LINCOLN, Calif. ? Junior women?s golfer Mallory Blackwelder finished her second day of play at the 2008 NCAA Championships with a second-round score of 84. Blackwelder slipped to 91st place through 36 holes.

Blackwelder opened the Championships carding a day one total score of 75, bringing her to a two-day total of 14-over-par. The Kentucky native will conclude action Saturday in the final round of play.

A total of 324 participants were selected for regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional.

Blackwelder is one of three individuals selected for the West regional, and one of nine individuals taken among the three collective regions. Blackwelder joins Danielle Cvitanov of San Francisco and Emily Powers of Kansas as the individual field in the West.

Saturday’s round will also start at 8:10 a.m. Teams and players will be reseeded based upon scores through the first 36 holes.

The Lincoln Hills Golf Club first appeared on Northern California?s public golf scene in 1999 as an 18-hole, Billy Casper/Greg Nash-designed golf course. In 2004, another nine holes were unveiled, with the last nine completed in the summer of 2005. The final two nines, solely designed by Greg Nash, are seamlessly incorporated into the original course thereby creating two 18-hole layouts (Hills and Orchard Courses) with traditional out-and-back configurations.

Through the years, The Lincoln Hills Golf Club as successfully hosted competitive events such as the LPGA Tour’s Longs Drug Challenge in 2003, as well as hundreds of other local charity and corporate events.

Complete coverage of Blackwelder in the NCAA Championships can be found at www.ukathletics.com.