Cavaliers Open in Second Place at Bryan National

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Greensboro, NC The third-ranked Virginia women’ golf team is tied with No. 11 Wake Forest for second place after the opening round of the Bryan National Collegiate held at Bryan National’s Champions Course in Greensboro. Both teams shot 16-over 304. LSU managed to post the day’s low score in windy conditions that included gusts up to 30 miles per hour. The Tigers finished the day at 2-over 290.

Virginia’s Jennie Arseneault produced the Cavaliers’ best score at 1-over 73 to figure third overall. Whitney Neuhauser was in seventh place at 75. Lene Krog shot 77 and is 25th while Calle Nielson and Kristen Simpson both carded scores of 79 to figure 50th. Joy Kim, playing as a non-scoring individual, was 86th with a score of 85.

LSU’s Tessa Teachman grabbed the early lead in stroke play, shooting 4-under 68. She was the only player in the 96-golfer field to break par. There were only 18 birdies posted during the first round of play while there were 76 scores above par.

Virginia managed to play the front nine holes at 1-over par, but the windy conditions caught up with the Cavaliers on the final nine holes to push them 14 shots behind the tournament leading Tigers.

The event runs through Sunday with live stats online at Golfstat.com.

Bryan National Collegiate
Bryan National Champions Course
Brown Summit, NC
Par-72, 6,386 yards
First Round Results


Team Results
 1. LSU                290
 2. Virginia           304
 2. Wake Forest        304
 4. East Carolina      305
 5. Louisville         306
 6. North Carolina     307
 6. Col. of Charleston 307
 8. Notre Dame         309
 9. Arkansas           310
10. South Carolina     311
10. TCU                311
12. UNC Wilmington     314
12. Tennessee          314
14. Michigan State     315
15. NC State           316
16. Georgia            318
17. Ohio State         320
17. UNC Greensboro     320

Individual Leaders
1. Tessa Teachman, LSU                  68
2. Valentime Derrey, TCU                72
3. Jennie Arseneault, Virginia          73
3. Megan McChrystal, LSU                73
3. Catherine O’Donnell, North Carolina  73
6. Caroline Martens, LSU                74

Virginia Results
 3. Jennie Arseneault  73
 7. Whitney Neuhauser  75
25. Lene Krog          77
50. Calle Nielson      79
50. Kristen Simpson    79
86. Joy Kim*           85
* Non-scoring individual