Friday, May 31, 2024

College Baseball and the U.S. Women's Open

It's unusual to have the Opening Weekend of the NCAA Baseball Tournament and the U.S. Women's Open going on at the same time, but here we are.  In the baseball, Kentucky leads Western Michigan 3-0 in the bottom of the 3d before a packed house in Lexington.  Would be nice to see the Cats advance in an NCAA Tournament for a change.

Here is the current top 10 at the U.S. Women's Open:

T1.  Minjee Lee (AUS):  -1 (34 holes)
T1.  Yuka Saso (JPN):  -1 (33)
T1.  Andrea Lee-1 (18)
T1.  Wichanee Meechai (THA):  -1 (18)
T1.  Miss Adela Cernousek (am) (FRA):  -1 (18)

T6.  Jin Kee Im (KOR):  Even (33)
T6.  Yui Kawamoto (JPN):  Even (20)
T6.  Sei Young Kim (KOR):  Even (18)
T6.  Miss Megan Schofill (am):  Even (18)
T6.  Chisato Iwai (JPN):  Even (18)
T6.  Alexandra Forsterling (GER):  Even (18)

Miss Asterisk Talley, the 15-year-old amateur from California, is in the clubhouse with a score of 70+71 = 141 (plus 1).  I think that score will look really good at the end of the day.

34 comments:

  1. Kentucky leads Western Michigan 7-0 after 3 innings. Really great start for the Cats.

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  2. Vandy won't be in this tournament for long. The Commodores, who went 13-17 in the SEC this year, trail Coastal Carolina 5-0 after 3.

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  3. Here are the top eight seeds in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, which began about 90 minutes ago:

    1. Tennessee (50-11)
    2. Kentucky (40-14)
    3. Texas A & M (44-13)
    4. N. Carolina (42-13)
    5. Arkansas (43-14)
    6. Clemson (41-14)
    7. Georgia (39-15)
    8. Florida St. (42-15)

    I've never seen Tennessee and Kentucky be ranked 1-2 in any sport, ever. Of course, there's never been another sport where Vandy won two national titles in six seasons.

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  4. Coastal Carolina leads Vandy 8-0 in the top of the 4th, and Vandy will have to go back to the drawing board.

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  5. The Cats lead Western Michigan 8-0 after 4, and they look like the Number 2 overall seed right now. A very happy crowd in Lexington.

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  6. Cats lead Western Michigan 10-5 after 5.

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  7. Minjee Lee (AUS) and Yuka Saso (JPN) are both in the clubhouse with 36-hole totals of 139 (1 under par), and they are tied for the lead.

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  8. The Broncos have scored three runs in the top of the 6th, and they have runners on second and third with two out. Cats lead is now only 10-8.

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  9. UK strikes out the batter to end the inning. But the game is still wide open. After 5 1/2 innings, UK leads Western Michigan 10 to 8.

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  10. In Chapel Hill, LSU hits a walk-off home run to beat Wofford 4-3.

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  11. In Charlottesville, UVA beats Penn 4 to 2.

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  12. In Tallahassee, Florida St. beats Stetson 7 to 2.

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  13. In Norman, Okla., UConn beats Duke 4 to 1.

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  14. In Greenville, N.C., Eric's Purple Aces of Evansville knock off the top-seeded East Carolina Pirates by a score of 4 to 1.

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  15. In Clemson, Coastal Carolina humiliates Vandy 13-3.

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  16. And in Lexington, Kentucky holds off Western Michigan 10-8.

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  17. Meanwhile, at the Lancaster C.C., Wichanee Meechai has started her second round by birdieing the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th holes. Now the leaderboard looks like this:

    1. W. Meechai (THA): -5 (22 holes)

    T2. M. Lee (AUS): -1 (36)
    T2. Y. Saso (JPN): -1 (36)
    T2. Y. Kawamoto (JPN): -1 (29)
    T2. Miss M. Schofill (am): -1 (24)
    T2. A. Furue (JPN): -1 (23)
    T2. C. Iwai (JPN): -1 (22)

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  18. Lexi Thompson shot 78+75=143 (13 over par). She will miss the cut.
    Rose Zhang shot 79+72=142 (11 over par). She will miss the cut.

    Nelly Korda is 10 over par through 24 holes. She has played 23 holes in 3 over par, and one hole in 7 over. If she can get to 7 over by the end of this round, she will probably make the cut.

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  19. Wichanee Meechai is 31 years old. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and her father is the Senior Tournament Director on the Asian Tour, the principal men's golf tour in Japan. She has never won a tournament on the L.P.G.A. tour.

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  20. In Athens, Georgia and Army are tied 7-7 in the top of the 8th.

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  21. Nelly Korda birdies the 7th and 8th holes. She is now 8 over par, and at this point she is projected to make the cut. She's tied for 75th.

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  22. In Knoxville, Indiana beat So. Mississippi 10 to 4.

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  23. In College Station, Texas A & M beat Grambling 8 to 0.

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  24. In Athens, Georgia beats Army 8 to 7.

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  25. 1. W. Meechai (THA): -4 (24 holes)

    T2. M. Lee (AUS): -1 (36)
    T2. Y. Saso (JPN): -1 (36)

    T4. H. Shibuno (JPN): Even (31)
    T4. Miss M. Schofill (am): Even (27)
    T4. A. Furue (JPN): Even (26)
    T4. C. Iwai (JPN): Even (24)

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  26. Korda bogeys the 9th hole. She goes out in 34, and is now 9 over par. That puts her on the wrong side of the cut line.

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  27. Korda holes a nervy 10-footer for par on 10. She remains at 9 over.

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  28. In Raleigh, N.C., South Carolina beats James Madison 8-7 in 10 innings.

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  29. In Fayetteville, Arkansas beat SEMO 17 to 9.

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  30. In Tuscon, W. Virginia beat Dallas Baptist 4 to 1.

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  31. In Stillwater, Okla., Florida beat Nebraska 5 to 2.

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  32. In Santa Barbara, Calif., Oregon beat San Diego 5 to 4 in 11 innings.

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  33. Nelly Korda is going to miss the cut. She's still 9 over with only one hole left to play.

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  34. Current leaderboard:

    T1. A. Lee: -3 (33 holes)
    T1. W. Meechai (THA): -3 (32)

    T3. M. Lee (AUS): -1 (36)
    T3. Y. Saso (JPN): -1 (36)

    5. S. Koiwai (JPN): Even (33)

    Miss Asterisk Talley, still at 1 over par, is currently in a tie for 6th.

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