Herrick Among Final Eight at U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur in Pennsylvania

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  EERIE, Pa. – After a thrilling victory during the Round of 32 Tuesday at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, Minnesotan Olivia Herrick downed Liliana Ruiz, 2-up, to advance to the quarterfinals Wednesday at the Kahkwa Club.

Trailing Corey Weworski by one heading to the final hole during her first match Tuesday, Herrick won the final hole to draw even before taking advantage of a bogey by Weworski on the 20-hole to clinch the match.

With two bogeys to begin the Round of 16 Tuesday, Herrick faced an early deficit, but answered by rolling in her birdie at the fourth. Weworski won the sixth, but Herrick stormed back, winning back-to-back holes to even the match at the eighth.

Taking a 1-up lead after a birdie at the 14th, Weworski would take a double-bogey on the final hole before falling to Herrick with a bogey on the 20th hole.

Paige McCullough fell to Kentucky's Martha Leach during Tuesday's Round of 32, 2 and 1.

McCullough, Minneapolis, Minn., dropped the first two holes to Leach before rolling in birdie at the par-4 fifth to pull within one of Leach.

It was as close as McCullough would get as Leach moved to 3-up after the ninth. Two late birdies gave McCullough hope, but Leach closed out the match with a bogey on the 17th hole.

Herrick will face will face Amanda Jacobs, of Portland, Ore., during Wednesday’s quarterfinals scheduled to begin at 7:10 a.m. at the Kahkwa Club.



2016 U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
THE KAHKWA CLUB
EERIE, PA.
6,026 YARDS, PAR 72


TUESDAY’S ROUND OF 16 RESULTS
OLIVIA HERRICK, ROSEVILLE, MINN., def. Liliana Ruiz, Columbia, 2-up


TUESDAY’S ROUND OF 32 RESULTS
OLIVIA HERRICK, ROSEVILLE, MINN., def. Corey Weworski, Carlsbad, Calif., 20 holes
Martha Leach, Hebron, Ky., def. PAIGE MCCULLOUGH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 2 and 1


MONDAY’S ROUND OF 64 RESULTS
OLIVIA HERRICK, ROSEVILLE, MINN., def. Andrea Kraus, Baltimore, Md., 4 and 3
PAIGE MCCULLOUGH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., def. Deborah Munoz, Boca Raton, Fla., 3 and 2


SUNDAY’S STROKE PLAY RESULTS
T6. PAIGE MCCULLOUGH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 77-73—150
T12. OLIVIA HERRICK, ROSEVILLE, MINN., 77-75—152


For complete tournament results go to: www.usga.org/championships/2016/u-s--women-s-mid-amateur/scoring.html