Tulsa in Fourth Place at Indiana Regional After Two Rounds

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Tulsa in Fourth Place at Indiana Regional After Two Rounds

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WESTFIELD, Ind. – The Tulsa women's golf team finished second round action at the NCAA Indiana Regional Tuesday in a fourth-place tie with a 36-hole total of 571 at the par-72 Club of Chatham Hills.

After yesterday's tournament leading round of 279, Tulsa scored 292 today for its 5-under par tournament total. The Hurricane was led by sophomore Sydney Seigel's 3-under par 69 with birdie putts on holes No. 7, 10 and 12 while playing the remaining 15 holes even for the day.

"We didn't have our best stuff today, but fortunately we're in the mix," said Tulsa head coach Annie Young. "I saw a lot of good stuff out on the course today. Sydney had an exceptional day."

The nation's 5^th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs turned in a round of 13-under par 275 for to take over the lead at 555 for the first 36 holes. Oregon State shot two-stroke below MSU at 11-under and sits in second place at 563. Vanderbilt (569), Virginia (571) along with Tulsa (571) round out the top-5 teams.

The final 18 holes will be played on Wednesday with the top-5 teams advancing to the championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 19-24. A total of seven teams enter the final round with under par scores.

"We'll have pressure tomorrow, but that's part of it. It's what we've trained for, we'll have to manage our emotions and game tomorrow. We're very confident that we can do that," said Young. "If you'd say at the start of the week that we'd be one under the cut line going into the final day would we take it, absolutely.

Seigel's round of 69 today moved her into 8^th place at 140 after Monday's opening score of 71. "Sydney played really solid today, made good decisions, was mature and handled her business on the course. Whether she has her best stuff or not she'll compete until the end," said Young.

Freshman Grace Kilcrease turned in a score of 1-over par 73 with four birdie putts and sits in 13^th place with a 2-under par 142 total score.

Freshman Jenni Roller and senior Lilly Thomas each carded rounds of 75 to count for the team score. Roller is in 33^rd place at 2-over par 146, while Thomas sits in 43^rd place with a 4-over 148 total.

Tulsa sophomore Lovisa Gunnar also is in 33^rd place at 146, after going 6-over par on her first nine holes, Gunnar regrouped and birdied three of the final six holes to finish even par on her final nine holes.

Tulsa will be looking to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals for the first time since 2007-08 season.

Team Results
1. #5 Mississippi State – 280-275=555
2. Oregon State – 286-277=563
3. #17 Vanderbilt – 287-282=569
T4. #36 Tulsa – 279-292=571
T4. #25 Virginia – 287-284=571
T6. Xavier – 289-285=574
T6. #20 Iowa State – 286-288=574
8. #44 Michigan – 283-294=577
9. #40 Tennessee – 288-294=582
10. #8 Oregon – 294-291=585
11. Morehead State – 296-302=598
12. Lipscomb – 299-301=600

Tulsa Individuals
8. Sydney Seigel – 71-69=140
T13. Grace Kilcrease – 69-73=142
T33. Jenni Roller – 71-75=146
T33. Lovisa Gunnar – 68-78=146
43. Lilly Thomas – 73-75=148

Top-5 Individuals
1. Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State) – 67-66=133
2. Hannah Levi (Mississippi State) – 68-66=134
T3. #18 Celina Sattelkau (Vanderbilt) – 69-66=135
T3. #40 Amanda Sambach (Virginia) – 69-66=135
T5. Chayse Gomez (Oregon State) – 71-68=139
T5. Abby Kiefer (Xavier) – 70-69=139
T5. Madde Sund (Oregon State) – 68-71=139