SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - Newberry improved 13 strokes from day one
to day two of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf
Championship to leapfrog Tusculum atop the leaderboard.
The Wolves were bolstered by four players who shot sub-80 rounds.
Newberry was led by Eline Askeland, the tournament's individual
leader, who followed a 75 (+3) from day one with a 78 (+6) on day
two. The Wolves' Natalia Perez had the top round of the afternoon
with a 77 (+5), improving 10 strokes from day one to day two. Perez
is tied for 12th with first team all-SAC performer Lisa Brindl.
Julia Daneshfar is tied for eighth after at 78 (+6) in round
two.
Tusculum dropped back to second on the leaderboard, six back of the
Wolves. Jillian Corum, day one's leader, is tied for third after an
82 (+10) that began inauspiciously with a triple bogey on the first
hole. However, Corum recovered with a birdie on three. She leads
three Tusculum golfers in the top ten.
Lincoln Memorial pulls into third place thanks to Whitney Ball.
Ball, who is tied with Askeland for the lead after rounds, matched
Perez's 77 for the best mark of the round. Ball is nine-over for
the championship. Desta Coaker follows closely behind in a tie for
third following an 80 (+8) for round two. She's three back of the
leaders.
Carson-Newman landed in fourth after Meridith Hawkins and Danielle
Baiunco shot twin 79s (+7) to become the only teammates outside of
Newberry to shoot below 80 for the second round. The Eagles
improved three strokes from day one to day two with a 328 -
identical to Tusculum and LMU's second round totals. Hawkins has
sixth place to herself and is five back of the leaders.
Wingate is in fifth and 10 behind C-N. The Bulldogs are led by
Johanna Neumann. Neumann is 19-over for the tournament, but shot
an 83 (+11) for round two.
Catawba, Anderson, Mars Hill and Brevard finish out the rest of the
standings through two rounds.
AU's Natalie Feder (94-83=177) shaved 11 strokes off her opening-round score and is tied for 29th, while Garyt Hamilton (83-97=180) is 31st. Katie Eskew (93-88=181) and Lindsay Parks (94-87=181) are tied for 32nd. Sarah Timms (88-98=186) is 39th.
The final day of play begins at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
