Birdies in Bunches Highlight Opening Day at Ameila Island for Women's Golf

Monday, February 19

Amelia Island, Fla. (Amelia National)

All Day

University of North Florida

Amelia Island Collegiate

Sydney Shrader follows through after hitting a tee shot

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Birdies in Bunches Highlight Opening Day at Ameila Island for Women's Golf

2/19/2018 9:36:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Amelia Island Collegiate
DATE: Monday, Feb. 19, 2018
LOCATION: Amelia National Golf Club (Amelia Island, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 6,029 yards
UNF FINISH: 3rd of 15 teams
TOP OSPREY: Sydney Shrader (73-68 | T2)
Day One Results (pdf)
Golfstat Leaderboard

The short story: The North Florida women's golf team opened up their spring tournament ledger at the Amelia Island Collegiate on Monday, finishing the 36 holes of action in third place following rounds of 298-289. A trio of Ospreys ended the day among the Top 15 led by sophomore Sydney Shrader in a tie for second at 3-under 141.

FIRST TEE
- Sydney Shrader opened the day with a 73 before catching fire in the afternoon session with a career low 4-under 68
- Sophomore Teresa Conroy carded the squad's best morning round with a 1-under 71 followed by her second round 76 and finished the day tied for 9th
- Freshman Mindy Herrick posted back-to-back rounds of 74 to rank in a tie for 11th (148)
- Senior Courtney Cobb improved six shots from her morning to afternoon rounds to finish Monday tied for 35th at 154 (80-74)
- Junior Kaye Kwon ended the day tied for 44th after opening with an 83 and then cutting 10 strokes for a second round 73 (+1)
- The Ospreys are solidly in third place after day one, just five shots behind No. 49-ranked Campbell at 587

TEAM SCOREBOARD
Daytona State (579), #49 Campbell (582), North Florida (587), Jacksonville State (592), Winthrop (601), FGCU (607), Bradley (610), Georgia State (614), Jacksonville (617), Cincinnati (617), Eastern Kentucky (619), USC Upstate (621), UAB (623), UNC Asheville (626), Morehead State (644) -- ## = Golfstat Top 50 Rankings

UNF RESULTS

3	North Florida	298	289	---	587 (+11)
T2	Sydney Shrader	73	68	--	141 (-3)
T9	Teresa Conroy	71	76	--	147 (+3)
T11	Mindy Herrick	74	74	--	148 (+4)
T35	Courtney Cobb	80	74	--	154 (+10)
T44	Kaye Kwon	83	73	--	156 (+12)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Shrader's second round 68 marked a career best for her and matched the second lowest score in UNF program history | Included 6 birdies highlighted by four straight to end the round
- Conroy's opening round featured 6 birdies including a stretch of 4 in a row at the close of her opening nine
- Ospreys totalled a tournament field leading 113 pars on day one led by Herrick's 27 (3rd most in the field)
- UNF collected 26 birdies (3rd in the field) with Shrader and Conroy both tallying 8 to share the tournament lead
- Shrader also paced the field in Par 4 scoring at 1-under (3.95 avg.)
- Campbell's Ayelen Irizar sits atop the individual leaderboard by one shot after an opening day 4-under 140 performance

UP NEXT
North Florida concludes play in the Amelia Island Collegiate with a final round scheduled for an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Tuesday. UNF will play alongside Campbell and Daytona State beginning on holes 1-3.