Women's Golf | 3/27/2017 9:43:00 PM
KENNESAW, Ga. – Yeji Shin and
Lauren Coe each shot 152 in the first two rounds of the Henssler Intercollegiate Monday at Pinetree Country Club, and the Georgia Southern women's golf team will look to make a move up the leaderboard in the final round tomorrow.
The Eagles are 15 strokes back of cracking the top-10 in field that features five teams ranked in the top-25 and six individuals in the top-100 in the country.
Shin shot 76-76, and Coe posted 78-74.
Iben Hvass carded a 78-75=153,
Ariana Macioce recorded a 76-78=154 and
Ansley Bowman notched a 76-79=155.
The story
Rd. 2
Coe got hot midway through her final round of the day and scored par or better on her final nine holes with birdies on holes 10, 15 and 16, which included her final two holes of the day.
Hvass started her second round with three straight pars and played her final nine even with a birdie on the 350-yard, par-4 15th, her last of the day. Shin was even through her first six holes of the afternoon and rattled off five straight pars in the middle of the round.
Rd. 1
Shin started on hole 14 and played her first five holes 1-under with a birdie on 15, ran off six straight pars in the middle of the round and finished the round with two more pars.
Bowman started on hole 15 and ran off three straight pars, played four holes in the middle of the round 1-under and made par on five of her last six. Macioce was 1-under on her final 12 holes, finishing the round with six straight pars followed by a birdie.
Quotable from coach Emily Kuhfeld
"We aren't in the position we would have liked to be in headed into tomorrow, but we learned a lot from today and made some improvements that will help us in the long run. Yeji and Iben hung in there all day, and I am proud of how they handled themselves out there. Lauren birdied her last two holes of the day, which was a positive step for her, and Ari and Ansley are very close to breaking through. Tomorrow is a new day and a great opportunity for us to compete with some of the best in the nation!"
Next up
The Eagles play the third and final round tomorrow and will be paired with Eastern Michigan. GS tees off holes 14-18 in a shotgun start at 9 a.m.
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