Sept. 24, 2011

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -

The California Golden Bear women's golf team posted a 290 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Fall Preview, a score 16 strokes better than their first round total. Sophomore Nicola Roessler led the team with a one-under 71.

California was one of many schools to drop their scores out of the 300's in the second round of play, but few had such a dramatically better second round. The Bears began the day in 15th place and moved up to ninth at the end of the second round after logging a team score of +2 for the second 18 holes.

Leading the charge up the leaderboard was sophomore Nicola Roessler. Roessler's first-round 83 was the uncounted fifth score for Cal in the first round. In the second round, Roessler shot a one-under 71.

Senior Joanne Lee also improved her second round score, shooting an even-par 72. Senior Daniela Holmqvist matched her first-round one-over 73. She still has the lowest overall total for the Bears, entering the final round in a tie for 15th place.

UCLA leads with a two-day total of 579. Cal's two day tally is 596. They are three strokes behind host-school Vanderbilt in eighth place and four strokes off seventh place USC's pace.

The tournament, which is being played on the same course that the 2012 NCAA National Championships will be played, the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., will wrap up with a third and final round on Sunday, Sept. 25. Live Scoring will be available through Golfstat.

California Scores

T9 	California 	    306 	290 	596
T15 	Daniela Holmqvist  	73 	73 	146
T37 	Joanne Lee      	79 	72 	151
T45 	Emily Childs     	78 	74 	152
T59 	Nicola Roessler  	83 	71 	154
T74 	Joi Pentin      	76 	81 	157

Team Scores

1 UCLA
	+3 	F 	  -5 	296 	283 	579
2 Alabama
	+9 	F 	  +1 	296 	289 	585
3 North Carolina
	+12 	F 	  +2 	298 	290 	588
4 Arizona State
	+13 	F 	  +8 	293 	296 	589
T5 Duke
	+14 	F 	  -2 	304 	286 	590
T5 Virginia
	+14 	F 	  -2 	304 	286 	590
7 Southern Cal
	+16 	F 	  +12 	292 	300 	592
8 Vanderbilt
	+17 	F 	  +9 	296 	297 	593
T9 Texas A&M
	+20 	F 	  +5 	303 	293 	596
T9 California
	+20 	F 	  +2 	306 	290 	596
11 Florida
	+23 	F 	  +8 	303 	296 	599
12 LSU
	+27 	F 	  +12 	303 	300 	603
13 Georgia
	+28 	F 	  +6 	310 	294 	604
14 Arizona
	+30 	F 	  +20 	298 	308 	606
15 Tulane
	+33 	F 	  +12 	309 	300 	609
16 Arkansas
	+34 	F 	  +18 	304 	306 	610
17 Tennessee
	+35 	F 	  +20 	303 	308 	611
18 Purdue
	+39 	F 	  +14 	313 	302 	615