Medalist McCloskey advances at Girls' Junior

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07/23/2008 - West Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Medalist Lisa McCloskey easily dispatched Christine Song on Wednesday to move into Thursday's second round of match play at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.

There were three weather delays on Wednesday and the first round of match play was not completed. The last match between Rachel Rohanna and Julie Yang is all-square with one hole to play.

That match will resume at 7:30 a.m. (et) Thursday at The Hartford Golf Club.

McCloskey was fortunate enough to finish off her match before the third weather delay.

"It's definitely an advantage," acknowledged McCloskey after her match. "I do not have to stick around to see if we will play. Maybe I'll go to the hotel for an hour or two."

McCloskey will meet Dorothy Schwartz, a 1-up winner over Erica Popson on Wednesday, in Thursday's first second-round match.

Kimberly Kim, the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur Champion, handled Stacy Kim , 5 & 4 to advance to the second round.

Defending champion Kristen Park needed one extra hole to eliminate Veronica Valerio, 1-up. Park will face Emilie Burger on Thursday after Burger defeated Austin Ernst, 2 & 1.

Madison Pressel, the younger sister of LPGA Tour star Morgan Pressel, pulled out a 1-up victory over Anna Jang on Wednesday. Pressel gets Sarah Beth Davis on Thursday.

Sarah Brown got a 1-up win over Christine Shimel and will wait for the winner between Rohanna and Yang.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.









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