Mercer in First, Two in Top Five Entering Final Round at Amelia Island

Monday, February 20

Amelia Island, Fla.

Mercer University

Amelia Island Collegiate

Mercer in First, Two in Top Five Entering Final Round at Amelia Island

2/20/2017 10:05:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – Mercer's women's golf team carded a 2-under-par second round Monday – the best round to date for the tournament – and two Bears are in the top five on the individual leaderboard as the first day of competition at the JU Amelia Island Collegiate drew to a close Monday.

Hannah Mae Deems (-2) and Lauren Lightfritz (E) are third and fourth, respectively, with one round left to play.

The Bears finished the day leading the field in par-3 scoring (-2) and with a tournament-best 116 pars carded. Deems and Lightfritz finished the day with 1-under-par average on par-4 holes, tied for second best among the field.

MERCER SCORECARD

1.	Mercer	+7	583
3.	Hannah Mae Deems	-2	142
4.	Lauren Lightfritz	E	144
T-23.	Terese Romeo	+6	150
T-29.	Marin Hanna	+7	151
T-29.	Tiffany Minji Kang	+7	151
96.	Jaelyn Tindal	+30	174

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
At the top! Mercer (+7) enters Tuesday's final round with a three-stroke lead over Campbell (+10) with Daytona State (+13) nearby in third. SoCon foe Samford is ninth at 30-over-par while in-state foe Georgia Southern (+34) is 11^th. Another in-state foe, Georgia State (+25), is fifth, just one stroke shy of fourth-place Cincinnati (+24).

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Did you know a group of bears is called a sleuth? The field at Amelia Island should know this as a group of two bears are in the top five on the individual leaderboard entering Tuesday's final round. Hannah Mae Deems (-1) shot identical 71 rounds on the par-72, 6,029-yard course and is in third place while Lauren Lightfritz is fourth after consecutive even-par rounds.

NEXT ROUND PAIRINGS
Mercer will be paired with Campbell and Daytona State College in Tuesday's final round as the teams will tee off the first few holes in a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

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