Catarina Don Second, Bulldogs Fourth In Mexico

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Fifth-year senior Caterina Don covered Friday’s 27 holes of the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club at 4-under par and is second on the individual leaderboard at the tournament’s midway point.

Don led the No. 30-ranked Georgia women’s golf team to a 13-over team effort over a round and a half, placing the Bulldogs in fourth place on the 12-team leaderboard.

In addition for Georgia, Savannah De Bock is tied for 18th at 4-over; Bernice Olivarez Ilas, who is competing individually, is tied for 28th at 6-over; LoraLie Cowart is tied for 35th; Natachanok “Drive” Tunwannarux is tied for 49th at 9-over; and Kate Song is 62nd at 14-over.

Don opened the day with a 2-under 70 and then was 1-under through the front nine of her second round. She’s one stroke off the pace of Ellie Szeryk of SMU.

Don began her first round with a birdie at No. 1 and turned at 1-under after a bogey at No. 3 and an additional birdie at No. 9. She moved to 3-under with birdies at No. 10 and No. 15 before losing one of those strokes with a bogey at. No. 16.

Don notched a birdie to begin her second loop to return to 3-under before wrapping up her day with eight consecutive pars.

In the first round, Georgia counted Don’s 70, a 74 from Tunwannarux, a 75 from De Bock and a 78 from Cowart. At the midway point of the second round, the Bulldogs’ current counters are Don at 1-under, Cowart and De Bock at 1-over and Song at 3-over.

Florida State is 4-over and leads the team field by four strokes over SMU. The rest of the top 10 is in a pack within 11 strokes, with Colorado State at 12-over, the Bulldogs at 13-over, Maryland and Louisville both at 16-over, tournament host Virginia at 17-over, Cal at 1-over, Tennessee at 20-over and N.C. State at 23-over.

Georgia will be paired with SMU and New Mexico for Saturday’s final 27 holes of the event. The Bulldogs, Mustangs and Lobos will tee off beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live scoring is available via www.golfstat.com.

Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara County Club

Guadalajara Country Club

Guadalajara, Mexico

Par 72, 6333 Yards

Friday’s 27-Hole Results

TEAM LEADERBOARD

Florida State +4

SMU +8

Colorado State +12

Georgia +13

Maryland +16

Louisville +16

Virginia +17

Cal +19

Tennessee +20

N.C. State +23

UNLV +24

New Mexico +33

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Ellie Szeryk, SMU -4

Caterina Don, Georgia -3

Mirabel Ting, Florida St. -2

Lottie Woad, Florida St. -1

Andrea Bergsdottir, Colorado St. -1

Carmen Griffiths, Louisville -1

Mackenzie Lee, SMU +1

Amanda Sambach, Virginia +1

Kaera Kaneshiro, Colorado St. +2

Adora Liu, Cal +2

Patricie Mackova, Maryland +2

ADDITIONAL SCORES

T18. Savannah De Bock +4

*T28. Bernice Olivarez Ilas +6

T35. LoraLie Cowart +7

T49. Drive Tunwannarux +9

62. Kate Song +14