NEW ORLEANS – LSU sophomore women’s golfer Sydney Cavin of Baton Rouge posted a 3-under 69 in the opening round Sunday of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at the English Turn Golf and Country Club.
Cavin stands in a tie for second in the individual competition after the first day of the three-day competition in LSU’s opening event of the spring season.
Cavin, who had five birdies in the round, is tied with Mariah Stackhouse of Stanford, Emily Penttila of Tulane, Chih-Min Chen of Oklahoma State and Maria Torres of Florida. Lauren Kim of Stanford is the individual leader at 4-under 68.
The Lady Tigers in their opening round of the spring posted a 10-over par 298 and stands in a tie for 10th place with UCLA. Arizona and Oklahoma State are tied for first at 1-under 287 with Florida and host school Tulane are at even par 288 in a tie for third with Miami in fifth at 3-over 291.
For LSU, senior Nadine Dreher and freshman Kathleen Gallagher posted rounds of 4-over par 76, while senior Elise Bradley is at 5-over 77 for the final counting score in the play-5, count-4 scoring system. Carly Goldstein posted an 81.
It was announced Sunday evening that the second round would now by an 8 a.m. shotgun start in an attempt to get the second round end with forecast of rain both Monday and Tuesday in the New Orleans area.
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Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate
New Orleans, La. – English Turn
First Round Team Results (Par 288)
1. Arizona 287 -1; 1. Oklahoma State 287 -1; 3. Florida 288 E; 3. Tulane 288 E; 5. Miami 291 +3; 6. Alabama 292 +4; 7. Clemson 293 +5; 8. Stanford 296 +8; 9. Texas 297 +9; 10. LSU 298 +10; 10. UCLA 298 +10; 12. Michigan State 301 +13; 13. Mississippi State 303 +15; 14. Virginia 304 +16; 14. Denver 304 +16; 16. UCF 305 +17; 17. UC Davis 306 +18.
First Round Top 5 (Par 72)
1. Lauren Kim, Stanford, 68 -4; 2. Mariah Stackhouse, Stanford, 69 -3; 2. Emily Penttila, Tulane, 69 -3; 3. Chih-Min Chen, Oklahoma State 69 -3; 2. Sydney Cavin, LSU, 69 -3; 2. Maria Torres, Florida, 69 -3.
LSU Scores
T2. Sydney Cavin 69 -3
T51. Nadine Dreher 76 +4
T51. Kathleen Gallagher 76 +4
T58. Elise Bradley 77 +5
T77. Carly Goldstein 81 +9
T77. Lana Hodge 81 +9