GREENVILLE, S.C. - Freshman Leonie Wulfers (Germany) leads all Eagles through 36 holes at the Lady Paladin Intercollegiate.
"We didn't have our best today, but if we can put together a good team score tomorrow, we can end with a good result," first-year head coach Shannon Sykora said.
Wulfers currently sits fifth on the player leaderboard at 1-under-par (143). She is one of only eight golfers in a field of 95 to hold a under-par score heading into tomorrow's final round.
Wulfers opened the event with an under-par round of 71 (-1), and carded an even-par 72 on Saturday. She is just five stokes back of tournament leader Anna Morgan (-6, 138) from Furman.
Entering today, Lousiane Gauthier (Uruguay) had also emerged within the top 10 alongside teammate Wulfers but was disqualified.
As a team, FGCU is tied for 12th heading into Sunday behind a two-round team score of 606. The Eagles tallied a team score of 300, shaving off six strokes from its opening total.
FGCU holds a four-stroke lead over USF, a five-stroke lead over #61 Augusta and is six-strokes ahead of ASUN member Stetson.
EAGLE STARTING FIVE
T5 Leonie Wulfers: 71-72 | -1 | 143
T62 Anna Claire Bridge: 80-74 | +10Â | 154
T68 Posie Farrelly: 76-79 | +11Â | 155
T78 Grace Rigby-Walden: 79-78 | +13Â | 157
95 Lousiane Gauthier: DQ-76Â
TEAM LEADERBOARD
T1 #43 Furman +6 | 582
T1 Old Dominion +6 | 582
3 Memphis +9 | 585
4 UNCW +10 | 586
5 North Florida +12 | 588
6 Georgia State +13 | 589
7 Tulane +17 | 593
8 Coastal Carolina +20 | 596
9 James Madison +22 | 598
10 Minnesota +23 | 599
11 Western Kentucky +24 | 600
T12 Richmond +30 | 606
T12 FAU +30 | 606
T12 FGCU +30 | 606
15 Daytona St. College +31 | 607
16 USF +34 | 610
17 #61 Augusta +35 | 611
18 Stetson +36 | 612
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After a highly successful decade leading Barry University, Shannon Sykora was named the FGCU women's golf head coach on June 16, 2022. During his career with Barry, the Buccaneers won the 2017 NCAA Division II National Title, while finishing runner-up in 2014 and placing third in 2013 and 2022. Sykora led Barry to 28 tournament wins in his decade as head coach including four Division I tournament victories. He has produced five WGCA All-America First Team selections, nine WGCA Scholar All-Americans, one honorable mention All-American, the 2013 NCAA Division II Individual National Champion, and the only D-II player to compete in the inaugural Augusta Women's Amateur.
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