GULF SHORES, Ala. – After closing with birdies on two of her final three holes of the day on Saturday, senior Carianne Wright carded a season-low 2-over-par 73 to lead the University of South Alabama women's golf team in the second round of the Bama Beach Bash.
Wright — who shaved nine strokes of her score over the first 18 holes — moved into the top 20 in the individual standings as she will begin the final round in a tie for 19th place.
Elisa Axelsen and MacKenzie Peyton are tied for 13th and 17th, respectively, after both shot a 79 in the second round, while Lexi Worrell recorded a 78 to give the Jaguars a team 309 total, four shots better than their score on Friday.
West Florida fired a 295 group score, the low round of the event through two days, and with a 597 36-hole total has opened up a 14-stroke advantage over West Georgia. Tournament co-host Alabama-Birmingham has a 619 team score and stands third, three shots in front of USA, heading into the final round.
Franziska Bremm of UWG has a two-day even-par 142 total and will take a one-shot lead into the last 18 holes.
After teeing off on No. 10 at the par-71, 5,945-yard Gulf Shores Golf Club, Wright carded her first birdie of the day at the 371-yard 17th hole. She parred five of the first six holes on the front nine of the course, and after posting a four at No. 7 and a two at the following hole she finished her back nine at even par.
It's the second straight event that Wright has recorded her low round of the year.
Axelsen has a 36-hole 153 total going into the final day of the tournament, posting consecutive birdies on Nos. 17 and 18 to end her front nine 2-over par. She is one shot ahead of Peyton, who also birdied two holes in the second round after recording a two at the 140-yard fourth and four at the par-five seventh. Worrell is tied for 29th in the individual standings after carding a birdie at No. 16, playing at 344 yards, to make the turn 2 over and another on the first.
The final round of the event will begin from split tees at 8:30 a.m. (CDT) Sunday.
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Bama Beach Bash
Gulf Shores Golf Club, Gulf Shores, Ala.
Par 71, 5,945 yards
Team Scores: 1) West Florida 302-295—597 (+29); 2) West Georgia 303-308—611; 3) Alabama-Birmingham 308-311—619; 4) South Alabama 313-309—622; 5) Nebraska-Omaha 317-306—623; 6) McNeese State 310-315—625; 7) West Alabama 314-318—632; 8) Alabama State 321-317—638; 9) Spring Hill 367-356—723.
Individual Leaders: 1) Franziska Bremm, UWG 67-75—142 (E); 2) Lauren Lamm 73-70—143; T3) Paloma Vaccaro, UWF 71-73—144; T3) Chanelle Avaricio, ASU 73-71—144; 5) Megan Vetrovsky, UNO 74-72—146; 6) Emily Uhland*, SU 71-76—147; 7) Fabiana Salazar, UWF 77-71—148; 8) Kate Collom*, SU 77-72—149; T9) four individuals with 152.
*denotes playing as an individual
South Alabama Scores: T13) Elisa Axelsen 74-79—153 (+11); T17) MacKenzie Peyton 75-79—154; T19) Carianne Wright 82-73—155; T29) Lexi Worrell 82-78—160.
