TicketsMACON, Ga. – Senior Anika Hitt (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) followed a first-round 73 with a second-round 75 to pace the Bearcats in a tie for 12th place following the first and second rounds at the Mercer Idle Hour Collegiate Championship at Idle Hour Golf & Country Club.
As a team, the Bearcats are in ninth place after totaling 618 following two rounds.
Hitt started play with a birdie and seven pars on the front-nine holes of the first round and proceeded with a birdie and six pars on the back to card an opening-round 73 (+1). The senior, again, holed two birdies in the second round, but was held back due to five bogeys to finish the day in a tie for 12th on the player leaderboard.
Junior Alyssa Burritt (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook) and sophomore Vanessa Manrique (Bogotá, Colombia) both turned in rounds of 76 to open play – featuring four combined birdies – but struggled in the second round with scores of 82 and 81, respectively. Sophomore Amalia Shahzan (Kedah, Malaysia) and Angela Lopez (Bogotá, Colombia) both bounced back in the second round with scores of 78 following opening-round scores in the 80's. Competing individually, junior Daniela Murcia (Bogotá, Colombia), too, finished strong with a five-stroke improvement (81-76) from the first round to the second.
The third and final round of the tournament will begin Tuesday morning with an 8 a.m. ET shotgun start. The Bearcats will be paired with UNCG and Georgia Southern. Follow along with live scoring here.
// HEAD COACH JANET CARL ON THE BEARCATS
"Today we had highs and lows throughout the entire day. We couldn't get everyone firing on all cylinders at the same time. Tomorrow, we have nothing to lose. This was definitely the valley of our fall season and we want to start climbing our way out starting tomorrow."
// PLAYER RESULTS
Scoring Team
T12. Anika Hitt 73 75 148
T44. Vanessa Manrique 76 81 157
T47. Alyssa Burritt 76 82 158
T51. Amalia Shahzan 81 78 159
T57. Angela Lopez 82 78 160
Individual
T44. Daniela Murcia 81 76 157
// TEAM STANDINGS
1. Mercer 286 287 573 -3
2. Eastern Kentucky 295 298 593 +17
3. Toledo 298 298 596 +20
4. Troy 300 300 600 +24
5. James Madison 299 306 605 +29
6. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 303 305 608 +32
7. UNCG 309 301 610 +34
8. Georgia Southern 311 300 611 +35
9. Cincinnati 306 312 618 +42
10. McNeese State 314 305 619 +43
11. Towson 312 308 620 +44
12. Western Carolina 320 312 632 +56
13. Lipscomb 318 321 639 +63
As a team, the Bearcats are in ninth place after totaling 618 following two rounds.
Hitt started play with a birdie and seven pars on the front-nine holes of the first round and proceeded with a birdie and six pars on the back to card an opening-round 73 (+1). The senior, again, holed two birdies in the second round, but was held back due to five bogeys to finish the day in a tie for 12th on the player leaderboard.
Junior Alyssa Burritt (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook) and sophomore Vanessa Manrique (Bogotá, Colombia) both turned in rounds of 76 to open play – featuring four combined birdies – but struggled in the second round with scores of 82 and 81, respectively. Sophomore Amalia Shahzan (Kedah, Malaysia) and Angela Lopez (Bogotá, Colombia) both bounced back in the second round with scores of 78 following opening-round scores in the 80's. Competing individually, junior Daniela Murcia (Bogotá, Colombia), too, finished strong with a five-stroke improvement (81-76) from the first round to the second.
The third and final round of the tournament will begin Tuesday morning with an 8 a.m. ET shotgun start. The Bearcats will be paired with UNCG and Georgia Southern. Follow along with live scoring here.
// HEAD COACH JANET CARL ON THE BEARCATS
"Today we had highs and lows throughout the entire day. We couldn't get everyone firing on all cylinders at the same time. Tomorrow, we have nothing to lose. This was definitely the valley of our fall season and we want to start climbing our way out starting tomorrow."
// PLAYER RESULTS
Scoring Team
T12. Anika Hitt 73 75 148
T44. Vanessa Manrique 76 81 157
T47. Alyssa Burritt 76 82 158
T51. Amalia Shahzan 81 78 159
T57. Angela Lopez 82 78 160
Individual
T44. Daniela Murcia 81 76 157
// TEAM STANDINGS
1. Mercer 286 287 573 -3
2. Eastern Kentucky 295 298 593 +17
3. Toledo 298 298 596 +20
4. Troy 300 300 600 +24
5. James Madison 299 306 605 +29
6. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 303 305 608 +32
7. UNCG 309 301 610 +34
8. Georgia Southern 311 300 611 +35
9. Cincinnati 306 312 618 +42
10. McNeese State 314 305 619 +43
11. Towson 312 308 620 +44
12. Western Carolina 320 312 632 +56
13. Lipscomb 318 321 639 +63