HARTSVILLE, S.C. - Despite a tough start, Maeve Cummins rebounded with a trio of birdies on the back-nine to move into a tie for sixth after the first day of the SAC women's golf championships.
The Waringstown, Northern Ireland native shot a five-over 41 on the front-nine, before rebounding with one-under shots on the 12th, 17th and 18th holes. Cummins finished the day with a two-over 74. She sits tied for sixth-place individually with Ida Hansen of Newberry College. Cummins recorded a third of the nine birdies carded by C-N golfers in the opening round.
As a team, the no. 17/21 Eagles sit in fifth place and just three strokes behind Lincoln Memorial with a 22-over 310. The convocation had the second-best score on par threes in the opening round, shooting eight-over and an average score of 3.40.
No. 5/6 Anderson sits in first-place ahead of no. 4/4 Limestone by three strokes after day one after the Trojans shot an eight-over 296.
"We struggled a bit today as a team," says Director of Golf Randy Wylie. "Maeve and Hannah played fine and rebounded well after a poor start. The rest of the team should rebound tomorrow and we should bounce back nicely."
Hannah Holland sits just outside the top-10 at eleventh with a four-over 76. The Sale Creek, Tenn. native carded four birdies on the afternoon, but was hampered by a pair of double bogeys on the second and 12th holes. She, along with teammate Caroline Nemes also shot a one-over 3.25 on par threes, the sixth-best score of the field.
The younger Holland sister, Ashley Holland, sits tied for 27th with a seven-over 79. Her teammate, Ellie Haughton, sits at 39th, with a nine-over 81.
Nemes rounds out the five Eagles represented, sitting at 54th with a 13-over 85.
Individually, Taylor Oberparleiter of Limestone sits in first with a two-under 70 after the first round.
The second round of the SAC Women's Championship continues for the Eagles tomorrow, with Caroline Nemes opening up second round action for the convocation at 10:45 am, with a new C-N golfer hitting the course every nine minutes. Fans can follow along with live stats courtesy of BirdieFire here.
