Fernanda Lira Archives - ArkansasSports.Net https://arkansassports.net/tag/fernanda-lira/ Your stop for college and high school sports in Arkansas Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:48:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://arkansassports.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-ASN-Favicon-2017-32x32.jpg Fernanda Lira Archives - ArkansasSports.Net https://arkansassports.net/tag/fernanda-lira/ 32 32 UCA sits second at SLC women’s championship https://arkansassports.net/uca-sits-second-at-slc-womens-championship/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:48:26 +0000 https://arkansassports.net/?p=2249 UCA Sports Steve East, Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations     MONTGOMERY, Texas – The top-seeded University of Central Arkansas women’s golf team sits in […]

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    MONTGOMERY, Texas – The top-seeded University of Central Arkansas women’s golf team sits in second place after Round 1 of the 2018 Southland Conference Championship being played at Woodforest Golf Club.

UCA shot 299 and is two shots behind Houston Baptist and six shots ahead of third-place Sam Houston State. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is fourth at 306, followed by McNeese State (308), Lamar (311), Incarnate Word (314) and Stephen F. Austin (318).

UCA freshman Geraldine Wong is in second place overall after opening with a 1-over 72. Wong had an eagle on No. 6 to go with three bogeys for her 72. She trails HBU’s Alisa Chong by a stroke and is one stroke in front of HBU’s Kaity Cummings.

UCA senior Fernanda Lira and junior Emma Svensson are tied for seventh place with 4-over 75s, while freshman Tasha Ainsley-Thomas is tied for 14th (77) and freshman Brett Permann is tied for 28th (80).

The second round is set for Tuesday morning, with the tournament wrapping up on Wednesday morning. UCA is a three-time runner-up at the SLC Championship.

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]]> UCA’s Wong leads field after Round One at Texas State https://arkansassports.net/ucas-wong-leads-field-after-round-one-at-texas-state/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:42:34 +0000 https://arkansassports.net/?p=2087 UCA Sports Steve East, Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations KYLE, Texas – University of Central Arkansas freshman Geraldine Wong shot a career-low 2-under 69 on […]

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KYLE, Texas – University of Central Arkansas freshman Geraldine Wong shot a career-low 2-under 69 on Monday to lead the field by two strokes after one round of the Texas State Invitational being played at Plum Creek Golf Course.

The second round was not completed because of darkness and will conclude at 8 a.m. Tuesday, followed by the third and final round.

UCA is in second place with a 297 score, trailing on ly Houston Baptist at 294. UTSA is third (300), followed by Georgia Southern (302), Texas State (305), Lamar and UTEP (306), Arkansas State (307), ULM (308), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (310), James Madison and North Dakota State (311), UT Arlington (312), McNeese State (313), Little Rock (315), Stephen F. Austin (316) and UT Rio Grande Valley (319).

For UCA, senior Fernanda Lira is tied for 13th after shooting a 4-over 75. Junior Emma Svensson is tied for 23rd with a 76, followed by freshman Brett Permann tied for 31st (77) and junior Sally Fridstrom tied for 50th (79).

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