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The Austin Peay women’s golf team shot a 305 in the second round of the ASUN Conference Women’s Golf Championship, Monday, and moved into a tie for 11th place with a score of 625 after 36 holes on the Highlands Course at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
Casey Crigger, APSU Athletics

Govs lead by nine strokes with four in top eight after two rounds in Hoover

September 18, 2023

By: Casey Crigger, Director of Athletics Communications

HOOVER, Ala. – With four Austin Peay State University women's golfers in the top eight, the Governors lead at UAB's Hoover Invitational after shooting a three-over 291 in the first round and a 13-over 301 in the second round, Monday, at Hoover Country Club.

With an aggregate score of 592, Austin Peay leads Jacksonville by nine shots and holds a 13-stroke lead over third place UAB. Samford is in fourth place with a sore of 610 and Troy rounds out the top five with a score of 610. The Governors lead the tournament in par-three scoring (+2), par-four scoring (+23), pars (106), and birdies (28).

Erica Scutt fired a one-under 71 in the first round and a two-over 74 in the second round to lead Austin Peay at the par-72, 6,101-yard course. Scutt is in third place with a two-round score of 145, she is six shots behind Samford's Gabi Nicastro and one stroke behind Troy's Alyssa Mercado. Scutt is tied for second in the field in par-four scoring (-1) and is tied for fifth in birdies (six).

With a pair of two-over 74s, Maggie Glass is tied for sixth with a score of 148 through 36 holes. Glass picked up four spots on the field in the second round and is just one shot behind UAB's Brooke Wagner and Jacksonville's Ivete Rodrigues, who are tied for fourth place. Glass leads the tournament in par-five scoring (-3) and ranks fourth in birdies (seven).

Kady Foshaug and Jillian Breedlove both fired a one-over 73 in the first round before Breedlove shot a four-over 76 and Foshaug shot a five-over 77 in the second round. Breedlove is in eighth in the tournament with score of 149 and is tied for the tournament lead in par-three scoring at one-under par. Foshaug is in ninth place after 36 holes with a score of 150, she also ranks fifth in the tournament in par-four scoring (-5) and is tied for fourth in pars made (24).

Rounding out the lineup for the Govs, Kaley Campbell shot a two-over 74 in the first round before carding an 82 in the second round. Campbell is in 24th place with a score of 156 and is tied for the tournament lead in par-three scoring at one-under par.

Playing as an individual, Autumn Spencer is tied for 30th with a score of 158 after shooting a five-over 77 in the first round and an 81 in the second round. Spencer carded three birdies during her first 18 holes.

Abby Hirtzel also made her collegiate debut while playing as an individual, shooting a 79 in the first round and an 81 in the second round. Hirtzel, who carded four birdies in her debut, is tied for 37th with a two-round score of 160.

Austin Peay will be paired with Stetson and UAB for the second round of the Hoover Invitational, which begins with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, Tuesday. GolfStat will have live scoring for the event.

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