MONROE, La. – After two rounds at Bayou Desiard, the University of South Alabama women's golf team is in fourth place after carding a 321 in the morning round and a 313 in the afternoon on Monday at the ULM Fred Marx Invitational.
Freshman Siti Shaari led the Jaguars on the first day as she finished tied for seventh, with freshman Caroline Berge following in at 10th place.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): ULM Fred Marx Invitational (Louisiana Monroe)
Date: 10/16
Course: Bayou DeSiard (par 72, 6,114 yds)
Living Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=14434
TEAM SCORES
1) Murray State 304-229 – 612 (+36); 2) Louisiana-Monroe 311-310 – 621; 3) Lamar 311-318 – 629; 4) South Alabama 321-313 – 634; 5) Austin Peay 322-318 – 640; 6) Texas-Arlington 321-324 – 645; 7) McNeese State 331-316 – 647; 8) Incarnate Word 327-324 – 651; 9) Stephen F. Austin 329-333 – 662; 10) Alcorn State 343-341 – 684; 11) Murray State CC 345-364 – 709; 12) Prairie View A&M 377-369 – 746
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) Elodie Chapelet, Lamar, 77-70 – 147 (+3); 2) Scarlett Eaton, ULM, 76-73 – 149; 3) Ava Schwienteck, Texas-Arlington, 76-75 – 151; T4) Linette Holmslykke, Murray State, 77-75 – 152; T4) Moa Folke, Murray State, 76-76 – 152; T4) Jane Watts, Murray State, 74-78 – 152; T7) Siti Shaari, South Alabama, 80-75 – 155; T7) Lucila Puente Rodriguez, Murray State, 76-79 – 155; T7) Belen Amoros Benet, Murray State, 79-76 – 155; T10) Jahaanvie Walia, Alcorn State, 79-77 – 156; T10) Caroline Berge, South Alabama, 78-78 – 156
SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T7) Siti Shaari, 80-75 – 155 (+11); T10) Caroline Berge, 78-78 – 156; T24) Lexi Worrell, 84-78 – 162; T32) MacKenzie Peyton, 82-82 – 164; T39) Julie Hovland, 81-85 – 166
TEE SHOTS
-South Alabama improved by eight shots in the second round, making it the second-best improvement in the afternoon.
-Siti battled back from an 80 in the morning round to shoot 76 in the second round, including one birdie and 13 holes at par.
-Worrell saw a six-stroke improvement from the first round to the second round.
-The quartet of Berge, Peyton, Shaari, Worrell carded a total of 10 birdies on opening day, while Berge and Peyton recorded four apiece.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Matt Luther
On team's performance on opening day of tournament… "The course played extremely difficult today. I think we managed it reasonably well. We definitely made some mistakes. Everybody in the field made mistakes. I thought we hung in there and played two pretty gritty rounds of golf."
On what led to Siti Shaari and Lexi Worrell's improvements… "Siti [Shaari] and Lexi [Worrell] both improved in the second round because they just generally didn't get too down on themselves. Nobody did. Siti definitely hit it better in the second round. Lexi just stayed patient and managed the golf course well."
On the field and how day two of tournament looks… "I don't know how conditions are going to be tomorrow, but the golf course is still going to be difficult. Just stringing pars together should move us up the leaderboard. We're going to worry about what we worry about and let the finish take care of itself."
Up next: The Jaguars finish the ULM Fred Marx Invitational tomorrow with final 18 holes of the tournament. Play begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 CDT.
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