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HARTSELL
BLUFFTON, S.C. – Junior Abbey Hartsell shares the individual lead, and Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women are atop the leaderboard after one round of the Low Country Invitational on Monday at the Crescent Point Golf Club.
Hartsell is tied with three other golfers – Lise Malherbe of Lincoln Memorial, Natalie Pleyerova of Queens and Kaley Barts of Catawba – after a first-round 2-over par 73 on a par-71, 5,845-yard course.
The Bears are at 20 over-par 304, holding a seven-stroke lead over Lincoln Memorial and Western Michigan, who share second.
LRU is vying for its second straight tournament victory and third first-place finish of the year after winning the Patsy Rendleman tournament last October in Salisbury and taking a title last weekend at the Lincoln Memorial Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate in Fleming Island, Fla.
The second and final round in the Low Country is Tuesday.
LOW COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
(Monday’s first round results at Bluffton, S.c.)
1. LENOIR-RHYNE 304 (+20)
2t. Lincoln Memorial 311 (+27)
2t. Western Michigan 311 (+27)
4. Wingate 315 (+31)
5. Queens 319 (+35)
6t. King 324 (+40)
6t. Mount Olive 324 (+40)
8. Catawba 334 (+50)
9. North Greenville 340 (+56)
10. Coastal Georgia 341 (+57)
11. Chowan 383 (+99)
LRU INDIVIDUALS
1t. Abbey Hartsell 73 (+2)
6t. Chelsea Mansel 75 (+4)
13t. Laura Morrison 77 (+6)
17t. Ainee O’Connor 79 (+8)
32t. Natalie Kratts 84 (+13)
- Reported by LRU Sports Information