DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Bailey Tardy and Monica Vaughn teamed to win two matches Friday to help the United States tie Britain and Ireland 3-3 after the first day of the Curtis Cup.
Tardy and Vaughn beat Meghan MacLaren of England and Maria Dunne of Ireland 1 up in the morning foursomes matches to pull the U.S. to 2-1 at Dun Laoghaire.
''If we had lost all three, it would have been hard for the girls to pick themselves up,'' U.S. captain Robin Burke said about the morning victory. ''We feel fortunate that it's 3-3.''
The 19-year-old Tardy, a Peachtree Corners, Georgia, player coming off her freshman season at Georgia, and the 21-year-old Vaughn, a Reedsport, Oregon, player who will be a senior at Arizona State.