Women’s Golf Tied for Lead at UNF Collegiate

Monday, March 6

Jacksonville, Fla.

All Day

University of Memphis

UNF Collegiate

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Mar 06, 2017 | Women's Golf

2017 UNF Collegiate Day One 2017 UNF Collegiate Day Two Tee Times

Lady Tigers share team lead with Old Dominion.

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – The Memphis women's golf team is tied for the team lead at the UNF Collegiate, hosted at the Jacksonville Golf and Country Club in Florida. Memphis fired an opening round 296 and a second round 300 to finished the day at 596. Old Dominion is tied with the Lady Tigers atop the team standings after back-to-back 298s. The two teams are two strokes ahead of Campbell at the end of day one.

Two Lady Tigers are in the top 15 at the end of Monday's play. Senior Leighann Cabush fired an opening round 72 and followed that with a 75 to finish the day with a 147, good for a tie for sixth overall. Cabush birdied two of her final four holes to finish the day at +3.

Michaela Fletcher made a big move from the first to second round, following an opening round 78 with a second round 70, allowing her to jump 35 spots in the individual standings. Fletcher birdied four of five holes between one and five on the course and a bogey on her final hole of the day sent her to the locker room with a -2 and to a tie for 11^th overall.

Madison Thomas had a strong opening round, carding an even par 72 in her morning round. But the afternoon pushed her scores up, finishing with an 80 in the second round for a 36-hole 152. She is currently just outside the top 25 in a tie for 28^th overall.

Sydney Colwill saved her one birdie in the second round for the final hole of the day to give herself some momentum heading in to Tuesday's third round. Colwill fired an 80 in the opening round, but shaved five strokes off that for her second round 75 and a 155 score that has her tied for 42^nd overall.

Emily Goldenstein finished her first round at +2, eagling 14 and adding birdies on 8 and 14. She birdied 14 again on her second round, but added a pair of doubles and ended her second round with an 82 for a 156 and a tie for 46^th overall just one stroke behind Colwill.

Abby Herrmann is also competing in the event as an individual. She posted an 82-81 and will start her third round on Tuesday from her tie for 74^th in the overall standings.

Old Dominion's Sana Tufail leads the field after back-to-back 70s on the opening day of the event. She holds a two-stroke lead over Campbell's Annelie Sjoholm.

Memphis be paired with both Campbell and Old Dominion on Tuesday. Tee times will begin at 8:30 a.m. (ET) and the Memphis team entries will go off between one and three. Abby Herrmann will go off of 17.

Live scoring can be found at www.golfstatresults.com.

T1	Memphis	296	300	596	+20
T1	Old Dominion	298	298	596	+20
3	Campbell	301	297	598	+22
4	Eastern Kentucky	295	304	599	+23
T5	Southern Miss	302	299	601	+25
T5	Daytona State College	300	301	601	+25
T7	College of Charleston	301	303	604	+28
T7	Delaware	307	297	604	+28
9	Mercer	307	299	606	+30
T10	Murray State	302	306	608	+32
T10	Virginia Tech	309	299	608	+32
12	Charleston Southern	305	312	617	+41
13	North Florida	307	311	618	+42
14	Western Kentucky	317	310	627	+51
15	Western Carolina	318	317	635	+59
16	Wofford College	327	317	644	+68

Memphis
T6	Leighann Cabush	72	75	147
T11	Michaela Fletcher	78	70	148
T28	Madison Thomas	72	80	152
T42	Sydney Colwill	80	75	155
T46	Emily Goldenstein	74	82	156
T74	Abby Herrmann *	82	81	163

* competing as individual