PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – Virginia Tech is tied for fourth place with North Carolina State after day one of the ACC Women's Golf Championship. The Reserve Golf Club is the host course of the tournament and is a par 72 that measures out to 6,212 yards. The Hokies wrapped up day one shooting a combined 296 and 289, positioning themselves at 9-over-par.
Tech's strong second round vaulted the Hokies up the leaderboard and into the match play conversation.
Emily Mahar is currently tied for 11th place and led the way for Tech, shooting a combined 1-under 143 through 36 holes. She opened competition in the morning round with a 71 and concluded the evening round with an even-par 72. Mahar loved the front nine as all six of her birdies came from the first half of the course.
Alyssa Montgomery proved to be a catalyst for Virginia Tech as she was subbed in for the evening round and signed a steady even-par round of 72. Montgomery laid her ball to rest within the hazard on hole No. 10 (her first hole of the day), but promptly slid her shoes off, stepped into the pond and saved par. She gathered her lone birdie on hole No. 3 as she dialed up a 10-footer to move into red figures.
Keerattriya Foocharoen and Ginnie Lee both completed their 36 holes shooting a combined 4-over 148. Lee had a marvelous evening round where she recorded four birdies in a seven-hole stretch. Foocharoen and Lee are both tied for 25th.
Symone Henriques finalized a day one score of 5-over 149 and is currently tied for 28th place in the championship.
Fourth-ranked Wake Forest and 16th-ranked Florida State are tied atop the team standings at 8-under 568. In third place — seven shots behind — is the defending ACC champion Duke at 1-under 575.
Phoebe Brinker of Duke holds a four-stroke lead in the individual chase after shooting a combined 9-under 135, which included an ACC record-tying 7-under 65 in the evening round.
Virginia sits at a combined 14-over-par, five shots behind the Hokies after day one. The Commonwealth Clash point will be assessed to the leader between the two schools at the conclusion of Friday's round.
Virginia Tech and NC State are both striving to advance to match play for the first time since the ACC moved to the new format. The top four teams at the conclusion of Friday's final round advance to Saturday's match play semifinals. There are six teams within seven shots of fourth place entering the final round.
The Hokies will be paired with NC State and Clemson for Friday's final round, which gets underway for the group at 9 a.m. off hole No. 1.