DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The South Alabama women's golf team finished the first round of the Xavier Invitational on Friday with a figure of 313 (+25) and sits in fifth place.
The Jaguars were led by freshman Siti Shaari and junior Lexi Worrell who finished with scores of 76 (+4) and 77 (+5), respectively, and each are currently in the top-15.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): Xavier Invitational (Xavier)
Dates: 10/6
Course: LPGA International Hills Course (par 72, 6,167 yds)
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=13727
TEAM SCORES
1) Daytona State College 295 (+7); T1) Stetson 295; 3) Seminole State 302; 4) Xavier 312; 5) South Alabama 313; T6) Florida Atlantic 319; T6) Arkansas State 319; 8) Savannah State 369.
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
T1) Sarah May, Stetson, 70 (-2); T1) Tuan-Yu Chiang, SS, 70; T3) Jiwon Jeon, DSC, 71; T2); T3) Carolin Schart, Stetson, 71; T5) Kendall Johnson, DSC, 73; T5) Alexandra Naumovski, SS, 73; T7) Beth Ann Compton, ASU, 74; T7) Grace St.-Germain, DSC, 74; T9) Meghan Bennett*, FAU, 73; T9) Erika Neger, Stetson, 75.
*Indicates competing as individual
 
SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T11) Siti Shaari, 76 (+4); T13) Lexi Worrell, 77; T25) Caroline Berge, 80; T25) MacKenzie Peyton, 80; T34) Julie Hovland, 82.
 
TEE SHOTS
-The course proved to be difficult in round one seeing the Jaguars score just five birdies, Shaari having two of them.
-Worrell led the Jags with 12 pars during the first round.
-Junior MacKenzie Peyton and freshman Caroline Berge had 10 and 11 pars, respectively and each had a birdie.
-Just four out of the 48 student-athletes shot under-par during the first round.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head coach Matt Luther
On the course giving some difficulties: "We struggled today. We had some trouble with the small green complexes. The greens are small and firm and we had trouble getting the ball close to the hole from around the greens. We worked on that after the round and we are excited about an opportunity to get better."
 
Up next: South Alabama has its second round of the three round tournament on Saturday.
 
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