Harm Tied for 2nd at Battle at the Beach

Saturday, November 4

San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (Club Campestre San Jose)

All Day

University of Houston

Battle at the Beach

11/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

Nov. 4, 2017

Scoring \| Results Pairings \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Oklahoma	281	281		562	-6
t2.	Texas	286	281		567	-1
t2.	UCLA	282	285		567	-1
4.	Baylor	290	285		575	+7
t5.	Houston	283	297		580	+12
t5.	Auburn	288	292		580	+12
7.	Virginia	290	291		581	+13
8.	Wake Forest	290	296		586	+18
9.	Vanderbilt	299	290		589	+21
10.	Mississippi State	296	296		592	+24
11.	North Carolina	294	300		594	+26
12.	TCU	296	299		595	+27
13.	Ohio State	301	298		599	+31
14.	Tulane	302	298		600	+32

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t2.	Leonie Harm	67	71		138	-4
t38.	Allie Andersen	74	74		148	+6
t38.	Courtney Tibiletti	70	77		148	+6
t48.	Megan Thothong	72	78		150	+8
t71.	Amanda Elich	79	74		153	+11

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest	67	70		137	-5
t2.	Leonie Harm Houston	67	71		138	-4
t2.	Sophia Schubert Texas	70	68		138	-4
t2.	Lilia Vu UCLA	69	69		138	-4
5.	Hannah Wood Oklahoma	70	69		139	-3

SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico Ã¢â‚¬" For the second straight day, University of Houston junior Leonie Harm posted the Cougars' low round to stand in a tie for second following the Second Round at the Battle at the Beach on Saturday afternoon at Club Campestre San Jose.

Starting of No. 1 on the 6,360-yard, par-71 course, Harm took advantage of the par-5s on the front nine with birdies on each and opened her back nine with another birdie on the par-4 10th hole on the way to a 36-hole total of 4-under 138.

The Gerlingen, Germany, native joined Texas' Sophia Schubert and UCLA's Lilia Vu in a group at 4-under, one stroke behind Second Round leader Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest.

As a team, the Cougars slipped into a tie for fifth with Auburn at 580 after shooting a team score of 297 on Saturday. Oklahoma held the Second-Round lead at 562, while Texas and UCLA were tied for second at 567. Baylor was in fourth at 575.

Following Houston, Virginia (581), Wake Forest (586), Vanderbilt (589) and Mississippi State (592) rounded out the top-10 leaders.

Seniors Allie Andersen and Courtney Tibiletti were tied for 38th at 148, while senior Megan Thothong was tied for 48th at 150. Sophomore Amanda Elich was tied for 62nd at 153.

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FINAL-ROUND PAIRINGS
Sunday's Final Round begins with a 9:30 a.m., shotgun start. The Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from Auburn, Virginia and Wake Forest.

Elich will be in the first group off No. 8 with Thothong (second group off No. 8), Tibiletti (No. 7), Andersen (No. 6) and Harm (first group off No. 5) following.

UP NEXT
Following the Battle at the Beach, the Cougars open their spring season at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship on Feb. 18-20, 2018, at English Turn Country Club in New Orleans.

From there, the team will play host to their own The Dickson on Feb. 26-27 at The Woodlands Country Club in The Woodlands, Texas.

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