VALDOSTA, Ga. – For the second straight day, the FGCU women's golf team shot 302 to stay in third place at the 2021 ASUN Championship Tournament at the Kinderlou Forest Club (Par 72, 6153 yards). Sophomore Sarah Edwards shot 74 to tie for seventh on the individual leaderboard to remain in the top 10 heading into Tuesday's final round.
 
Kennesaw State remains in the team lead with a 36-hole score of 572 followed by North Florida at 584. The Eagles are third with a score of 604 sitting five strokes ahead of fourth-place Stetson.
 
"The story for this tournament for us has been the struggle to get putts to drop," said head coach Sarah Trew. "We are hitting the ball just fine, but we cannot get the birdies to fall like usual. Tomorrow we are looking to have a few more roll in and to give ourselves a strong finish."
 
Along with Edwards, junior Laura Edmonds also shot 74 on Monday to move up to 11^th with a two-day score of 150. Senior Natalia Nassar is two strokes behind after carding a second-round 77, while redshirt senior Ailsa Clark shot 77 to remain tied for 18^th. Redshirt sophomore Haley Yerxa cut two strokes from her Sunday performance with a 78 giving her a 36-hole score of 158.
 
The Eagles will open the third round at 9:21 AM on Tuesday with live stats provided by www.GolfStat.com.
 
Edwards got off to a strong start going par on the first five holes. After a bogey on No. 6, she went par on the next two and added a birdie on No. 9 to sit even at the turn. On the back nine, she started with four more pars, but bogeys on two of the final five put her at two over for the day.
 
Edmonds had a team-best two birdies on the day and had a string of 10 holes at par. With a birdie on No. 16, she got back to even before bogeys on the final two gave her a score of 74 in the round.
 
Nassar posted 15 holes at par, but double bogeys on No. 3 and No. 6 put her at four over after the front nine. She had eight pars and just one bogey on the back side.
 
Clark and Yerxa each added a birdie in the round to finish the day five over and six over, respectively.
 
FGCU Lineup:
T7 – Sarah Edwards – 74-74 – 148
T11 – Laura Edmonds – 76-74 –150
T14 – Natalia Nassar – 75-77 – 152
T18 – Ailsa Clark – 77-77 – 154
T27 – Haley Yerxa – 80-78 – 158
 
ASUN Tournament Field:
1 – #69 Kennesaw State – 285-287 – 572
2 – #43 North Florida – 295-289 – 584
3 – #90 FGCU – 302-302 – 604
4 – #122 Stetson – 307-302 – 609
5 – #166 Lipscomb – 306-308 – 614
6 – North Alabama – 311-320 – 631
7 – #195 Jacksonville – 314-329 – 643
8 – Bellarmine – 332-320 – 652
 
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