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Grace Summerhays advances to match play in U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship

Part-time Utah resident Grace Summerhays advanced to match play in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship by finishing in a tie for 35th place in stroke play Tuesday in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Summerhays, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, but spends summers in Utah with her family, shot a 74 in the second round of stroke play at SentryWorld and finished at 3-over-par 147.

She will face Sarah Arnold of St. Charles, Illinois, in the first round of match play Wednesday. Arnold tied for 21st place in stroke play at 1-over 145.

South Jordan’s Tess Blair shot a 79 in the second round and finished at 8-over 152, missing the cut.