FGCU WGOLF: John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate Day Two Recap

 The FGCU women's golf team, led by a second-round 74 from senior Kelsy Holbert, are in fourth place at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate at Eagle's Landing Country Club entering Tuesday's final round.

The Eagles have shot a 605 (+29) through 36 holes and sit two strokes behind third-place Oral Roberts. On Monday, they were victims of eight double or triple-bogeys. Had they done no worse than bogey each of those holes, they would be tied with Murray State and South Florida (596 (+20) for first place.

"We didn't have our best stuff today and will need to rally (in the final round)," FGCU head coach Sarah Trew said. "We made some mental errors and missed a lot of easy up and downs around the green. On Tuesday, we'll look to regroup and attack the scoreable holes. If we can limit our mistakes and have nothing more than bogey, we will have a shot of winning the tournament."

Holbert opened the day with three bogeys over the first four holes and sat at 3-over despite a birdie on the sixth. However, she went 1-under on the back nine behind a pair of birdies on the 14th and 18th holes and sits in a tie for eighth-place.

The duo of freshman Laura Edmonds (77) and sophomore Natalia Nassar (78) are tied for 15th-place, just one stroke behind Holbert's 36-hole score of 150. Edmonds had two birdies, but was hurt by a trio of double bogeys. Nassar overcame a triple and a double-bogey by tying Holbert with a team-high three birdies, including two on the final six holes.

Senior Madeline Marck-Sherk trimmed four strokes off her first-round score with a 75 (+3). She sank birdies on the third and sixth holes and was one of two players, along with Holbert, who didn't do worse than bogey any hole.

Team Standings
T-1. #86 South Florida - 303-293---596 (+20)
T-1. #170 Murray State - 291-305---596 (+20)
3. #136 Oral Roberts - 302-301---603 (+27)
4. #108 FGCU - 301-304---605 (+29)
5. #154 Albany - 303-303---606 (+30)
6. #137 Jacksonville State - 307-301---608 (+32)
7. #139 Jacksonville - 307-304---611 (+35)
8. #173 Winthrop - 313-307---620 (+44)
9. #163 Eastern Washington - 305-316---621 (+45)
10. #153 Georgia State - 317-308---625 (+49)
11. #151 Samford - 311-315---626 (+50)
12. #171 Appalachian State - 318-310---628 (+52)
13. #172 ULM - 321-316---637 (+61)
14. #191 McNeese State - 324-328---652 (+76)
15. #197 Towson - 324-328---652 (+76)
16. #233 Central Michigan - 341-323---664 (+88)

Individual Standings
T-8. Kelsy Holbert - 76-74---150 (+6)
T-15. Laura Edmonds - 74-77---151 (+7)
T-15. Natalia Nassar - 73-78---151 (+7)
T-29. Madeline Marck-Sherk 79-75---154 (+10)
T-45. Ailsa Clark - 78-82---160 (+16)