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GOLF ROUNDUP
Francella tops Ochoa in Match Play
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Meaghan Francella aimed high.
Facing a blind second shot on the par-5 18th, the local favorite hit a near-perfect 3-wood into the middle of the green to finish off top-ranked Lorena Ochoa on Friday in the second round of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.
"I just picked out a cloud," Francella said. "I didn't know where it went and then I heard the claps and I figured, 'OK, we're at the front.' And then I got there and I'm like, 'Unbelievable, 30 feet for eagle.' "
Francella, an LPGA Tour rookie from nearby Port Chester, N.Y., thrilled her large, vocal gallery with the 1-up victory over Ochoa, the Mexican star who won the 2006 Sybase Classic on the Wykagyl Country Club course.
"The whole day was pretty stressful to be honest with you," Francella said. "I just tried to stay patient and hit one shot at a time."
In March in Mexico, Francella beat Annika Sorenstam -- then the No. 1 player -- on the fourth hole of a playoff to win the MasterCard Classic for her first tour title.
Stars Fall in Women's World Match Play
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Paula Creamer lingered on the 18th green to take one more look at her putting line. Still trying to figure out how her 10-foot birdie try failed to break to the left, she shook her head and punched the air in disgust.
Annika Sorenstam headed straight for the practice green, dazed by a tricky downhill birdie putt on No. 15 that rolled some 30 yards off the front of the green.
Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa looked at the bright side after her second-round loss Friday in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.
"I'm going to try not to think too much," Ochoa said. "I'll try to be positive and relax the next couple of days and get ready for the next few tournaments."
No. 5 Se Ri Pak and No. 7 Suzann Pettersen also dropped out Friday, leaving No. 10 Mi Hyun Kim as the top seed in the final 16.
"Seeds don't matter in this," said Meaghan Francella, the local favorite who knocked off Ochoa 1-up. "It's just how you're seeded in the beginning. I just went out there and played golf."
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