Women's Golf Climbs Seven Spots on Second Day of Lady Paladin Invitational

Saturday, September 24

Greenville, S.C.

Mercer University

Lady Paladin Invitational

Women's Golf Climbs Seven Spots on Second Day of Lady Paladin Invitational

9/24/2016 7:24:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results

By: Patrick Walsh

GREENVILLE, S.C. – After firing a 5-over-par 293 – the fifth best team score of the day – Mercer's women's golf team moved up seven spots to place tied for 12^th entering the final round of the Lady Paladin Invitational at the Furman University Golf Course in Greenville Saturday.

Credit a superb round by Hannah Mae Deems as the spark that ignited the Bears. A junior from Taylorsville, Georgia, Deems carded a 3-under-par 69 in Saturday's round. She sits tied for 21^st on the individual leaderboard at 1-over-par (145) overall entering the final round.

The Bears now sit tied for 12^th with ETSU and only 11 strokes back of ninth-place Maryland as Mercer looks to continue to move up towards a top 10 finish.

MERCER SCORECARD

T-12.	Mercer	+25	601
T-21.	Hannah Mae Deems	+1	145
T-35.	Jaelyn Tindal	+3	147
T-57.	Marin Hanna	+8	152
T-94.	Lauren Lightfritz	+15	159
T-94.	Terese Romeo	+15	159

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
Mercer jumped seven spots on the team leaderboard Saturday as the Bears moved from 19^th to tied for 12^th alongside ETSU. MU is nine strokes behind 10^th place Daytona State and 11 strokes behind ninth place Maryland entering the final round. Furman (-9) is tied with Texas atop the team leaderboard. Mercer is tied with ETSU and two strokes ahead of Tulsa while sitting three strokes ahead of UNC Wilmington.

SUNDAY'S PAIRINGS
Mercer will tee off of Hole 1 beginning at 8 a.m. Sunday. The Bears will be paired with Maryland, Daytona State and Kennesaw State.

NOTABLES

Mercer's +5 round Saturday was the fifth-best team round of the day.
The Bears finished +8 on par 4s during Saturday's round, averaging 4.16. That ranked fifth out of the 20-team field behind Furman, Texas, Augusta and Illinois.
Also ranking fifth on the day, Hannah Mae Deems' 3-under-par round of 69 was tied for the fifth-best scorecard on Saturday.
Deems finished Saturday's 18-hole round with a 3.80 average on par 4s, finishing 2-under-par on all par 4 holes. That tied for third-best among the field.

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