Texas tough

No. 2 Texas powered up the leaderboard Monday with the day’s best round at 6 under with one hole left to complete.

“That was a great round that we played,” Texas Coach Ryan Murphy said. “We got off to a good start and played No. 1 well, which is a really hard hole. I think that just kind of started our day. That was great to have four pars on that hole, and then we made a couple of birdies on 2, and we were off to the races.”

The Longhorns were led by freshman Hailee Cooper, who shot a 4-under 69 for the second consecutive day.

“That was just two moving days for her that were huge,” Murphy said. “That’s incredible to start with 80 and then finish fourth in this golf tournament. Just fantastic.”