ALLENDALE, Mich.— Drury slipped two spots in the second round of the NCAA-II East Regional Championship and is in 17
th place heading to the third and final on Wednesday at The Meadows Golf Course in Allendale, Michigan.
The Panthers are 74-over par after 36 holes after shooting 35-over as a team on Tuesday. Drury's second round score was four shots better than their opening round on Monday, but they slipped two spots in the 18-team field. Only four shots, however, separate the Panthers from 13
th place as they are two shots back of Ohio Dominican, three behind Gannon and McKendree, and are four strokes off Illinois Springfield's pace.
10
th ranked Grand Valley State, host for the regional, is in first place at 12-over par. Fifth ranked Findlay is in second at +16, and Tiffin is in third place at 41-over par.
Jade Carter leads the Panthers through two rounds and is 44
th overall at 16-over par.
Taryn Overstreet, who qualified for last year's NCAA-II East Regional as an individual, is in 57
th at +18, and
Grace Stafford is in 62
nd at 19-over par. Stafford had Drury's best round of the tournament so far as the junior from Wildwood, Missouri, posted a six-over par 78 on Tuesday.
Isabelle Thrall is in 75
th and is 21-over par, while
Elizabeth Adkisson is at +32 and in 90
th.
Ashleigh Duflo from Findlay leads the 92-player field at two-under par. Duflo will enter the final round with a three-shot lead over three other players.
The 54-hole tournament concludes with the third and final round on Wednesday. Drury is among the first group and will tee off between 7 am and 7:40 am (Central).
The top five teams and the top two players not on an advancing team will qualify for the NCAA-II National Championship on May 13-17 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada.
The Drury women's golf team is playing in their first NCAA-II Regional since 2015 and this season marks their 11
th regional appearance in the team's 21-year history.
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