Gray Shines At 2014 Lady Bulldog Tournament - Samford University Athletics

Saturday, February 8

Athens, Ga.

All Day

Samford University

Lady Bulldog Invitational

Final Results

Junior Bailey Gray found herself among some of the best collegiate golfers in the nation on Saturday's leaderboard at the Lady Bulldog Individual Tournament.

2.8.14 | Women's Golf

The Bulldogs’ junior from Trussville, Ala., carded a two-round score of 153 Saturday

Final Results

ATHENS, Ga. -- Against some of the top collegiate golfers in the nation Saturday, Samford junior Bailey Gray earned a top-10 finish Saturday at the 2014 Lady Bulldog Individual Tournament being held at the par-72, 6,335-yard University of Georgia Golf Course.

Gray, Samford's talented native of Trussville, Ala., registered a 36-hole score of 153 (76-77) and finished just two strokes out of a seventh-place tie with Tennessee's Emmie Pietila.

Auburn's Alex Harrell and Tennessee's Chessey Thomas shared Individual Medalist honors with identical scores of 147 (75-72). Mississippi State's Rica Tse and Alabama's Daniela Lendl finished tied for third place at 148.

Samford true freshman Arin Eddy earned a 23^rd-place finish Saturday with a two-round tally of 158 (80-78). She was followed by teammates Natalie Mitchell (82-77=159), Sydney Needham (84-77=160), Emily Stallings (80-84=164), Alex Jasper (89-80=169) and Haley Harrington (88-94=182).

The Second Annual Lady Bulldog Individual Championship was hosted by the University of Georgia and consisted of 36 holes of stroke play.

The one-day, two-round competition consisted of 54 competitors from the following 12 teams: Samford, Alabama, Auburn, Chattanooga, Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Kennesaw State, Louisville, Mercer, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Tennessee.

Last season, the inaugural event only consisted of one 18-hole round and Florida's Mia Piccio garnered the championship title with a 3-under-par 69.

The Samford University women's golf team will next be in action Feb. 24-25, at the 2014 USA Women's Invitational being held at the Azalea City Golf Course in Mobile, Ala.

Final Results