Oct. 12, 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, FL.--ODU senior Samantha Morrell (North Kingstown, RI.) fired 75 and is only three strokes off the lead after one round at the LPGA Xavier Invitational at the LPGA International Course. As a team, ODU is tied with Mercer for fourth, just two strokes back of the leader.
Florida Gulf Coast leads the tournament with a 310, followed by host Xavier at 311,ODU and Mercer at 312.
Morrell shot 37 on the front and 38 on the back for a 75, while junior Elizbeth Haycock(Birmingham, England) shot 77 and is in 11th place, followed by junior Gemma Fuster (Barcelona, Spain) at 19th after shooting a 79.
Shane Crutchfield of Xavier leads the individuals after shooting a 72, followed byLacey Fears of Mercer with a 73.
Xavier InvitationalLPGA International CourseRound: 1 Par-Yardage: 72-6178Teams Scores (14)1 Florida Gulf Coast U 3102 Xavier University 311T3 Old Dominion Univ. 312T3 Mercer University 3125 Bethune-Cookman Univ 3156 Daytona St. College 3167 North Florida, U. of 3178 McNeese State Univ. 3189 Stetson University 32010 ULM 32411 UAB 32912 South Dakota State U 34113 Northern Kentucky U. 34714 North Dakota, U. of 355
ODU GOLFERST 4 Samantha Morrell 37- 38 75T 11 Elizabeth Haycock 41- 36 77T 19 Gemma Fuster 38- 41 79T 31 Kimberley Bradbury 43- 38 81T 37 Lauren Eklund 39- 43 82