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Keith Lucas

Women's Golf

No. 19/18 Women's Golf Shoots 300 in Second Round to Slide Up to Second after 36 Holes at SAA Championships

DICKSON, Tenn. - The University of the South women's golf team moved up two spots to second after two days of the 2023 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women's Golf Championships from the GreyStone Golf Club. 

INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Women's Golf: 2nd of 7 (605) after 36 holes of SAA Championships
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
# Team 1st Rd 2nd Rd Total
1. No. 11/12 Centre (Ky.) 293 300 593
2. No. 19/18 Sewanee (Tenn.) 305 300 605
3. No. 23/22 Rhodes (Tenn.) 302 306 608
4. No. 21/21 Oglethorpe (Ga.) 303 331 634
5. Berry (Ga.) 306 334 640
6. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) 350 360 710
7. Millsaps (Miss.) 349 364 350

Rankings are from the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Coaches Poll; Second Set of Rankings are the Top-25 GolfStat Rankings for Division III

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
-Moving up 10 spots on the individual leaderboard, Merrick Semans carded an even par, 72 and now has a 36-hole score of 148 for second place in the field. Posting an eagle on the seventh hole, a par 4. 

-Nicole Nesbitt moved up six spots with a 75 in the second round for a score of 151 for sixth place. Sister Sabrina Nesbitt also fired a 75 on Saturday to slide up nine spots to seventh place with a 36-hole score of 152. 

-Mary Browder Howell (156), E.C. Niebauer (157) and Becca Gorman (168) rounded out the Sewanee scoring. 

TEAM LEADERBOARD
-Sewanee's 300 in the second round see them move up to second place after Saturday's second round. The Tigers are three strokes ahead of Rhodes. The junior trails the leader by four strokes. 

-Centre also posted a team score of 300 on Saturday and maintain a 12-stroke lead over Sewanee. 

UP NEXT
The final round of the 2023 SAA Championships begin on Sunday morning with an 8:50 a.m. tee time. 

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Players Mentioned

Becca Gorman

Becca Gorman

Junior
Mary Browder Howell

Mary Browder Howell

Sophomore
Nicole Nesbitt

Nicole Nesbitt

Senior
Sabrina Nesbitt

Sabrina Nesbitt

Sophomore
Merrick Semans

Merrick Semans

Junior
E.C. Niebauer

E.C. Niebauer

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Becca Gorman

Becca Gorman

Junior
Mary Browder Howell

Mary Browder Howell

Sophomore
Nicole Nesbitt

Nicole Nesbitt

Senior
Sabrina Nesbitt

Sabrina Nesbitt

Sophomore
Merrick Semans

Merrick Semans

Junior
E.C. Niebauer

E.C. Niebauer

Freshman