Lightfritz in Top Five after First Day of Anuenue Spring Break Classic

Monday, March 27

Lahaina, Hawai'i

Mercer University

Anuenue Spring Break Classic

Lightfritz in Top Five after First Day of Anuenue Spring Break Classic

3/27/2017 9:27:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results

By: Patrick T. Walsh

KAPALUA, Hawai'i – Lauren Lightfritz carded an even-par 72 – better than six golfers ranked in the top 100 in the nation – and finished Monday's action tied for fourth as the opening round came to a close at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic in Maui.

A freshman, Lightfritz had a hot start to the day with three birdies in her first six holes. She would finish the day at even-par 72 matched with four other golfers and only five strokes behind the individual leader, No. 15 Lilia Vu of UCLA.

As a team, Mercer finished the day in 11^th place at 22-over-par, just three strokes behind host Hawai'i and UC Davis.

MERCER SCORECARD

11.	Mercer	310	+22	310
T-4.	Lauren Lightfritz	72	E	72
T-43.	Hannah Mae Deems	78	+6	78
T-53.	Tiffany Kang (I)	79	+7	79
T-60.	Terese Romeo	80	+8	80
T-60.	Marin Hanna	80	+8	80
T-79.	Mary Janiga	84	+12	84
88.	Jaelyn Tindal (I)	88	+16	88

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
Finishing the day at 22-over-par, the Bears are three strokes behind a pair of teams tied for ninth, host-Hawai'i (+19) and UC Davis (+19). Mercer is only 11 strokes from the top five in the field, a position currently held by No. 1 Stanford (+11). No. 7 UCLA leads the field at 3-over-par.

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Lauren Lightfritz easily leads the Bears after an even-par round that places her tied for fourth overall alongside No. 35 My Leander (San Jose State) and No. 40 Olivia Mehaffey (Arizona State). No. 15 Lilia Vu (UCLA) leads the individual leaderboard at 5-under-par while No. 25 Esther Lee (Colorado) and No. 39 Monica Vaughn (Arizona State) are tied for second at 1-under-par.

TUESDAY'S PAIRINGS
Mercer will tee off with a shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. HT/1:45 p.m. ET on holes 8 through 11. The Bears will be paired with host Hawai'i, UC Davis and Utah Valley.

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