SALISBURY, N.C. – The Emory & Henry College Women's Golf Team is currently in eighth place following two rounds at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational, hosted by Catawba College. The 54-hole tournament is being held at The Country Club of Salisbury, the site of the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf Championships.

The Basics
TOURNAMENT – Patsy Rendleman Invitational
HOST – Catawba College
FORMAT – Stroke Play/36 holes/5-count-4
LOCATION – Salisbury, North Carolina
COURSE – The Country Club of Salisbury
PAR – 36-35 – 71
LENGTH – 5,935 Yards

Round One
Sophomore Katie Hall (Abingdon, Va.) and freshman Abby Bradley (Castlewood, Va.) shot a +7 (78) in the opening round to tie for 17th while junior Lexi Humbert (Greeneville, Tenn.) carded an 80 (+9) to sit tied for 27th.

Senior Emily Smelcer (Walland, Tenn.) and junior Briah Frisbee (Leicester, N.C.) notched at +14 (85) tie for 41st place.

Round Two
The afternoon round saw Bradley shoot 82 (+11) to tie for 29th place while Hall's 83 (+12) put her in a tie for 32nd. Humbert shot an 82 (+11) to drop a pair of spots to 35th.

Frisbee turned in an 81 (+10), moving up three spots into a tie for 38th while Smelcer went for another 85 (+14) which was good for 45th.

The Leaders
Ashleigh Meade of University of South Carolina Beaufort leads the field by six shots after firing a pair of even-par rounds (71-71 – 142). Lenoir-Rhyne University's Charlotte Colley is second at +6 (74-74 – 148).

LR leads the tournament shooting a +35 (307-296 – 603) and is one stroke ahead of Anderson (S.C.) University which posted back-to-back rounds of 302 and is +36.

Up Next
E&H will conclude action in the Patsy Rendleman on Tuesday.

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