THE RUNDOWN
ATLANTA – Baylor women’s golf trails Southern California 1-2-2 in the semifinals of the inaugural East Lake Cup at East Lake Golf Club. The match was suspended due to darkness on Monday and will resume at 6:30 a.m. CT Tuesday.
Baylor’s Louise Gateau-Chovelon is 1-up on USC’s Gabriella Chen thru 11 holes, giving Baylor its only lead in the five matches. Laura Lonardi is all-square with USC’s Tiffany Chan through 10 holes, and Lauren Whyte is all-square with USC’s Karen Chung through 17 holes. Maggie Beth Byersis 3-down with five holes remaining against USC’s Robynn Ree, and the Trojans won the only completed match of the day when Kyung Kim defeated BU’s Giovana Maymon, 6-and-4.
The Bears trailed for the majority of the day, but they took their first lead late in the day when Whyte won her 13th and 14th holes to take a 1-up lead, while Lonardi won her seventh and eighth holes to turn a 1-down deficit into a 1-up lead.
Duke leads Stanford 4-1 in the other semifinal match. The winners of the two matches will face off to claim the inaugural East Lake Cup, while the other two teams will play a consolation match.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Louise Gateau-Chovelon won her fourth and fifth holes and sixth holes to turn a 1-down deficit into a 2-up lead.
• Laura Lonardi won her seventh and eighth holes to turn a 1-down deficit into a 1-up lead.
• Lauren Whyte has been in a close match throughout against USC’s Karen Chung. Neither player has led by more than one hole, and they’ve halved nine of 17 holes.
• Lonardi has halved six holes, won two and lost two.
• Gateau-Chovelon has won three holes, halved six and lost two.
• Maggie Beth Byers has won three holes, halved four and lost six.
• Whyte has won four holes, halved nine and lost four.
• Giovana Maymon won one hole, halved six and lost seven.
STAT OF THE DAY
17 – the number of holes played by Baylor’s Lauren Whyte and USC’s No. 3-ranked Karen Chung, and neither player has led by more than one hole.
Check out the East Lake Cup Day One Results 
WHAT’S NEXT
East Lake Cup semifinal matches will resume at 6:30 a.m. CT Tuesday and will be televised live on Golf Channel. Finals and consolation matches will begin at 9 a.m. CT, and Golf Channel will have coverage from 1-4 p.m. CT. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com.
(Via: Baylor Athletics)
