Leona Maguire hanging on in there over a 

"very tough course"

NEWS RELEASE FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY
BRADENTON, Florida – For the second straight day at the NCAA Championship, play was suspended due to inclement weather with the Duke University women’s golf team on the final three holes in the second round at the 6,468-yard, par 72 Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida.
Duke entered Saturday’s action tied first along with Stanford with five-over-par rounds of 293.  Day two play featured higher scores with the Blue Devils currently sitting at 18-over-par down the stretch.  The second round was halted at 7:25 p.m local, due to lightning.
Southern California is five-over and leads the field with a 14-over ledger with Duke in second at 23-over.  Tennessee (+27), Baylor (+28), Purdue (+33), UC Davis (+33), Arizona (+34) and Northwestern (+35) round out the top eight teams.  
Only eight teams finished Saturday’s second round, with the leader in the clubhouse being Baylor (+28, 604).
“We are playing a very hard golf course,” commented Duke head coach Dan Brooks.  “ The difference between this and the U.S. Open is the players in this tournament are college players.  So you end up with a big gap between the ones that are able to get it around in par and the others and it has slowed play down.  
"It is just a lot of golf course for 24 collegiate teams.  It is a tremendous golf course, wonderful.  It is what it is.  We are excited to be playing here.  It is a challenge and we like a challenge so you will definitely see the best teams separate.”
Duke opened the second round on hole 10 and were delayed from the start. 
Blue Devil rookies Gurbani Singh and Leona Maguire lead Duke with two-over-par scores.
After opening with a one-under 71, Maguire struggled on the front nine with three bogeys and six pars as she made the turn with a 39.  She had four straight pars and then rolled in her first birdie of the day on the 392yd, par four fifth hole to get her to two-over.  Maguire had a par on No. 6 and was on hole seven when play was suspended.
With three holes remaining in the second round, Leona Maguire is third overall and three shots off individual leader Annie Park of Southern California, who is two-under-par through 11 holes.  Alabama’s Emma Talley is in the clubhouse with a one-under-par, 143, to rank second.
Duke third-year student Celine Boutier, former World No 1 amateur, was having an up-and-down day as she was five-over-par through 16 holes.  A product of Montrouge, France, Boutier had a team-best four birdies, but she also had four bogeys, one double-bogey and one triple-bogey.  
 Freshman Lisa Maguire struggled early, but settled down to play her final 10 holes at one-over-par.  She went on to finish the day with an 85.
SCORES OF GB AND IRELAND PLAYERS
Completed two rounds
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage: 6,468
150 Hayley Davis (Baylor) 77 73 (T22)
151 Charlotte Thomas (Washington) 74 77 (T36)
153 Gemma Dryburgh (Tulane) 78 75 (T44)
157 Rachael Taylor (NC State) 77 80 (T73)
166 Lauren Whyte (Baylor) 81 85 (T115) 
174 Lisa Maguire (Duke) 89 85 (T130)

Completed only one round
71 Leona Maguire (Duke) (T3)
77 Meghan MacLaren (Florida International) (T56)
79 Bronte Law (UCLA) (T46)
Field of  132