Ebenhag, Lo Lead Spartans At Kiawah Island Classic

Feb. 21, 2010

Kiawah Island, S.C. - Johanna Ebenhag and Cheryl Lo each shot 89 in the opening round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic Sunday afternoon, but the Spartans struggled up and down the lineup and stand 33rd in the tournament heading into the second round Monday.

Upstate counted three scores in the 90s Sunday and will look to improve on their scores when second round play starts Monday morning. The Spartans are playing the tournament without the services of No. 1 player Jennifer Judge. Upstate carded a 365 Sunday, its highest round of the season.

Ebenhag and Lo each carded 89 on the day and are tied for 160th in a field of 172 players. Marissa Clontz shot a 93, while Summer Wall and Natalie Buch shot 94 and 96.

Upstate will have to do some work to move up the leaderboard. The Spartans are 21 strokes away from their nearest competitor, but have 36 more holes to try to make up ground in the 54-hole tournament being played on the Oak Point and Cougar Point courses at the resort south of Charleston.

Augusta State opened the tournament with a 284 to take the lead after 18 holes. East Carolina is second after shooting a 290 and is followed by Western Carolina (293), Miami (296), ETSU (296), Campbell (297), Oral Roberts (298), Illinois State (300), Kansas (303), Middle Tennessee (303), Oregon State (303), Minnesota (303), Elon (304), Florida International (305), Missouri State (305), Central Arkansas (307), College of Charleston (307), William & Mary (308), Charleston Southern (316), Mercer (317), Akron (322), Drake (323), Wichita State (323), Jacksonville State (323), Toledo (325), Richmond (326), Bucknell (326), Winthrop (327), Morehead State (330), Southern Illinois (331), Old Dominion (337), The Citadel (344) and Upstate (365).

Augusta State's Sarah Mooney opened with a 4-under-par 68 to take the individual lead by a stroke over Josephine Sundh from Western Carolina. Sven players finished under-par for the day.

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