Women's Golf Off To Strong Start At USA Invite

Monday, February 24

Mobile, Ala.

All Day

Samford University

USA Women's Invitational

Senior Natalie Mitchell turned in the Bulldogs' best round of the day Monday with a first-round tally of even-par 72.

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The Bulldogs sit in third place following 36 holes of play at the Azalea City Golf Club

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MOBILE, Ala. -- The Samford University women's golf team carded a two-round total of 606 (300-306) at the 12^th Annual USA Women's Invitational on Monday and currently sits in third place out of 14 teams competing in the University of South Alabama hosted event being held at the Azalea City Golf Club.

Samford will head into Tuesday's third-and-final round of competition trailing first-place Jacksonville State by just three strokes and second-place Memphis by two shots.

Play is slated to begin in the third round of action at 8:15 a.m. (CST).

The Bulldogs opened Monday's competition with a first-round tally of 300 and were tied for second place with Memphis following the initial round of play. Samford then closed out day one with a second-round score of 306.

Individually, the Bulldogs' Bailey Gray and Sydney Needham both closed out Monday's competition tied for 11^th place in the tournament standings. Samford's pair tallied identical scores of 151 (75-76) following 36 holes of play at the par-72, 6,071-yard Azalea City Golf Club.

Rounding out the Bulldogs' scores were Arin Eddy (78-77 = 155), Natalie Mitchell (72-84 – 156) and Alex Jasper (83-77 = 160).

Along with Samford, the field for this week's tournament consists of the following teams: South Alabama, Alabama State, UALR, Eastern Kentucky, Jackson State, Jacksonville State, Louisiana-Monroe, New Orleans (UNO), Southern Illinois, Spring Hill, Troy, UAB and Western Kentucky.

Louisiana-Monroe entered the competition as the defending champion of the USA Women's Invitational. Last season, the Warhawks claimed the team title by posting a weather-shortened, 36-hole score of 616 (310-306).

Following this week's 2014 USA Women's Invitational hosted by the University of South Alabama, the Samford University women's golf team will next be in action March 2-4 as the Bulldogs head to Kiawah Island, S.C., for the 2014 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic, which will be held at both Oak Point and Cougar Point Country Clubs.

Live Scoring
Day One Results
Round Three Tee Times