Uriell’s 68 Moves Arkansas Up The Leaderboard

CHARLESTON, S.C. – University of Arkansas junior Alana Uriell fired a second round 68 moving the Razorback women’s golf team up four spots into 10th place at the Powerade Cougar Classic in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday.

Uriell rebounded from a first-round 76 playing Monday’s round with three birdies and one bogey on each side. She moved into a tie for 26th shooting 76–68—144. She helped Arkansas improve by five strokes to move up in the standings with rounds of 293–288—581 into 10th place.

Sophomore Cara Gorlei also bettered her round one score shooting an even par 72. She is tied for 31st with rounds of 73–72—145. The rest of the Razorback scores include sophomore Maria Fassi who is tied for 50th shooting 72–75—147 and Kaylee Benton who is tied for 58th along with teammate Jordy LaBarbera who finished with an identical score of 74–74—148.

Furman leads the field with a 558, followed by North Carolina with 559, UCF and Wake Forest tied with 567 and Michigan with a 570 to round out the top five.

Play continues on the par-72 Yeamans Hall course with a final round shotgun start on Tuesday. The Razorbacks have two more fall events in October to round out the first half of the season.

FROM SHAUNA ESTES-TAYLOR
“It was obviously a little bit better today. It was a great round by Alana shooting a 68 but you know, we haven’t been able to get some putts to drop. I think we’re hitting some golf shots and getting to the greens in regulation to give us some opportunities. Hopefully that will open up tomorrow and let our Razorback balls pour in. We are doing a lot of good stuff out on the golf course and we’re going to go out there tomorrow and try to fill that hole up. We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing and if we do that we’ll be in a great position. Again, a great round by Alana. She had a lot of good opportunities and to shoot 68 – I’m just really proud of her comeback after day one. We are looking forward to another great day on an amazing golf course and we are ready to go out and post some good numbers.”