CALERA, Ala. – For the second consecutive tournament, Carson-Newman's women's golf team tore a course to pieces of the second day of the event.  With a team 307, Carson-Newman had the second best round of the day at the Full Moon BBQ Invitational in Calera, Ala.

Only tournament champion Lander shot better than Carson-Newman with a 304. 

The Eagles finished seventh with Meridith Hawkins (Powell, Tenn.) scoring her second consecutive top-15 finish.  Hawkins countered an 81 yesterday with a 76 (+5) to tie for 13^th for the tournament. 

"This was a totally different day," Carson-Newman head women's golf coach Suzanne Strudwick said. "The girls trusted in themselves.  Now we've just go to work on getting a better start in the first round. They need to trust and believe in themselves at all time." 

Four of C-N's five golfers saw their scores improve from day one to day two of the event.  Mary Tunnell (Cordova, Tenn.) made the biggest jump, slicing 11 strokes off her score from day one to day two with a 74 (+3).  She closed the event with a 159 (+17) to tie her teammate Daniel Baiunco (Melbourne, Fla.).  Baiunco followed yesterday's 79 with an 80 (+9).

Lauren Hodge (Jefferson City, Tenn.) dropped seven strokes from her score to end day two with a 77 (+6) and a two-day total of 161 for a tie for 27^th, while Chelsea Passmore (Knoxville, Tenn.) knifed three off hers with an 82 and a two-day tally of 167.

The Eagles have a weekend off before returning to the links at the Lander University Bearcat Invitational.

7 Carson Newman Univ. 329 307 636

T 13 Meridith Hawkins 81 76 157

T 20 Mary Tunnell 85 74 159

T 20 Danielle Baiunco 79 80 159

T 27 Lauren Hodge 84 77 161

T 38 Chelsea Passmore 85 82 167

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