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Fassi, Kim continue good play; team moves to third at SEC Championship
Maria Fassi and Dylan Kim continued to play well helping the Razorbacks moveinto third place after day two action at the 2018 SEC Women’s Golf Championship
HOOVER, Ala. — Arkansas juniors Maria Fassi and Dylan Kim continued to play well helping the third-ranked Razorbacks move up two spots into third place after day two action at the 2018 SEC Women’s Golf Championship in Hoover, Alabama, on Thursday.
Fassi posted her second consecutive 2-under 70 and is 4-under for the tournament at 140. She is in second place with one round remaining in stroke play action.
Kim is in third place shooting 70-73=143 and is in striking distance of the lead.
Their strong play helped Arkansas to the third-best round of the day with a 5-over 293. No. 20 South Carolina leads the field shooting 291-291=582.
Second-ranked Alabama is next with a 286-304=590, followed by No. 3 Arkansas who is in the clubhouse with scores of 299-293=592.
The rest of the top five includes No. 44 Georgia at 596 and No. 13 Florida with 599.
Arkansas will pair with South Carolina and Alabama in Friday’s final round of stroke play. The top eight teams will move on to the match play portion of the tournament on Saturday and Sunday.
Fassi led the team with five birdies on Thursday including carding a four on the par-5 18th hole to finish 2-under.
She played the back nine 3-under and birdied holes six and 12 for the second consecutive day.
Kim birdied holes three and seven but counted three bogeys on the back nine. She rallied to finish with four consecutive par holes and remain near the top of the leaderboard.
Senior Alana Uriell provided a big boost to the Arkansas scoring while moving up 23 spots on day two of the championship.
Uriell is tied for 23 after shaving seven shots off of her round one score coming in with an even-par 72. She is plus-7 with a 151 (79-72). Junior Kaylee Benton also moved up in the standings and its tied for 56th shooting 81-78=159. Junior Cara Gorlei rounds out the Razorback scoring. Gorlei is 58th with rounds of 80-80=160.
From Shauna Taylor
This is a championship golf course and today we stuck to our game-plan and were rewarded for it.
The winds are so unpredictable, always changing, but we did a better job today of figuring out where to be to have success.
We have put ourselves in position to reach our goals this week There is a lot of golf still to be played so we have to focus on our plan and executing it.
The Lineup
| PLACE | PLAYER | SCORE | TO PAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Maria Fassi (1) | 70–70—140 | -4 |
| 3 | Dylan Kim (3) | 70–73—143 | -1 |
| T23 | Alana Uriell (2) | 79–72—151 | +7 |
| T56 | Kaylee Benton (4) | 81–78—159 | +15 |
| 58 | Cara Gorlei (5) | 80–80—160 | +16 |
The Field
| PLACE | TEAM | SCORE | TO PAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No. 10 South Carolina | 291–291—582 | +6 |
| 2 | No. 2 Alabama | 286–304—590 | +14 |
| 3 | No. 3 Arkansas | 299–293—592 | +16 |
| 4 | No. 44 Georgia | 306–290—596 | +20 |
| 5 | No. 13 Florida | 298–301—599 | +23 |
| 6 | No. 24 Vanderbilt | 296–306—602 | +26 |
| 7 | No. 20 Auburn | 306–301—607 | +31 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 309–301—610 | +34 |
| 9 | Missouri | 304–308—612 | +36 |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 308–305—613 | +37 |
| 11 | No. 43 Tennessee | 310–304—614 | +38 |
| 12 | No. 37 Ole Miss | 316–305—621 | +45 |
| 13 | LSU | 313–311—624 | +48 |
| 14 | No. 35 Texas A&M | 312–315—627 | +51 |
| Thu, Aug 29 |  | vs UAPB (Little Rock) | W, 70-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | @ Oklahoma State | L, 31-39 2OT |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | vs UAB | W, 37-27 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | @ Auburn | W, 24-14 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Texas A&M (Arl) | L, 21-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | vs Tennessee | W, 19-14 |
| Sat, Oct 19 |  | vs LSU | L, 34-10 |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | @ Mississippi State | W, 58-25 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | vs Ole Miss | L, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Texas | 11:00 AM |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | vs Louisiana Tech | TBD ESPN+/SECN+ |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | @ Missouri | TBD |
| Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll: | ||||
| OVERALL | Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Bryant (18) | 8-0 | 252 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway (6) | 8-0 | 230 | 2 |
| 3. | Greenwood (2) | 8-0 | 210 | 3 |
| 4. | Little Rock Parkview | 7-1 | 171 | 4 |
| 5. | Bentonville | 5-3 | 141 | 6 |
| 6. | Benton | 7-1 | 126 | 5 |
| 7. | Fayetteville | 6-2 | 100 | 8 |
| 8. | Pulaski Academy | 6-2 | 75 | 7 |
| 9. | Rogers | 5-3 | 45 | 9 |
| 10. | Shiloh Christian | 6-2 | 40 | 10 |
| Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3. | ||||
| CLASS 7A | ||||
| 1. | Bryant (20) | 8-0 | 124 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway (6) | 8-0 | 105 | 2 |
| 3. | Bentonville | 5-3 | 75 | 3 |
| 4. | Fayetteville | 6-2 | 45 | 5 |
| 5. | Pulaski Academy | 6-2 | 35 | 4 |
| Others receiving votes: Rogers 5. | ||||
| CLASS 6A | ||||
| 1. | Greenwood (26) | 8-0 | 130 | 1 |
| 2. | Benton | 7-1 | 102 | 2 |
| 3. | Shiloh Christian | 6-2 | 71 | 3 |
| 4. | Marion | 7-1 | 52 | 4 |
| 5. | Mountain Home | 7-1 | 31 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4. | ||||
| CLASS 5A | ||||
| 1. | Little Rock Parkview (23) | 7-1 | 127 | 1 |
| 2. | Joe T Robinson | 7-1 | 90 | 2 |
| 3. | Valley View (3) | 8-0 | 80 | 3 |
| 4. | Hot Springs Lakeside | 7-1 | 48 | 4 |
| 5. | Farmington | 7-1 | 30 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1. | ||||
| CLASS 4A | ||||
| 1. | Elkins (19) | 8-0 | 116 | 1 |
| 2. | Arkadelphia (5) | 6-2 | 79 | 2 |
| 3. | Little Rock Mills (1) | 8-0 | 70 | 3 |
| 4. | Warren | 6-2 | 40 | 4 |
| 5. | Malvern (1) | 8-0 | 31 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2. | ||||
| CLASS 3A | ||||
| 4. | Bismarck (15) | 8-0 | 105 | 4 |
| 5. | Fordyce (4) | 8-0 | 76 | 5 |
| Prescott (3) | 7-1 | 53 | 1t | |
| 1. | Osceola (2) | 6-1 | 49 | — |
| 3. | Mayflower (1) | 8-0 | 36 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3. | ||||
| CLASS 2A | ||||
| 1. | Carlisle (21) | 8-0 | 121 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway Christian (4) | 8-0 | 104 | 2 |
| 3. | Des Arc | 7-1 | 66 | 3 |
| 4. | Bigelow (1) | 6-2 | 45 | 5 |
| 5. | Murfreesboro | 6-2 | 30 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1 | ||||
| 8-MAN SANCTIONED | ||||
| 1. | Strong-Huttig (25) | 5-0 | 76 | 1 |
| 2. | Midland (1) | 7-0 | 50 | 2 |
| 3. | Cedar Ridge | 7-1 | 25 | 3 |
| Others receiving votes: Rector 5. | ||||