HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Lamar University posted a 36-hole total of 618 (310-308) Monday to sit 11th out of 13 teams after the opening day of The Judson at Hattiesburg Country Club.
The Cardinals recorded 60 pars, six birdies and an eagle during the opening round.
Matilda Samervong led Lamar with two birdies on the front nine and 10 pars.
Amanda Davidsson carded a birdie and an eagle at the 14th hole while
Marta Romero Crespo finished the round with 13 pars.
Siria Ballini opened her day with eight consecutive pars and totaled 12 pars in the first round.
Kamaya Moodliar added a birdie on the 17th hole while
Montana Di Leo, competing as an individual, recorded two birdies on the back nine.
Lamar improved in the second round, carding eight birdies and 65 pars.
Samervong posted three birdies and 10 pars, including an even-par front nine highlighted by seven pars and a birdie. She enters the final round tied for 20th place individually.
Ballini recorded 13 pars in the second round, including a stretch of seven consecutive pars on the front nine.
Davidsson birdied the third hole while Moodliar added a birdie on the ninth.
Di Leo tallied three birdies and 10 pars. She played the front nine at even par with two birdies and five pars.
The Cardinals enter Tuesday's final round one stroke behind 10th-place Alabama State.
South Alabama leads the tournament at 571 (292-279), holding a 12-stroke advantage over second-place Tulane.
Southern Miss' Louise Cuyvers tops the individual leaderboard at 8-under-par 136 (67-69), three strokes ahead of South Alabama's Mercedes Alana.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T20
Matilda Samervong 76-75—151
T36
Amanda Davidsson 77-77—154
T42
Marta Romero Crespo 77-79—156
T42
Montana Di Leo (Ind.) 81-75—156
T53
Siria Ballini 81-77—158
T58
Kamaya Moodliar 80-79—159
UP NEXT
The final round begins with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.
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