TicketsWilson Moves To Fifth At Bay Tree Classic
UC in ninth in team standings
Contact: Shawn Sell
9/25/2004
Sarah Bires shot a 78 on Saturday at the Bay Tree Classic. |
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.---Freshman Hillery Wilson shot a career-best round of 71 to help the University of Cincinnati women?s golf team move up to ninth in the team standings Saturday at the Unlimited Potential Bay Tree Classic.
Wilson (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) is now tied for fifth in the individual competition with a 36-hole total of 147. Wilson is just one shot out of third and eight strokes back of leader Michelle Jarman of UNC-Wilmington.
Sophomore Sarah Bires (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville) also had a successful day Saturday, shooting a season-best round of 78 to move to 54th in the day two rundown.
In the team standings, the Bearcats jumped three spots after a season-low team round of 310. UC has a two-day total of 628, only five strokes behind a tie for fifth place held by Marshall and Methodist College. Coastal Carolina holds the team lead with a score of 598.
The tournament will wrap up on Sunday with a shotgun start slated for 8 a.m. The event is being played at the Bay Tree Golf Plantation.
Day Two Cincinnati Individual Scores
T 5 Hillery Wilson 76 71 147
T 40 Alysa Few 77 82 159
T 54 Sarah Bires 83 78 161
T 67 Allison Mayborg 83 80 163
T 67 Allison Couch 82 81 163
Day Two Team Scores
1 Coastal Carolina U. 305 293 598
2 East Tennessee State 302 301 603
N. Car. Wilmington 301 302 603
4 Charleston, Coll. of 306 301 607
5 Western Carolina U. 300 308 608
6 Middle Tennessee St. 310 306 616
7 Marshall University 307 316 623
Methodist College 311 312 623
9 Cincinnati, U. of 318 310 628
10 Southern Illinois U. 306 324 630
Mercer University 315 315 630
12 Lamar University 314 322 636
13 Fla. International 321 323 644
14 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 323 326 649
15 Old Dominion Univ. 331 327 658
16 Belmont University 330 334 664
17 Charleston Southern 356 345 701