April 20, 2007
ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The No. 24 TCU women's golf team remained in second place, six strokes behind leader and 15th-ranked BYU, after Friday's second round of the Mountain West Conference Championship in St. George, Utah.
Both the Horned Frogs and Cougars carded 22-over-par 306s. No. 17 New Mexico is in third, 12 strokes behind TCU.
TCU freshman Valentine Derrey shot a 1-over 72 to move into a tie for second. The Paris, France, native has a 36-hole score of 6-over 148. She will enter Saturday's final round two strokes behind leader Rachel Newren of BYU.
Catherine Matranga, one of three TCU seniors in the tournament, shot a 78 after tying for the first-round lead with a 72. Matranga is four shots off the pace, tied for fourth overall.
Fellow Frog seniors Camille Blackerby and Elin Emanuelsson have posted identical scores of 76-78 in the opening two rounds and are tied for 11th with 12-over-par 154s.
Saturday's final round begins at 10:30 a.m. CDT. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com
Team Scores
1. BYU - 294-306=600
2. TCU - 300-306=606
3. New Mexico - 314-304=618
4. Colorado State - 315-312=627
5. UNLV - 317-320=637
T6. San Diego State - 324-314=638
T6. Wyoming - 321-317=638
TCU Scores
T2. Valentine Derrey - 76-72=148
T4. Catherine Matranga - 72-78=150
T11. Elin Emanuelsson - 76-78=154
T11. Camille Blackerby - 76-78=154
T21. Megan O'Donnell - 79-81=160
