Mercer in Fourth, Hanna Sixth after Opening Round of SoCon Championship

Sunday, April 23

Lexington, S.C.

Mercer University

Southern Conference Championship

Mercer in Fourth, Hanna Sixth after Opening Round of SoCon Championship

4/23/2017 4:35:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Patrick T. Walsh

LEXINGTON S.C. – Mercer put two golfers in the top 10 and the Bears are in fourth place on the team leaderboard as the first round of action came to a close at the 2017 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship at the Country Club of Lexington in South Carolina.

Senior Marin Hanna led the way for Mercer at 2-over-par 74 and is tied for sixth following the tournament's opening round. Freshman Tiffany Minji Kang was one stroke back at 3-over-par 75, tied for 10^th on the individual leaderboard. All five Mercer golfers are in the top 20.

Mercer finished the day in fourth place at 15-over-par 303 overall, just three strokes back of second place Chattanooga (+12). Only six strokes separate teams in second through fifth place.

MERCER SCORECARD

4.	Mercer	303	+15	303
T-6.	Marin Hanna	74	+2	74
T-10.	Tiffany Minji Kang	75	+3	75
T-19.	Hannah Mae Deems	77	+5	77
T-19.	Lauren Lightfritz	77	+5	77
T-19.	Terese Romeo	77	+5	77

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
The Bears enter the second round in fourth place overall at 15-over-par and just three strokes behind second place Chattanooga. Furman, ranked 10^th nationally, leads the team scoring at 8-under-par. The Bears are just two strokes back of third place ETSU (+13) and have a three stroke lead on fifth place UNCG (+18).

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Senior Marin Hanna sits in sixth place (tied) following the first round of play at 2-over-par 74 and is just five strokes back of the co-leaders. Furman's Alice Chen and Natalie Srinivasa, along with ETSU's Loy Hee Ying, are all tied for first at 3-under-par. Tiffany Minji Kang, a freshman that enrolled in college in January, is tied for 10^th overall at 3-over-par 75 while

SECOND ROUND PAIRINGS
Pending weather and no change in schedule, the second round of the SoCon Championship is slated to begin with tee times starting at 10 a.m. The Bears are scheduled to begin play on Hole No. 1 with Mercer playing in threesomes with Samford and UNCG.

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