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Shepherd Advances to Match Play at U.S. Girls'

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Powered by a three-under-par ledger in the second round of stroke play, Duke University incoming freshman Erica Shepherd will move into the match play portion of the 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, which is being played at the 6,307-yard, par 72 SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wis.

With rounds of 74 and 69, Shepherd placed tied eighth overall with a one-under-par, 143. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., got off to a hot start with birdies on No. 2, No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10. She would move to 4-under-par with a 12-foot birdie on the 169-yard, par three 16th, but dropped a shot on No.