Jodi Ewart, Sally Watson share 30th place on 73

Southern Cal lead by two in NCAA women's championship

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
Southern California shot 6-under-par 282 on Tuesday to take a two-stroke lead on Purdue after the first round of the NCAA women's golf championships.
Southern Cal's Jennifer Song, Purdue's Maude-Aimee LeBlanc and Arizona State's Jennifer Johnson each shot 5-under 67s to share the individual lead at the Country Club of Landfall.
USC and Purdue were the only teams under par at the 6,368-yard Pete Dye Course. Defending champion Arizona State and top-ranked UCLA, two of six Pac-10 members in the 24-team field, were tied for third with Duke at 288. Alabama and Florida State were at 1 over.
Arizona State has won seven NCAA titles, the most of any Division I team, and Duke has won five -- all since 1999.
Song and Johnson in particular finished strongly. Song eagled the 18th hole, hitting an approach from about 175 yards within a few feet of the hole. Johnson made four birdies in her final six holes.
The fourth-ranked Trojans also got a strong round from Cyna Rodriguez, who shot 4-under 68 to share second place with UCLA's Brianna Do and Duke's Kim Donovan. A total of 19 players shot rounds under par on the first day.
Florida State's Jessica Negron, the nation's 93rd-ranked player, shot a bogey-free 69. Seminoles teammate Maria Salinas, ranked 99th, had a 2-under 70.
Song eagled the 18th hole, hitting an approach from about 175 yards within a few feet of the hole. Johnson made four birdies in her final six holes.
The four-round tournament concludes Friday.
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
T1 Jennifer Johnson (Arizona State) 67
T1 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (Purdue) 67
T1 Jennifer Song (Southern California) 67
T4 Brianna Do (UCLA) 68
T4 Kim Donovan (Duke) 68
T4 Cyna Rodriguez (Southern California) 68
7 Jessica Negron (Florida State Univ) 69
T8 Brittany Altomare (Virginia) 70.
T8 Brooke Beeler (TCU) 70
T8 Laura Gonzalez (Purdue) 70
T8 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 70
T8 Brooke Pancake (Alabama) 70
T8 Maria Salinas (Florida State) 70
T14 Rebecca Durham (Stanford) 71
T14 Cheyenne Hickle (Oregon) 71
T14 Anna Leigh Keith (Vanderbilt) 71
T14 Rhea Nair (Alabama) 71
T14 Margarita Ramos (Arizona) 71
T14 Glory Yang (UCLA) 71
T20 Julia Boland (Texas A&M) 72
T20 Katie Burnett (South Carolina) 72
T20 Cydney Clanton (Auburn) 72
T20 Lindy Duncan (Duke) 72
T20 Melissa Loh (TCU) 72
T20 Megan McChrystal (LSU) 72
T20 Erica Popson (Tennessee) 72
T20 Marta Silva (Georgia) 72
T20 Nicole Vandermade (Texas) 72
T20 Sarah Zwartynski (Texas A&M) 72
Selected scores
T30 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 73
T30 Camilla Lennarth (Alabama) 73
T30 Nathalie Mansson (Tennessee) 73
T30 Giulia Molinaro (Arizona State) 73
T30 Belen Mozo (Southern California) 73
T30 Candace Schepperle (Auburn) 73
T30 Sally Watson (Stanford) 73
T72 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 76
T87 Madison Pressel (Texas) 77
T87 Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) 77
T116 Rebecca Hellbom (New Mexico) 80

LEADING TEAMS
Par 288
1 Southern California 282
2 Purdue 284
T3 Arizona State 288
T3 UCLA 288
T3 Duke 288
T6 Alabama 289
T6 Florida State 289
8 TCU 292
9 Auburn 293
10 Virginia 294
Selected totals:
T19 Stanford 300
22 New Mexico 303
24 teams competing