Lady Eagles Lead by 19 at SAC Championships
April 20, 2009
Combined Results
Team Standings
ETOWAH, N.C. --- The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles lead the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf Championship by 19 strokes through 36 holes after firing back-to-back rounds of 320 on day one at the Etowah Valley Country Club and Golf Resort Monday.
Carson-Newman (640) leads defending SAC Tournament champion Wingate University (659) by 19. Catawba College is third with 668, followed by Tusculum College (674), Newberry College (677), Lenoir-Rhyne University (677), Lincoln Memorial University (691), Mars Hill College (731) and host Brevard College (811).
The Lady Eagles were led by All-SAC performer Sarah Jane Sinard (Jefferson City, Tenn.) who carded a 150 (+8) with a pair of 75s and is tied for the first day lead with Catawba's Kelsey Babos, who shot a second-round 73, the second lowest in SAC Tournament history.
C-N's Jessica Tarbet is four shots behind the leaders with 154 and is in third place. She turned in 78-76 on the day to finish at 154 (+12). Sophomore Caitlin Fortner (Greeneville, Tenn.) is alone in 15th place at 168 (+26).
Defending SAC Tournament medalist Ashley Denton (Wingate) is fourth with 157, while 2009 SAC Player of the Year Maria Besio is fifth with 158. Brenna Martens (Lenoir-Rhyne) is sixth at 159, while L-R's Katie Thackerson and Eileen Purpur are tied for seventh with 162. Tusculum's Emily Palenkas is ninth with 163, while Maria Stapleton (LMU) and Megan Ulep (Lenoir-Rhyne) round out the top 10 with 164.
The final round of the 54-hole championship will be held Tuesday morning at the par 72, 6,796-yard layout.
2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf Championships
Etowah Valley, N.C.
Etowah Valley Country Club and Golf Resort
Par-Yardage: 72-5852
1 Carson Newman Coll 320 320 640
T 1 Sarah Jane Sinard 75 75 150
3 Jessica Tarbet 78 76 154
15 Caitlin Fortner 82 86 168
25 Erica Ray 89 83 172
T 31 Jennifer Oliver 85 94 179
Team Scores
1 Carson Newman Coll 320 320 640 +64
2 Wingate University 327 332 659 +83
3 Catawba College 331 337 668 +92
4 Tusculum College 336 338 674 +98
5 Newberry College 335 342 677 +101
Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. 340 337 677 +101
7 Lincoln Memorial U. 334 357 691 +115
8 Mars Hill College 362 369 731 +155
9 Brevard College 413 398 811 +235
