Golf Takes First-Round Lead At Low Country Tourney

Sunday, March 23

Hilton Head Island, S.C.

All Day

Samford University

Low Country Intercollegiate

Junior Bailey Gray posted a solid 4-over-par 76 and currently sits in second place in the tournament’s individual standings.

Golf Takes First-Round Lead At Low Country Tourney

3.23.14 | Women's Golf

The Bulldogs hold a one-stroke advantage over defending champion Western Carolina

Round One Results

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The Samford University women's golf team carded a first-round score of 313 on Sunday to take first place at the 2014 Low Country Intercollegiate being hosted by Wofford College this week at the pristine South Course of the Moss Creek Golf Club.

The 10-team, two-day competition will consist of 36 holes and will be completed with the final 18 holes Monday.

The field for this week's Low Country Intercollegiate consists of the following 10 teams: Samford, host-school Wofford, Appalachian State, Bethune-Cookman, The Citadel, Gardner Webb, Presbyterian, Radford, USC Upstate and Western Carolina.

The Bulldogs, boasting an opening-round score of 313, head into Monday's final round of play with a one-stroke advantage over Southern Conference-rival and defending champion Western Carolina. The Catamounts posted an 18-hole team mark of 314 on Sunday.

Samford did not compete in last season's edition of the Low Country Intercollegiate as Western Carolina posted a weather-shortened victory in the one-day event with a score of 40-over-par 328.

On Sunday, the Bulldogs' Bailey Gray posted a solid 4-over-par 76 and currently sits in second place in the tournament's individual standings. Gray, Samford's SoCon-leader in stroke average, trails the Catamounts' Kristin Swindell (38-37 = 75) by only one stroke heading into Monday's final round of action.

Gray paced the Bulldogs with an 18-hole score of 76, while Natalie Mitchell and Sydney Needham followed with marks of 78 and 79, respectively.

Samford's Mitchell is tied for fifth place in the tournament standings and is just four strokes out of the lead. Needham, the Bulldogs' talented true freshman from Carrollton, Ga., currently sits tied for 12th place. Senior Alex Jasper is also ranked among the top-15 players in the 2014 Low Country Intercollegiate with a first-round tally of 80.

Rounding out Samford's scoring Sunday was true freshman Arin Eddy with an 18-hole mark of 89.

The Samford University women's golf team will look to claim its second tournament championship of the 2013-14 campaign Monday as the Bulldogs close out play in the Low Country Intercollegiate being hosted by Wofford College at the pristine South Course of the Moss Creek Golf Club.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The Samford University women's golf team carded a first-round score of 313 on Sunday to take first place at the 2014 Low Country Intercollegiate being hosted by Wofford College this week at the pristine South Course of the Moss Creek Golf Club.