LMU Men Remain Atop Men's Standings, Newberry Takes Over Women's Lead at SAC Golf Championship Day Two

Lincoln Memorial Extends Lead in Men's Standings

[Men's Results:  Team  |  Individual ]

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. -- Lincoln Memorial University extended its lead to 27 shots over Wingate University after the second round of the 2013 Food Lion SAC Conference Men's Golf Championship at the Sevierville Golf Club on Monday.

The Railsplitters, who led the Bulldogs by 14 shots after shooting 287 in the opening round, backed up that score with a 289 on Tuesday to nearly double their lead heading into Tuesday's final round. Lincoln Memorial is at even-par 576 through two rounds, followed by Wingate (603), Carson-Newman (610), Lenoir-Rhyne (611) and Tusculum (615) in fifth place.

Individual leader Connor Froning, who tied the conference tournament record with a 64 on Sunday, shot even-par 72 on Monday but extended his lead to eight shots over teammates Jamie Chapman and Rand Wasson, both at even-par 144 through 36 holes. At 136 through two rounds, Froning is within range of the tournament record score of 208 set by Ben Lown of Newberry in 2008.

Wasson's round of 70 was the low score of the day, as just three players broke par for the second day in a row. Chandler Gruenemeier of Newberry fired a one-under-par 71 and moved into a tie for fourth place with Wingate's Tyler Stone, while Gavin Hay of Carson-Newman vaulted into a tie for 15th in the individual standings with a 71 on Monday.

Gruenemeier and Stone are tied for fourth at 146, followed by John White of Lenoir-Rhyne and Kim Koivu of Brevard in a tie for sixth at 147. Jonathan Kim-Moss of Carson-Newman is in sole possession of eighth place with a score of 148, while four players share ninth place at 150: Jon Weiss of Newberry, Rafael Jackson of Carson-Newman, Derek Cantrell of Tusculum and Brian Denton of Wingate.

The rest of the team standings have Brevard in sixth at 620, followed by Newberry at 626, Catawba at 637, Anderson at 640 and Mars Hill at 658.

Tuesday's third and final round begins at 8:30 a.m. at the River Course at the Sevierville Golf Club. Lincoln Memorial is seeking its second SAC title since joining the league, with the other coming in 2010.

Newberry Vaults Past Tusculum, into Women's Lead

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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Newberry improved 13 strokes from day one to day two of the 2013 Food Lion SAC Women's Golf Championship to leapfrog Tusculum atop the leaderboard.

The Wolves were bolstered by four players who shot sub-80 rounds. Newberry was led by Eline Askeland – the tournament's leader – who followed a 75 (+3) from day one with a 78 (+6) in day two. The Wolves' Natalia Perez had the top round of the afternoon with a 77 (+5) – she improved 10 strokes from day one to day two. Perez is tied for 12th with first team all-SAC performer Lisa Brindl. Julia Daneshfar is tied for eighth after at 78 (+6) in round two.

Tusculum dropped back to second on the leaderboard, six back of the Wolves. Jillian Corum, day one's leader, is tied for third after an 82 (+10) that began inauspiciously with a triple bogey on the first hole. However, Corum recovered with a birdie on three. She leads three Tusculum golfers in the top ten.

Lincoln Memorial pulls into third place thanks to Whitney Ball. Ball – who is tied with Askeland for the lead after rounds – matched Perez's 77 for the best mark of the round. Ball is nine-over for the championship. Desta Coaker follows closely behind in a tie for third following an 80 (+8) for round two. She's three back of the leaders.

Carson-Newman landed in fourth after Meridith Hawkins and Danielle Baiunco shot twin 79s (+7) to become the only teammates outside of Newberry to shoot below 80 for the second round. The Eagles improved three strokes from day one to day two with a 328 – identical to Tusculum and LMU's second round totals. Hawkins has sixth place to herself and is five back of the leaders.

Wingate is in fifth and 10 behind C-N. The Bulldogs are led by Johanna Neumann. Neumann is 19-over for the tournament, but shot an 83 (+11) for round two.

Catawba, Anderson, Mars Hill and Brevard finish out the rest of the standings through two rounds.