Women’s Golf Moves Within 3 Shots of the SoCon Championships Lead

Monday, April 15

Hilton Head, S.C.

Chattanooga

Southern Conference Championship - Round 2

Senior Monica San Juan.

Photo by: GoMocs.com

4/15/2019 4:41:00 PM | Women's Golf

Monica San Juan carries the 36-hole lead propelling the Chattanooga Mocs into second at the Southern Conference Women’s Golf Championships.

RESULTS | SCORING | PAIRINGS | STATS/NOTES | ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF

HILTON HEAD---It was a solid day for the Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team led by a pair of par or better rounds. The Mocs shot the low round of the day with 300 to move into second place at the Southern Conference Championships on a blustery day at Moss Creek Golf Club.

Monica San Juan fired a 2-under par 70, while Kirsty Beckwith finished at even with birdies on 16 and 17 to move the squad within three strokes of Furman. The Paladins sit at 598 with the Mocs lurking at 601.

San Juan is the individual leader at three-under par 141. Furman's Natalie Srinivasan is second with 147 followed by her teammate Haylee Harford and Mercer's Karina Kukkonen in third at 148.

Beckwith moved into the top 10 overall at 151. Rheagan Hall's 77 ties her for 13th with 152. Esme Hamilton completed the counting cards with 81 for a two-day total of 157. Dorota Zalewska sits at 168.

Mercer is in third, two shots behind Chattanooga's 601. ETSU is fourth with 607 followed by UNCG (618), Samford (621), Wofford (632), Western Carolina (662) and The Citadel (676).

The Mocs are back on the tee at 8:50 a.m., paired with Furman and Mercer. Links to today's results, live scoring and parings are above.

LINEUP
Team: 2nd of 9, 301-300-601 (+25)
1) Monica San Juan: 71-70=141 (-3)
T8) Kirsty Beckwith: 79-72=151 (+7)
T9) Rheagan Hall: 75-77=152 (+8)
T13) Esme Hamilton: 76-81=157 (+13)
T28) Dorota Zalewska: 80-88=168 (+24)

3 NOTES TO KNOW

The 36-hole total of 601 is the second-lowest for the program in the eight visits to Moss Creek. The low is 597 leading to the 2013 title.
Chattanooga came from behind to win the SoCon title three times in the five crowns on its ledger. The Mocs came back from two off the pace in 2010 defeating College of Charleston, a four-stroke deficit in 2012 to topple UNCG and one down to beat Furman in 2014.
San Juan is attempting to become the sixth Moc to win SoCon Medalist honors. Emma de Groot (2011), Jordan Britt (2012), Agathe Sauzon (2013) and Emily McLennan (2014) all won at Moss Creek's North Course, while Megan Woods (2016) claimed hers at Savannah Quarters.

TEAM LEADERS
Par 3 (Counting Cards: +5): Monica San Juan -2.
Par 4 (+14): San Juan -2.
Par 5 (+6): San Juan/Kirsty Beckwith/Rheagan Hall +1.
Eagles (0): N/A.
Birdies (14): San Juan 6.
Pars (94): San Juan 27.

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