Stephanie Meadow qualifies

joint ninth for US girls'

championship match-play

Ireland's Stephanie Meadow was joint ninth of the 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the United States girl' championship at the Trump National Golf Club New Course, Bedminster, New Jersey.
Stephanie, a member of the European title-winning Irish girls' quartet, had rounds of 73 and 74 for a total of three-over-par 147. Stephanie is pictured above after a successful tournament in America earlier this year.
Amy Anderson earned the top seed status with a second-round even par 72 on a coldl and rainy second day to the championship. That gave the Oxbow, North Dakota player a total of three-under-141.
Finishing in a three-way tie for second were Erynne Lee, the overnight leader and a semi-finalist at last year’s US Women’s Amateur, Jessica Korda, who made the cut at the US Women’s Open two weeks ago, and Sarah Brown, a native of nearby Lopatcong, New Jersey
Alexis Thompson, defending champion and the top-ranked player in the Golfweek/Titleist Junior Rankings, shot 69-76 to place seventh.
The cut came at 13-over 157 with eight players having to play off for the final five match-play spots. The scoring average Tuesday was 80.68.
LEADING MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS

Par 144(2x72). 6289yd.
1. Amy Anderson 69-72--141
2. Erynne Lee 67-75--142
2. Jessica Korda 69-73--142
2. Sarah Brown 72-70--142
5. Ani Gulugian 73-70--143
6. Kelly Shon 72-72--144
7. Alexis Thompson 69-76--145
8. Ginger Howard 72-74--146
9. Victoria Tanco 75-72--147
9. Stephanie Meadow 73-74--147
9. Danielle Kang 70-77--147
9. Yueer (Cindy) Feng 70-77--147
13. Kimberly Kaufman 75-73--148
14. Kristen Park 71-78--149
14. Rebecca Lee-Bentham 77-72--149
14. Alison Lee 69-80--149
14. Cassy Isagawa 76-73--149
14. Austin Ernst 73-76--149
14. Kimberly Kim 71-78--149
14. Casie Cathrea 74-75--149
14. Luz Alejandra Cangrejo 73-76--149
14. Jennifer Johnson 69-80--149
14. Ariya Jutanugarn 76-73--149
24. Hannah Suh 79-71--150
25. Karen Chung 77-74--151
25. Kyung Kim 77-74--151
25. Daffodil Sanchez 73-78--151
25. Soobin Kim 72-79--151
25. Victoria Park 74-77--151
25. Annie Park 72-79--151
31. Doris Chen 76-76--152
31. Jenny Shin 78-74--152
31. Isabelle Lendl 72-80--152
31. Katherine Perry 73-79--152
31. Nicole Zhang 72-80--152
31. Casey Grice 76-76--152
31. Kristin Coleman 75-77--152
31. Lisa McCloskey 75-77--152