph Championship, but the Mizzou Women's Golf team made the most of the situation, and moved up in the team standings, and find themselves in eighth place heading into the final day of play tomorrow.  Teams were initially scheduled to play 18 holes each over three days from Friday through Sunday, but impending weekend weather forced the teams to try and get the final 36 holes in on Saturday.  Teams got the full second round in Saturday, but ultimately Mother Nature wouldn't oblige, and play was suspended during the final round of play due to lightning in the area, meaning the tournament will wrap up Sunday as originally scheduled.

Head Coach Stephanie Priesmeyer's squad shot a team 302 score in the second round Saturday, which left them in 13th place, but they caught fire in the third round before play was suspended.  Through almost half of the third round, Mizzou stood three-under par as a team, and that play shot them five spots up to eighth place.  Senior Emma Allen (Southampton, England) was three under through 12 holes on the final round, thanks to five birdies, while junior Jessica Yuen (Bolingbrook, Ill.) was right behind her at two-under par through nine holes before play was halted.  Senior Cayce Hendrickson had herself at even par through 10 holes in the final 18, while senior Amanda Kim (O'Fallon, Mo.) and junior Cherise Otter (Bloomington, Ind.) were two over through 11 holes and three over through nine holes, respectively.

Mizzou will enter Sunday's action in eighth place overall, at 18-over par, but find themselves only three strokes behind fifth-place Clemson (+15).

Individually, Yuen, who shot a one-under par 71 in Saturday's second round, heads into the final day tied for fifth place at four-under for the tournament.  Allen is tied for 20th overall at one-over par after a second-round 77, while Kim is tied for 46th at plus-eight after her second-round 76.  Hendrickson is tied for 59th place overall at 13-over par after her second-round 78, with Otter rounding out the Tiger lineup in a tie for 73rd place at 20-over par (second-round 81).

For all the latest on Mizzou Women's Golf, stay tuned to www.MUTigers.com and follow the team on Twitter (@MUWomensGolf) and on Facebook at MizzouWomensGolf.

MIZZOU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Tiger                                        To Par     1st     2nd    3rd       Total

T5. Jess Yuen (1)                    -1              71       71                  -4      

T20. Emma Allen (2)               -1             71       77                  +1

T46. Amanda Kim (3)              +2            74       76                  +8

T59. Cayce Hendrickson (4)    +7            79       78                 +13

T73. Cherise Otter (5)              +8            80       81                 +20

SECOND ROUND/PARTIAL THIRD ROUND TEAM RESULTS

Team                      To Par    1st        2nd       3rd       Total

  1. Vanderbilt             -10       278     281                   -15
  2. Wake Forest          E          288     285                  -4
  3. Arizona State        -9         279      292                  +3
  4. Auburn                  -4         284      299                  +6
  5. Clemson                -5         283      300                  +15
  6. LSU                      +6        294      291                  +16
  7. Middle Tennessee +15      303      293                  +16
  8. Mizzou                  +7        295     302                  +18
  9. North Carolina      +2        290      298                  +19
  10. Mercer                   +13      301     288                  +20
  11. Louisville              +1        289      299                  +21
  12. Michigan State      +6        294     302                  +22
  13. Chattanooga          +11      299      300                  +26
  14. Charlotte               +8        296      305                  +28
  15. Houston                +4        292      303                  +28