GREENVILLE, S.C. – Georgia Southern senior Ansley Bowman led the women's golf team with an even-par 72 in the second round of the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman University Golf Course Saturday.

Bowman moved up into a tie for 25th on the individual leaderboard, and Ella Ofstedahl is tied for 17th after carding a 74 today.

The Eagles are 13th on the team leaderboard, just eight strokes away from eighth-place Old Dominion and six back of the top-10.  Tourney host Furman leads the field at 10-under-par, and Kennesaw State is second at 4-over.

Scores
Ella Ofstedahl – 72-74=146 (+2), T17
Ansley Bowman – 75-72=147 (+3), T25
Natalie Petersen – 80-76=156 (+12), T69
Julianna Collett – 78-79=157 (+13), T73
Sarah Noonan – 79-78=157 (+13), T73

The story
The Eagles started the round on the 10th hole, and Natalie Petersen made par on her first nine holes to make the turn even. The sophomore made a birdie at the first hole to move to 1-under on the day and parred the next two holes.

Bowman played the last eight holes of the back nine 2-under with birdies at 16 and 17 and added a birdie at 3 before making par on her last three holes. Ofstedahl played the back nine 1-under with a birdie on the par-5 13th and was 1-under through her first 15 holes overall.

Quotables from Coach Emily Kuhfeld
"We got off to a much better start today and saw some great things out there. We didn't finish our rounds the way we wanted to and will set an intention to finish our rounds strong and with energy tomorrow." 

"Ansley led the way today and showed a lot of grit and tenacity to shoot what she did not playing her best. We are really looking forward to playing tomorrow and finishing this great event strong!"

Next Up
The Eagles are paired with Georgia State and Daytona State and tee off the holes 13-15 in a shotgun start at 9 a.m. in tomorrow's final round.