Tulsa’s Lorena Tseng in First Place Tie After Opening Round of the Lady Paladin Invitational

Friday, September 21

Greenville, S.C.

Tulsa

Lady Paladin Invitational

Tulsa’s Lorena Tseng in First Place Tie After Opening Round of the Lady Paladin Invitational

9/21/2018 4:10:00 PM | Women's Golf

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Tulsa freshman Lorena Tseng sits in a first-place tie after opening round play at the Lady Paladin Invitational Friday. Tseng shot a four-under par 68 to tie Haylee Harford of host Furman for the individual lead at the par-72 Furman University Golf Course.

As a team, Tulsa is in a 9^th place tie with fellow American Athletic Conference member USF with a score of 11-over par 299. Host Furman leads the field with a score of 283, followed by North Florida (287), Kennesaw State (290), Coastal Carolina (293) and Augusta University (295) rounding out the top-5 teams.

Tseng, beginning the day on hole 10, birdied the par-5 11^th hole and played even on the final seven holes of her front-nine. She started her back-nine solidly with a birdie on the par-4 first hole and then knocked in birdie putts on holes No. 5 and No. 7, both par 4's. Tseng went thru the 18 holes today bogey-free.

Sophomore Taylor Dobson, a local talent from Broken Arrow (Okla.) High School, is next for the Hurricane in a 24thh palce tie after turning in a 2-over par score of 74.

Rounding out the Tulsa team were freshman Shaelee Scarberry in 65^th place with a score of 78, followed by senior Olivia Jackson and freshman Jasmine Zhang tied for 74^th place with rounds of 79.

Second round action takes place on Saturday, while the tournament concludes on Sunday.

Team Results
1.       Furman                        283
2.       North Florida                287
3.       Kennesaw State          290
4.       Coastal Carolina 293
5.       Augusta                       295
T6.     Kansas                        297
T6.     Old Dominion 297
8.       Florida Gulf Coast 298
T9.    Tulsa 299
T9.     USF 299
11.     Kansas State 302
T12.   Daytona State 303
T12.   Memphis                      303
14.     Georgia Southern 304
15.     James Madison 308
16.     Georgia State 310

Tulsa Individuals
T1     Lorena Tseng                68
T24.   Taylor Dobson              74
T64.   Shaelee Scarberry       78
T73.   Olivia Jackson 79
T73.   Jasmine Zhang 79

Top-5 Individuals
T1     Lorena Tseng, Tulsa 68 (-4)
T1.     Haylee Harford, Furman                68 (-4)
T3.     Kyra Cox, Furman 69 (-3)
T3.     Lissette Davalos, North Florida       69 (-3)
T5.     Charlotte Charrayre, Kennesaw St. 70 (-2)
T5.     Natalie Srinivasan, Furman             70 (-2)