Rayner Leads Houston at NCAA Auburn Regional

Tuesday, May 7

Saugahatchee Country Club – Opelika, Ala.

All Day

University of Houston

NCAA Auburn Regional

5/7/2019 6:46:00 PM | Women's Golf

Senior shoots 69 in Tuesday’s Second Round at Saugahatchee Country Club

Scoring \| Second-Round Results \| Photos Final-Round Pairings \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#3 Duke	290	287		577	+1
2.	#17 Virginia	296	283		579	+3
t3.	#11 Florida State	291	290		580	+4
t3.	#6 Vanderbilt	287	293		580	+4
5.	ECU	291	295		586	+10
t6.	#13 Auburn	299	290		589	+13
t6.	#42 Tennessee	294	295		589	+13
8.	Maryland	294	297		591	+15
9.	#22 Furman	299	294		593	+17
10.	#31 Houston	306	293		599	+23
11.	#38 Alabama	300	303		603	+27
12.	#46 California	304	300		604	+28
13.	#27 Clemson	307	298		605	+29
14.	Denver	304	304		608	+19
t15.	Murray State	312	298		610	+34
t15.	#35 Kennesaw State	308	302		610	+34
t15.	South Alabama	310	300		610	+34
18.	Alabany	309	304		613	+37

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t23.	Maddy Rayner	78	69		147	+3
t28.	Hannah Screen	74	74		148	+4
t46.	Leonie Harm	74	76		150	+6
t69.	Maria Jose Martinez	80	74		154	+10
95.	Amanda Elich	83	88		171	+27

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t1.	Linette Holmslykke Murray State	75	65		140	-4
t1.	Virunpat Olankitkunchai Maryland	70	70		140	-4
t1.	#49 Auston Kim Vanderbilt	70	70		140	-4
4.	#86 Amanda Doherty Florida State	71	70		141	-3
t5.	#54 Gina Kim Duke	73	70		143	-1
t5.	#9 Jaravee Boonchant Duke	72	71		143	-1
t5.	Anne-Charlotte Mora (Ind.) Texas State	72	71		143	-1
t5.	Mariah Smith Tennessee	71	72		143	-1

OPELIKA, Ala. – University of Houston senior Maddy Rayner drained six birdies on the way to a team-low 69 to lead the University of Houston Women's Golf program during the Second Round of the NCAA Auburn Regional at Saugahatchee Country Club.

Starting her day off No. 10 on the 6,371-yard, par-72 course Tuesday, Rayner made birdie on the 535-yard, par-5 hole. Despite a bogey on No. 11, the Southlake, Texas, native rallied with another birdie on No. 13 and added back-to-back efforts on Nos. 16-17.

Competing in her first NCAA Regional, Rayner added another birdie on the par-4 second hole and rebounded from a bogey on No. 4 to sink her final birdie of the day on the par-5 eighth hole to lead the Cougars and tie for 23^rd at 147.

Like Rayner, freshmen Hannah Screen and Maria Jose Martinez are competing in their first NCAA postseason events this week with both shooting 74s on Tuesday. Screen was tied for 28^th at 148, while Martinez was tied for 69^th at 154.

Two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Leonie Harm was tied for 46^th at 150, while junior Amanda Elich stood in 95^th at 171.

As a team, the Cougars made the second-biggest move up the leaderboard Tuesday. Houston bettered its First-Round score by 13 strokes and rose to 10^th with a two-day total of 599.

No. 3 Duke held the second-day lead at 577 to stand two strokes in front of No. 17 Virginia. No. 11 Florida State and No. 6 Vanderbilt were tied for third at 580, while ECU was in fifth at 586. No. 13 Auburn and No. 42 Tennessee were tied for sixth at 589.

Maryland (591) and No. 22 Furman (593) rounded out the Top-9 leaders.

Murray State's Linette Holmslykke, Maryland's Virunpat Olankitkunchai and Auston Kim of Vanderbilt were tied for the individual lead at 4-under 140. Florida State's Amanda Doherty was in fourth at 141 with four student-athletes tied for fifth at 143.

Through Tuesday's Second Round, Texas State's Anne-Charlotte Mora held the third-lowest individual score from a non-Top 6 team.

The top-6 teams and top-3 individuals not on a qualifying team advance to the NCAA Championships, set for May 17-22 at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.

The NCAA Auburn Regional is one of four postseason sites across the nation, hosting 72 total teams.

LIVE SCORING
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FINAL-ROUND PAIRINGS
Wednesday's Final Round tees off at 8 a.m., with split-tee starts. The Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from No. 38 Alabama and No. 46 California.

Elich begins the Second Round at 8 a.m., off No. 10 with Martinez (8:10 a.m.), Harm (8:20 a.m.), Screen (8:30 a.m.) and Rayner (8:40 a.m.) following.

Complete Final-Round pairings can be found by clicking here.

NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY
Houston has qualified for NCAA Regional play as a team every season in which the team was eligible. The program started in 2013-14 with four student-athletes competing as individuals at tournaments but was not allowed to compete as a team that year, per NCAA rules.

This is the second-highest seeding the Cougars received in NCAA Regional play. Houston competed as the No. 7 seed at the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional.

Harm is competing in her fourth straight NCAA Regional, joining Megan Thothong as the only Cougars to accomplish that feat. A year ago, she fired a Final-Round 65 at the Austin Regional to force a playoff and won on the seventh hole to advance to the NCAA Championships as an individual qualifier for the second time in her career.

Elich is competing in the second Regional of her career, becoming the eighth player in school history to play in multiple NCAA postseason events.

Rayner, Martinez and Screen are making their NCAA postseason debuts.

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