Newberry Holds Six-Stroke Lead Over Wingate After Two Rounds At 2011 Food Lion SAC Women’s Golf Championship

CONOVER, N.C. -- Newberry College holds a six-shot lead over Wingate University entering the final round of the 2011 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf Championships which will be held on Tuesday at the 5,858-yard, par-71 Rock Barn Golf & Spa.

Individually, Brenna Martens, of Lenoir-Rhyne University, holds a three shot lead over two competitors.

Newberry (633) trailed Lincoln Memorial (641) after the opening round, but fought back with a second-round 322 to take the lead. Wingate (639) jumped over Lincoln Memorial with its 325 score in the second 18 after the Lady Railsplitters totaled a 333.

Martens opened with a 72 and held the first round lead by a shot over Catawba's Eileen Purpur and Lincoln Memorial's Maria Stapleton. Second round scores were higher and Martens increased her lead to three shots after firing a 78. Martens' 150 tied the conference record for low score after two rounds.

Newberry's Julia Daneshfar and Wingate's Ashley Denton stand three shots back, while Purpur and Stapleton are four shots off the pace.

Newberry shot a 311-322=633 in the first two rounds Monday. The first round 311 was the sixth-best round in SAC Championships history, but the Wolves found themselves in second place after the first round, as Lincoln Memorial shot a 308. All but one team in the competition saw their scores rise in the second round, and Newberry's 320 tied for the best second round score.

Daneshfar (Trophy Club, Texas) is tied for second place individually after shooting 75-78=153 (+11) in the first day of the competition. Her 153 through two rounds is just three strokes back of the SAC Tournament record for lowest score through two rounds of 150. That record was tied by Lenoir-Rhyne's Brenna Martens, who leads the competition with a 150 and tied for the third-lowest SAC Tournament round with a first round 72.

Tuesday's final round is scheduled to get underway at 8 a.m.

2011 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference
Women's Golf Championship
Conover, N.C. - Rock Barn Golf & Spa
April 11-12, 2011 - par-71, 5,858 yards
First Day Results

Team
1. Newberry 311 322 633 (+65)
2. Wingate 314 325 639 (+71)
3. Lincoln Memorial 308 333 641 (+73)
4. Carson-Newman 319 325 644 (+76)
5. Lenoir-Rhyne 317 330 647 (+79)
6. Anderson 321 334 655 (+87)
7. Catawba 328 329 657 (+89)
8. Tusculum 338 320 658 (+90)
9. Mars Hill 360 361 721 (+153)
10. Brevard 444 455 899 (+331)

Individual

1. Brenna Martens (Lenoir-Rhyne) 72 78 150 (+8)
2t. Julia Daneshfar (Newberry) 75 78 153 (+11)
2t. Ashley Denton (Wingate) 74 79 153 (+11)
4t. Eileen Purpur (Catawba) 73 81 154 (+12)
4t. Maria Stapleton (Lincoln Memorial) 73 81 154 (+12)
6t. Jillian Corum (Tusculum) 83 75 158 (+16)
6t. Maria Luz Besio (Newberry) 79 79 158 (+16)
8t. Jessica Tarbet (Carson-Newman) 79 80 159 (+17)
8t. Katie Thackerson (Lenoir-Rhyne) 79 80 159 (+17)
8t. Andrea Velasquez (Wingate) 79 80 159 (+17)
11t. Kalyn Johnson (Anderson) 76 84 160 (+18)
11t. Natalia Perez (Newberry) 78 82 160 (+18)
11t. Kristen Wolf (Lincoln Memorial) 83 77 160 (+18)
14t. Leslie Long (Catawba) 84 77 161 (+19)
14t. Mary Tunnell (Carson-Newman) 77 84 161 (+19)
16. Lisa Brandl (Newberry) 79 83 162 (+20)
17t. Barbara Castro (Newberry) 80 83 163 (+21)
17t. Alisiya Klochkova (Brevard) 76 87 163 (+21)
17t. Samantha Pugh-Gilder (Wingate) 81 82 163 (+21)
20t. Anna Lee Croom (Wingate) 80 84 164 (+22)
20t. Brittany McCown (Lincoln Memorial) 77 87 164 (+22)
20t. Jennifer Oliver (Carson-Newman) 81 83 164 (+22)
20t. Elizabeth Smith (Catawba) 80 84 164 (+22)
24t. Grace Brahler (Lenoir-Rhyne 82 83 165 (+23)
24t. Lindsay Parks (Anderson) 85 80 165 (+23)
24t. Erica Ray (Carson Newman) 82 83 165 (+23)
24t. Haley Rye (Tusculum) 83 82 165 (+23)
28t. Laura Buyers (Anderson) 81 86 167 (+25)
28t. Desta Coaker (Lincoln Memorial) 78 89 167 (+25)
30t. Whitney Ball (Lincoln Memorial) 80 88 168 (+26)
30t. Katie Eskew (Anderson) 84 84 168 (+26)
30t. Melanie Manis (Carson Newman) 89 79 168 (+26)
30t. Emily Palenkas (Tusculum) 88 80 168 (+26)
34 Alyson Pugh (Tusculum) 86 83 169 (+27)
35t. Sara Howard (Tusculum( 86 84 170 (+28)
35t Megan Levy (Wingate) 83 87 170 (+28)
37 Hayley Parks (Anderson) 80 91 171 (+29)
38 Louise McGillivray (Carson Newman) 85 87 172 (+30)
39 Megan Katsch (Lenoir-Rhyne) 84 89 173 (+31)
40 Diedre Biehn (Mars Hill) 85 91 176 (+34)
41t. Tonya Gruel-Wright (Mars Hill) 89 88 177 (+35)
41t. Adriana Vizcarrondo (Tusculum) 88 89 177 (+35)
43 Kelly Wilson (Catawba) 92 87 179 (+37)
44 Miranda Carballo (Mars Hill) 90 91 181 (+39)
45 Samantha Lackey (Catawba) 91 91 182 (+40)
46 Ashley Shealy (Lenoir-Rhyne) 88 95 183 (+41)
47 Taylor Banks (Mars Hill) 96 91 187 (+45)
48 Ashley Allen (Brevard) 112 101 213 (+71)
49 Becca Schoonover (Brevard) 121 132 253 (+111)
50 Kelsey Wyatt (Brevard) 135 135 270 (+128)