Sevierville, Tenn. - First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference
selection Jillian Corum fired a two-over 74 to guide Tusculum to a
three-stroke lead over Lincoln Memorial at the Food Lion SAC
Championship on Sunday.
Corum was consistent throughout the day, paring 14 holes on the
5,817-yard, par-72 Highlands Course at the Sevierville Golf Club.
Sara Howard and SAC women's golfer of the year Emee Herbert took
sixth and seventh, respectively, after a 78 (+6) and 79 (+7).
Tusculum was one of two teams with three individual finishers
inside the top 10. The other was LMU. The Railsplitters were led
by Desta Coaker and Whitney Ball, both of whom went four-over with
twin 76s to tie for third in the opening round. Brittany McCown
followed with an eight-over, 80 to tie for ninth. Coaker dropped in
the lone eagle of the day for the women. It took Coaker three
strokes to finish off the 432-yard, par five, third hole.
Newberry rounded out the top three with a team score of 324. The
Wolves are six strokes back of LMU after a cluttered opening round.
Newberry saw All-SAC second-teamer Eline Askeland snatch second
place on the leaderboard with a 75 (+3). Askeland's round was
bolstered by three birdies.
Carson-Newman took fourth after day one. Meridith Hawkins posted
three birdies to match Askeland and finish in a tie for seventh
with a 79 (+7). The Eagles shot a 333 as a team, nine back of the
Wolves.
Wingate rounds out the top five with Johanna Neumann's 80 (+8) the
best tally on the team. The Bulldogs trail Carson-Newman by seven
strokes. Catawba, Anderson, Mars Hill and Brevard round out the
order of places for round one.
AU's Garyt Hamilton fired an 11-over par 83 and is 14th, while sophomore Sarah Timms is tied for 27th after an opening-round 88. Katie Eskew (93) is 35th, while Natalie Feder (94) and Lindsay Parks (94) are tied for 36th.
Golfers tee off for round two at 8:30 a.m., Monday.
