GREENVILLE, N.C.  – The South Alabama women's golf team finished with a 303 (+15) in the morning round and a 298 (+10) in the afternoon to be in fifth-place after the first two rounds at the Pirate Collegiate Classic.
 
Junior Lexi Worrell put up a pair of 75s (+3) on the day to finish in a tie for 21^st after the first two rounds. Worrell had two birdies during the first 18 holes and three in the afternoon round.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Pirate Collegiate Classic (East Carolina)
Date: 9/25
Course: Greenville Country Club (par 72, 6,105 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=14777
 
TEAM SCORES
1) East Carolina 280-299—579 (+3); 2) Western Kentucky 293-290—583 (+7); 3) Towson 296-295—592 (+16); 4) Winthrop 305-295—600 (+24); 5) South Alabama 303-298—601 (+25); 6) Cincinnati 303-299—602 (+26); 7) Appalachian State 306-306—612 (+36); 8) Presbyterian 307-306—613 (+37); 9) High Point 310-306—616 (+40); 10) William & Mary 314-305—619 (+43); T11) Charleston Southern 309-311—620 (+44); UNC-Ashville 312-308—620 (+44); T13) Gardner-Webb 312-310—622 (+46); T13) Longwood 313-309—622 (+46); 15) Beaufort 310-314—624 (+48); Little Rock 314-313—627 (+51); 17) The Citadel 338-339—677 (+101).
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
T1) Alexis Hios, Towson, 69-73—142 (-2); T1) Anika Hitt, Cincinnati, 72-70—142 (-2); 3) Kate Law, ECU, 69-74—143 (-1); T4) Catherine Ashworth*, ECU, 75-69—144 (E); T4) Dorthea Forbrigd, ECU, 69-75—144 (E); 6) Mary Joiner, WKU, 75-70—145 (+1); four players are tied for seventh at 146 (+1)
*competing as an individual
 
SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T21) Lexi Worrell, 75-75—150 (+6); T25) Caroline Berge, 79-72—151 (+7); T27) Julie Hovland, 78-74—152 (+8); T34) Siti Shaari, 76-77—153 (+9); T45) MacKenzie Peyton, 74-82—156 (+12).
 
TEE SHOTS
-Junior MacKenzie Peyton had five birdies during her first round of the day.
-Freshman Caroline Berge battled back from a 79 (+7) in the morning round to shoot even-par in her second round during the afternoon, including making five birdies.
-Worrell and freshman Siti Shaari each made 22 pars during their first rounds.
-Freshman Julie Hovland saw a four-stroke improvement from the morning to the afternoon.
-Hole 18 proved to be the easiest hole during both rounds seeing 151 of 180 scores at par or better.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head coach Matt Luther
On the team being in the mix for a top-5 finish: "We struggled at times and still managed to put two scores together to stay on the top half of the leaderboard. It was a very long and difficult day. We had a very good afternoon going on and let it get away on the back nine. If we can keep up our energy level tomorrow, we should be able to put a good round together and move up the leaderboard."
On Lexi Worrell's day: "Lexi played two solid rounds. 75 and 75 on a golf course that was playing pretty difficult is a big step forward for her. I'm excited to see where she goes from here."
 
Up next: The Jaguars finish the Pirate Collegiate Classic tomorrow with final 18 holes of the tournament. Play begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 EDT.
 
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