Women's golf in 12th at Lady Paladin Invitational

GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Middle Tennessee women's golf team opened up play at the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman Golf Course with a 31-over 319 to sit in 12th place in the 17-team field.

"We can certainly play better than we did today," head coach Chris Adams said. "We struggled a bit at the start, and we didn't help ourselves down the stretch. We still have two more rounds left, and I think we have the ability to dig ourselves out of this hole."

Morgan Hale, a 2010 All-Sun Belt selection, led the Blue Raiders with a six-over 78 and is currently tied for 23rd in the 90-player field.

Both Karisa Akin and Olivia Love finished the round one stroke back of Hale, and are tied for 29th at seven-over.

Olivia Love and Stephanie Smith are tied for 63rd and 69th, respectively, after shooting an 11-over 83 and a 12-over 84.

Steph Gough, who is competing in the event as an individual, is tied for 42nd after an opening round 8-over 80.

The second round of play will begin tomorrow. A daily recap will be available at GoBlueRaiders.com and live scoring will be provided by www.Golfstat.com.

TEAM SCORES
1. Georgia State - 302
2. Chattanooga - 305
3. Nova Southeastern - 307
4. Samford - 308
T5. Furman - 310
T5. Longwood - 310
7. South Florida - 312
T8. Rollins - 316
T8. James Madison - 316
10. East Tennessee State - 317
11. Jacksonville - 318
12. Middle Tennessee - 319
T13. Mercer - 324
T13. Presbyterian - 324
15. Wofford - 330
16. Winthrop - 331
17. Detroit - 332

MT SCORES
T23. Morgan Hale - 78 (+6)
T29. Karisa Akin - 79 (+7)
T29. Ashley Haggard - 79 (+7)
T63. Olivia Love - 83 (+11)
T69. Stephanie Smith (+12)

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