No. 8 Lady Braves Third Following First Round Of Pinehurst Challenge

PINEHURST – The No. 8 UNCP Lady Braves golf squad sits eight strokes back of the lead in third place following the first round of the Wingate Pinehurst Challenge which is being held at the par-72, 5,835-yard National Golf Club in Pinehurst.

UNCP trails No. 22 Newberry for the team lead and sits just one stroke behind No. 16 St. Leo for second on the leaderboard. Jessica Tarbet of Carson-Newman and Jordan Hatch of Saint Leo carded matching 74's to lead the 18-team field following the opening round.

Sophomore Shauna Walor followed up her win at the AASU Lady Pirate Invitational on March 6-7 with a first-round 76, which left her two strokes off the lead in a tie for fourth heading into Tuesday's second round.

Freshman Dana Watkins ended her day with an 80, to finish second on the squad and in a tie for 16th on the individual leaderboard.

Sophomore Meghan Moore and senior Katja Dammann opened with twin 82's to sit in a tie for 27th with two other competitors and freshman Kelly Sumner followed back by two strokes to head into the final round in a tie for 36th.

The tournament will conclude with Tuesday's final round.

Team Scores
1 No. 22 Newberry College 312 +24
2 No. 16 Saint Leo University 319 +31
3 No. 8 UNC Pembroke 320 +32
4 No. 17 Flagler College 321 +33
5 No. 25 Carson Newman Coll 323 +35
6 Pfeiffer University 324 +36
7 No. 15 Barry University 325 +37
8 Armstrong Atlantic 326 +38
9 Florida Inst of Tech 331 +43
10 Tusculum College 333 +45
11 Wingate University 337 +49
T-12 Catawba College 338 +50
T-12 Queens Univ of Charl 338 +50
14 Mount Olive College 341 +53
15 Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. 359 +71
16 Coker College 378 +90
17 King College 395 +107
18 Brevard College 486 +198

UNCP Scores
T 4 Shauna Walor 35- 41 76
T 16 Dana Watkins 38- 42 80
T 27 Meghan Moore 43- 39 82
T 27 Katja Dammann 41- 41 82
T 36 Kelly Sumner 38- 46 84