Uriell Moves Up The Leaderboard

CHAPEL HILL, NC – University of Arkansas junior Alana Uriell posted a second round 70 moving into a tie for third place after second round action at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational at the UNC Finley Course on Saturday.

Uriell is in the clubhouse with back-to-back 70s and her two-day 140 is just two strokes back of second place.
The Carlsbad, California, native helped the Razorbacks remain in fourth place with the team counting a 286–287—573 with one round remaining.

Uriell and the Razorbacks opened on the first hole and she played the front nine 1-over with a bogey on No. 5. Uriell added her second bogey on the 11th hole but followed with four consecutive birdies finishing 2-under for the day.

Sophomore Kaylee Benton moved up the leaderboard as well shooting 72–70—142 to tie for 11th place overall. Benton also finished strong with third birdies on the back nine. Razorback All-American Maria Fassi is tied for 13th with a 71–73—144 followed by sophomore Cara Gorlei who is tied for 44th carding rounds of 73–76—149. Senior Samantha Marks rounds out the Razorback scores. Marks is in the clubhouse with rounds of 78–74—152.

Wake Forest continues to lead the field and No. 1 Alabama moved up two spots into a tie for lead in the second round. The Demon Deacons and the Crimson Tide are 7-under with a 569. Ohio State is in third shooting 570 followed by Arkansas’ 573 and North Carolina State rounds out the top five shooting 577.

From Shauna Estes-Taylor
It was really a team effort today. I felt like they had to really fight hard for every shot out there and they did a great job of staying in it. Alana making four birdies on the back nine was big. Maria birdied her last two holes and Samantha hung in there and fought hard to shoot 2-over and count today. Kaylee also played well today. She played pretty simple golf, hit a lot of fairways and got some putts to fall. I’m so excited about her being a part of our team this year.I feel good about our game plan. I feel good about where we are and about the energy. We are in a very good place to accomplish the goal we can here with and I’m excited for the final round tomorrow.