Lucena Places Second, Gators Take Third Again

Tuesday, October 5

Chicago / Westmoreland Country Club

8:30 a.m. (18 Holes)

Florida Gators

Windy City Classic

Jackie Lucena smiles after she sinks her put at Mark Bostick Golf Course

Lucena Places Second, Gators Take Third Again

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 | Women's Golf

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Jackie Lucena was the runner up to lead Florida to a third-place finish.

By: Matthew Hutchison

CHICAGO - Florida women's golf newcomer Jackie Lucena was the runner up at the Windy City Classic as the Gators recorded their third straight third-place finish this fall on Tuesday.

Lucena turned in her second round under par (-1) in round three as she started the day with a birdie on 10 to end the weekend with 13 total. She battled Stanford's Rose Zhang and Texas' Bohyun Park for individual honors throughout the final day, only finishing one stroke behind Zhang (-4). The outing marked her best performance as a Gator and top finish on the team this fall.

The next three in the lineup - Marina Escobar, Maisie Filler and Annabell Fuller - all placed just outside the top-25 at T27. Rounding out the group was Clara Manzalini in T49th.

Making her season debut, Jenny Kim ended T22 to place second overall among individuals.

UF is off for a few weeks and then concludes the fall season at The Ally at Old Waverly (Oct. 25-27).

Scores

Florida Individual

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Score (To Par)
2	Jackie Lucena	69	73	71	213 (-3)
T22	Jenny Kim*	74	76	76	226 (+10)
T27	Maisie Filler	75	77	75	227 (+11)
T27	Annabell Fuller	79	73	75	227 (+11)
T27	Marina Escobar	77	75	75	227 (+11)
T49	Clara Manzalini	76	76	80	232 (+16)

*Playing as an individual

Team Leaderboard

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Score (To Par)
1	Stanford	291	292	295	878 (+14)
2	Virginia	302	293	291	886 (+22)
3	Florida	297	297	296	890 (+26)
4	Texas	296	296	300	892 (+28)
5	Oregon	306	298	295	899 (+35)
6	South Carolina, U of	307	308	292	907 (+43)
T7	Michigan	304	305	300	909 (+45)
T7	Northwestern	309	300	300	909 (+45)
9	Duke	303	306	303	912 (+48)
10	Iowa State	311	295	309	915 (+51)
11	Purdue	313	306	297	916 (+52)
12	Michigan State	304	308	310	922 (+58)
13	Mississippi State	304	311	308	923 (+59)
14	Southern California	300	315	315	930 (+66)
15	Augusta	318	314	305	937 (+73)

Quotable
Head Coach Emily Bastel Glaser…

"I'm really proud of the team. It was not easy this week. The course was very challenging combined with tough weather conditions. Our practice round preparation was cut short due to weather, it wasn't smooth. But they battled. They played smart and they were mentally very tough. It was a great experience for this group.

"Jackie (Lucena) was awesome this week. She was so poised from start to finish. We knew she had this in her, she's been frustrated to not score better in the first two events but she has stayed patient and worked hard. I'm really happy for her."