Even though the Georgia women’s golf team continued to struggle Saturday in the windy conditions, it was still able to move up in the standings.

In the second round of the Tiger/Wave Classic at English Turn Golf and Country Club, the No. 17 Georgia carded in a 25-over-par 313 on Saturday, yet still managed to move up six spots to 8th place overall, but are still 19 strokes off the leader.

“It was real windy, I am guessing it was about a 20-30 mile per hour steady wind today and the scores indicate that” said Georgia head coach Kelley Hester. “But you gotta be really tough mentally. You don’t let the elements get to you. You just have to hit the ball where it ends up.”

That sentiment was never truer then with Georgia’s individual leader on Friday, sophomore, Marta Silva Zamora, who scored a 6-over on the par 5, 15th hole on Saturday. She ended the day with an 11-over 83 second round score, a season worse. But she was able to bounce back the rest of the round as she went on to score 1-over on her last 12 holes. This moved her from a tie for 16th to a tie for 49th.

Freshmen, Emily Burger, had the biggest turn around for the team as she finished the second round with a 75 moving her up to a tie for 40th, up 51 places from Friday.

Senior, Carolina Andrade, finished the round in a tie for 34th after shooting a 76; sophomore, Milena Savich, ended still tied for 34th with a 79 and freshmen, Kendall Wright, finished the day tied for 76th with an 83.

The team leaderboard sees No. 20 LSU and No. 2 Auburn tied for first at 25-over 601; No. 27 TCU is in 3rd and two-shots behind the leader at 27-over 603. The No. 7 University of Alabama is in fourth with a 31-over 607 and No. 18 Virginia rounds out the top-5 with a 35-over 611.

Georgia will finish with their last round Sunday in the three-day event.

Georgia men golfers slip to 12th in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – The Georgia men’s golf team slipped to 12th place on Saturday at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters.

Battling winds that reached 25 miles per hour at Southern Highlands Golf Club, the Bulldogs shot a 34-over-par 322 in the second round to move to 44-over 620 for the tournament. Host UNLV has the team lead at 17-over 593.

Bryden Macpherson paced the Bulldogs on Saturday with a 5-over 77. Rob Bennett and Harris English each carded an 8-over 80, while Russell Henley signed for a 13-over 85 and T.J. Mitchell had a 15-over 87.

English is tied for 25th in the individual race with a 9-over 153. Jesper Kennegard of Arizona State and T.J. Vogel of Southern Cal have the lead at 1-under 143. Bennett is behind English at 10-over 154, followed by Henley and Macpherson each at 17-over 161 and Mitchell at 18-over 162.

- Georgia Sports Communications