Xavier Moves Into First Place on Day Two of BIG EAST Championships

Saturday, April 24

Fort Myers, Fla.

8:00 a.m.

Xavier University

BIG EAST Championships

Xavier Moves Into First Place on Day Two of BIG EAST Championships

04.24.21 | Women's Golf

Results (PDF)Results Round Three Pairings (PDF)

Morgan Tinsley ranks tied for second with a score of 148 (+4)

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Xavier women's golf moved into first place at the BIG EAST Championships on Saturday afternoon. The three-day tournament is being held at the Club at Gateway.

The Musketeers hit eight-over-par (296) - 11 strokes better than next best team (Creighton) - on Saturday to move into first place. Xavier has a 36-hole total of 596 (+20) to rank first with one round of golf left at the conference championships.

Xavier has a six-stroke lead over Creighton with 18 holes of golf remaining. The Bluejays have posted a 36-hole total of 602 (+26).

The final round of golf gets underway on Sunday morning at 8 a.m.

RESULTS

t-2. Andie Shukow - 75 (+3), 73 (+1): 148 (+4)
t-2. Morgan Tinsley - 72 (E), 76 (+4): 148 (+4)
t-5. Abby Kiefer - 77 (+5), 73 (+1): 150 (+6)
t-7. Mikayla Fitzpatrick - 76 (+4), 75 (+3): 151 (+7)
t-9. Emma McMyler - 77 (+5), 75 (+3): 152 (+8)

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Xavier - 300 (+12), 296 (+8): 596 (+20)
2. Creighton - 295 (+7), 307 (+19): 602 (+26)
3. Seton Hall - 301 (+13), 309 (+21): 610 (+34)
4. St. John's - 313 (+25), 311 (+23): 624 (+48)
5. Butler - 316 (+28), 309 (+21): 625 (+49)
6. Georgetown - 321 (+33), 323 (+35): 644 (+68)