Women's Golf Southern Conference

Furman in 7th Place at Lady Paladin

GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- The Georgia Bulldogs proved once again on
Saturday why they are the seventh ranked women?s golf team in the nation,
firing a five-under 283 in the 33rd annual Lady Paladin Invitational to
pull ahead of second-place Tulsa by 11 strokes with a 574 two-day total.
Tulsa and UGA entered Saturday?s round tied after a pair of 291s on
Friday, while LSU was third after a first-round 304, and TCU was fourth at
305.

UGA?s Whitney Wade is also atop the individual leaderboard after a
bogey-free round in which she carded a four-under 68 for a two-day
four-under-par 140, two strokes ahead of defending Lady Paladin Champion
Brooke Tull of TCU. Tull followed up her first round 72 with a two-under
70, carding a three-under 33 on the fron nine, including an eagle on the
par five second hole. Wade?s teammate, Lisa Tyler, is also still in the
hunt for the individual lead after firing a 71 on Saturday to stand at
one-under entering the final round at the 5,984-yard, par 72 Furman
University Golf Course.

The host Lady Paladins took 10 strokes off Friday?s 308 and moved from
seventh into fifth with a 606 total, eight strokes ahead of College of
Charleston, but nine strokes behind fourth place Louisiana State. The
Lady Paladins were paced by Sarah Johnston and Connor Atkinson, who each
carded 74, while Jenny Suh and Tiarna Harman each fired 75. Freshman
Monique Gesualdi was the non-counter on Saturday, after shooting 81. Suh
is the top Lady Paladin in the field entering the final round, with a
15th-place 150. Johnston is 18th at 151, while Atkinson and Harman are
tied for 29th at 154.

The third and final round of the Lady Paladin Invitational is set for a 9
a.m. shotgun start on Sunday. The University of Georgia won its first
Lady Paladin Invitational title in 1979. The Bulldogs last won the Lady
Paladin in 1998, with a three-day 905 total.