Dye Continues to Advance at NCAAs

May 21, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma senior golfer Kendall Dye shot a four-over 76 in the third round of the NCAA Championships Thursday at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., and stands in a tie for 54th place out of 126 golfers. Dye stood in 108th place after Tuesday's first round and in a tie for 72nd place after Wednesday's third round.

Dye, who was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI second team today, started round three on hole 10 and birdied three times on the back side for an even-par first nine. She shot four over par on the front nine.

Southern California tops the team standings after a third-round 294 (+6) and a three-round total of 890 (+26). Arizona State stands one stroke behind USC, while third-place UCLA is three strokes behind the Trojans.

Southern California's Jennifer Song took the individual lead after scoring a third-round one-under-71, putting her at an even-par 216 for the week. Purdue's Maria Hernandez and UCLA's Maria Jose Uribe stand tied for the second place at 218 (+2).

Dye will begin the fourth and final round of the NCAA Championships at 1 p.m. CT Friday. Live stats are available at www.golfstat.com.

Team Standings:
1. Southern California: 301-295-294=890 (+26)
2. Arizona State: 302-298-291=891 (+27)
3. UCLA: 296-293-304=893 (+29)
4. North Carolina: 299-301-306=906 (+42)
5. Denver: 294-304-309=907 (+43)
6. Virginia: 305-302-301=908 (+44)
7. Oklahoma State: 303-297-309=909 (+45)
8. Duke: 308-301-302=911 (+47)
9. Pepperdine: 312-298-302=912 (+48)
10. LSU: 302-304-309=915 (+51)
T11. Alabama: 305-302-311=918 (+54)
T11. Purdue: 306-301-311=918 (+54)
13. Wake Forest: 303-300-318=921 (+57)
14. Georgia: 316-307-301=924 (+60)
15. Michigan State: 307-303-315=925 (+61)
16. Tennessee: 307-313-306=926 (+62)
17. UT Chattanooga: 316-307-305= 928 (+64)
18. Arizona: 310-305-314=929 (+65)
19. TCU: 314-316-301=931 (+67)
20. New Mexico: 311-314-307=932 (+68)
21. Tulane University: 312-305-317=934 (+70)
22. Texas: 314-311-313=938 (+74)
T23. Ohio State: 323-311-314=948 (+84)
T23. UC Irvine: 320-316-312=948 (+84)

Individual Standings:
1. Jennifer Song, Southern California: 72 -73-71=216 E
T2. Maria Hernandez, Purdue: 74-72-72=218 (+2)
T2. Maria Jose Uribe, UCLA: 75-66-77=218 (+2)
4. Alice Kim, UC Davis: 74-75-70=219 (+3)
T5. Stephanie Connelly, UCF: 72-74-75=221 (+5)
T5. Lisa McCloskey, Pepperdine: 74-69-78=221 (+5)
T5. Azahara Munoz, Arizona State: 78-71-72=221 (+5)

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