Sheils Stays in Top 25 at NCAA Regional

Columbus, Ohio - Nebraska's Madeleine Sheils struggled to a second-round 80 but remained in the top 25 after two rounds at the NCAA Women's Golf Midwest Regional on Friday at Ohio State's Scarlet Course.

Sheils, who opened the day in a tie for fourth place after firing an even-par 72 in Thursday's opening round, stumbled for a 41 on her first nine holes on Friday, before managing a 39 over her final nine holes on the 6,264-yard layout of the Scarlet Course.

The senior from Boise, Idaho, started on No. 10 at 12:15 (Central) on Friday afternoon. After a par on the 10th, she took a double-bogey on No. 11. Bogeys on 13, 15 and 18,and another bogey on No. 1 after the turn put her at six-over-par through her first 10 holes. She recovered for three straight pars, but then suffered three consecutive bogeys on No. 5, 6 and 7. She closed the round with a par on Hole No. 8 and her lone birdie of the day on No. 9.

Sheils closed the second round in a 12-way tie for 21st in the 126-player field at the NCAA Central Regional. She heads into Saturday's final round just four strokes out of the top 10.

USC's Lisa McCloskey took a two-stroke lead in the individual standings after her four-under-par 68 on Friday. She heads into the final round at three-under-par 141. She owns a two-shot lead of Vanderbilt's Marina Alex and Lauren Stratton and Florida State's Maria Salinas. USC also owns the top spot in the team standings in the 24-team field.

Sheils tees off for her final round on Saturday at 7:55 a.m. (Central) from Hole No. 1. Live scoring for the tournament is available from GolfStat.com.

NCAA Central Regional
May 10-12, 2012
Ohio State University (Scarlet Course)
Par 72, 6,264 Yards

Individual Standings (Two Rounds)
1. Lisa McCloskey, USC - 73-68-141 (-3)
T2. Marina Alex, Vanderbilt - 70-73-143 (-1)
T2. Maria Salinas, Florida State - 71-72-143 (-1)
T2. Lauren Stratton, Vanderbilt - 75-68-143 (-1)
5. Sophia Popoy, USC - 78-68-146 (+2)
T6. Brittany Altomare, Virginia - 75-72-147 (+3)
T6. Alex Buelow, Stetson - 72-75-147 (+3)
T6. Cassy Isagawa, Oregon - 75-72-147 (+3)
T9. Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia - 73-75-148 (+4)
T9. Paula Reto, Purdue - 71-77-148 (+4)
T9. Rachel Rohanna, Ohio State - 74-74-148 (+4)
T21. Madeleine Sheils, Nebraska - 72-80-152 (+8)

Team Standings (Two Rounds)

1 3 Southern Cal +12 F   +2 298 290 588 2 10 Vanderbilt +24 F   +4 308 292 600 3 27 Virginia +28 F   +8 308 296 604 T4 33 Purdue +32 F   +19 301 307 608 T4 21 Oregon +32 F   +12 308 300 608 6 4 Auburn +34 F   +16 306 304 610 7 22 North Carolina State +35 F   +16 307 304 611 8 16 Ohio State +36 F   +14 310 302 612 The top 8 teams advance to the Championship  (Ties will be resolved.) 9 14 Tennessee +38 F   +20 306 308 614 10 28 Florida State +39 F   +13 314 301 615 11 9 Georgia +41 F   +30 299 318 617 12 34 Arkansas +42 F   +20 310 308 618 13 49 Notre Dame +48 F   +32 304 320 624 14 39 Mississippi +50 F   +23 315 311 626 15   Michigan +55 F   +28 315 316 631 16   Harvard +56 F   +29 315 317 632 17 46 South Florida +58 F   +37 309 325 634 T18 45 Texas State +59 F   +27 320 315 635 T18 41 Kentucky +59 F   +25 322 313 635 20   East Carolina +63 F   +22 329 310 639 21   UTSA +67 F   +38 317 326 643 22   UNC Wilmington +69 F   +34 323 322 645 23   Siena College +78 F   +38 328 326 654 24   Butler +79 F   +46 321 334 655