Women's Golf 10/31/2022 11:29:00 PM

Women's Golf Tied For Fourth As Round Two Was Halted Due To Darkness

MACON, Ga. - FGCU Women's Golf is tied for fourth at the Mercer Invitational as round two was halted due to darkness Monday.

"We had some wind and rain early," head coach Shannon Sykora said. "We are giving several shots away around the greens, so it's been hard to get things going. We look forward to finishing the fall strong tomorrow."

Round two of the two-day event will resume first thing Tuesday morning. The final 18 holes of competition are set to follow the conclusion of round two.

FGCU opened the tournament with a 306 team score. Before play was halted, the Eagles sit at 1-over as a squad in round two while making the turn on the back-nine.

Posie Farrelly (Lutz, Fla.) leads all Eagles and is tied for eighth on the player leaderboard. Farrelly carded an opening team low round of 74 and is currently even-par with three holes remaining for her second round. Mikayala Dubnik from tournament host Mercer leads the 91-golfer field at 4-under.

Mercer paces the team leaderboard as well, sitting at 1-over and 12 strokes ahead of the second place challenger Seminole State.

The Green and Blue trails the Bears for the tournament lead by 18 strokes.

Anna Claire Bridge (Collierville, Tenn.) is the next closest Eagle spotted on the player leaderboard, currently placing tied for 20th at 5-over. Bridge began the event with a 77 and is also even in round two but has six holes remaining.

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Gabriella Vetter 85- +2 (15) | +15

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