Cowgirls move up five spots at Poppy Hills

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – After a rocky first round, the No. 5 Oklahoma State women’s golf team posted a 7-over 284 to find themselves right back in the mix at the Stanford Intercollegiate.

After carding a 300 in the opening round, the Cowgirls returned to form and jumped five spots on the leaderboard at the Poppy Hills Golf Club. OSU will enter Wednesday’s final round in eighth place.

Freshman Stephanie Astrup took charge for OSU carding a 1-under par 71. Astrup vaulted 23 spots on the leaderboard from 42nd all the way up to 23rd. This is only Astrup’s third tournament as a Cowgirl.

Senior Emma Broze put up an impressive 2-under 35 on the front nine holes and finished the day 1-over par. Broze is currently tied for 29th.

Chih-Min Chen posted a 3-over par 74 and is tied for 23rd, while Alexis Sadeghy finished her second round at 4-over par and is tie for 53rd.

Team Leaderboard 
1. Stanford (-1) 280-287 – 567
2. UCLA (+6) 288-286 – 574
3. Northwestern (+8) 296-280 – 576
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T8. Oklahoma State (+23) 300-291 – 591

 Individual Leaderboard 
Hannah Kim, Northwestern (-6) 66-70 – 136
T2. Andrea Lee, Stanford (-2) 69-71 – 140
T2. Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA (-2) 70-70 – 140
T2. Albane Valenzuela, Stanford (-2) 70-70 – 140
T2. Mike Liu, Stanford (-2) 68-70 – 140
T2. Wenyung Keh, Washington (-2) 68-72 – 140 

Oklahoma State Golfers 
T19. Stephanie Astrup (+4) 76-70 – 146
T23. Chih-Min Chen (+5) 73-74 – 147 
T29. Emma Broze (+6) 76-72 – 148
T53. Alexis Sadeghy (+10) 77-75 – 152
T57. Kenzie Neisen (+11) 75-78 – 153