WALLACE, N.C. – Paced by freshman Anna Freeman's two-round 156, the Anderson women's golf team is in fifth place following opening-day action Monday at the Sunoco Campbell Oil Classic, which is being hosted by UNC Pembroke Monday at the 5,812 yard, par-72 River Landing Golf Club layout.
Lenoir-Rhyne leads the 11-team field by four strokes over the host Braves and Carson-Newman, while Wingate slipped from first place following the first round into fourth and the Trojans are seven strokes further back in fifth place.
Lincoln Memorial and Mount Olive are sixth and seventh, respectively, while Catawba, Erskine, Southern New Hampshire and Mars Hill round out the field.
Lenoir-Rhyne's Ainee O'Connor and UNC Pembroke's Madison Corley lead the chase for individual medalist honors after each carded a two-round 151 and are one shot in front of LMU's Lise Malherbe.
Freeman (80-76=156) is tied for ninth heading into Tuesday's final round, while sophomore Kate Hill (77-80=157) and junior Tiffany Elam sits (79-78=_157) are tied for 13th. Senior Riley Lovorn shares 33rd place following a two-round 166. Junior Samantha Ellison (88-85=173) rounded out the Trojan contingent in a share of 44th place.
The third and final round is slated for Tuesday.
5 Anderson 317 319 636
T9 Anna Freeman 80 76 156
T13 Kate Hill 77 80 157
T13 Tiffany Elam 79 78 157
T33 Riley Lovorn 81 85 166
T44 Samantha Ellison 88 85 173
1 2 Team Scores
5 1 Lenoir-Rhyne 319 302 621 +45
T2 T2 UNC Pembroke 315 310 625 +49
T2 T2 Carson-Newman 315 310 625 +49
1 4 Wingate 313 316 629 +53
4 5 Anderson 317 319 636 +60
6 6 Lincoln Memorial 321 319 640 +64
8 7 Mount Olive 329 318 647 +71
7 8 Catawba 327 332 659 +83
9 9 Erskine 339 331 670 +94
11 10 So. New Hampshire 375 355 730 +154
10 11 Mars Hill 366 371 737 +161
