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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The IUPUI women's golf team registered identical rounds of 312 on Saturday (Apr. 13) at the Lady Boilermaker Invitational and sits fifth of six teams with a team score of 624 heading into Sunday's final round. Indiana leads the field at 4-under 572 while host Purdue is second at 4-over 580. Xavier (600) and Northern Illinois (614) are ahead of the Jags while IUPUI holds a three-shot lead over Butler (627). 

Junior Marion Debove leads the Jaguars at 7-over 151 (77-74) and is tied for 11th among the 39-player field. 

"My first round was far from being good but I am proud of it," Debove said. "I had a rough start but I stayed patient and calm, something that I used to struggle with. My second round was about the same - a rough start again. I was 3-over after three holes, but then I made birdies on 16 and 17 to end up at 2-over."

Sophomore Amelie Svejda led the Jaguars in the morning round with a 3-over 75 while Debove shot 77, including a stretch of three birdies in four holes late in the round. Sophomore Nicole Howard checked in at 79 and freshman Kara Blair registered an 81 to round out the scoring four. 

Elizabeth Orr (84) and Mikala Mawhorter (86) had their opening round scores discarded as the tournament was a six-count-four format, similar to the Big Ten Tournament format. 

Debove made three more birdies in her second round 74 and Blair shot a 77, making 13 pars and five bogeys in the afternoon round. Svejda made three birdies, but finished at 80, giving back five strokes on her final three holes of the day. Orr posted a countable round of 81, which included playing her final nine at 1-under 35. 

Howard had her second round 84 discarded and Mawhorter was unable to finish, ultimately succumbing to a recurring injury midway through her second round. 

Debove is tied for fifth among the field with six birdies in 36 holes. 

Indiana's Mary Parsons leads the field at 8-under 136 (70-66) and has a six shot lead heading into Sunday's final round.