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Folke Fires 67 - Racers Surge To Front At Citrus Classic
3/20/2017 5:19:00 PM | Women's Golf
With a pair of victories already in the books for the 2016-17 season, the Murray State women's golf team surged to the front of the Spring Citrus Challenge on Monday and take a three-shot.
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The Racers' 295 team score at Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Florida was easily the low round of the 54-hole event and it gives them a chance Tuesday to win again.
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Murray State posted scores of 306-295=601 and lead Florida Gulf Coast (604), Jacksonville State and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (609) heading into the final round. MSU has bested the other four teams from the Ohio Valley Conference in the first two days of the tournament.
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Moa Folke, the OVC Tournament champion in 2016, shot a 5-under-par 67 and moved from 27th place to second place in one round. The 67 was Folke's career-low round and the best for the Racers since October of 2013 when Delaney Howson fired a 66 at Clarksville (TN) Country Club. Folke's rounds totaled 78-67=145.
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Lucila Puente's seventh place spot came from scores of 73-75=148, while Linette Holmsslykke was in 11th place after scores of 76-75=151. Jane Watts had a spot in 39th place on rounds of 79-78=157 and Raeysha Surendran was in 39th place with scores of 80-78=158.
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MSU's Anna Moore was the top player in the field of 14 individuals in the field and seventh place overall after scores of 72-76=148. Sydney Kelley had scores of 85-80=165 and was in 64th place.
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Akron (612) was in fifth place, with Morehead State (613), Western Kentucky (615), UMKC (617), Marshall (618) and Towson (626) making up the top-10. Western Illinois (631), Northern Kentucky (631), Austin Peay (639) and Eastern Illinois (670) made up the rest of the field.
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Red Tail Golf Club is playing to a par of 72 and a length of 7,152 yards.
Tuesday's second round begins at 10 a.m. local time with the Racers paired with FGSU and Texas A&M CC.
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The Racers' 295 team score at Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Florida was easily the low round of the 54-hole event and it gives them a chance Tuesday to win again.
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Murray State posted scores of 306-295=601 and lead Florida Gulf Coast (604), Jacksonville State and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (609) heading into the final round. MSU has bested the other four teams from the Ohio Valley Conference in the first two days of the tournament.
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Moa Folke, the OVC Tournament champion in 2016, shot a 5-under-par 67 and moved from 27th place to second place in one round. The 67 was Folke's career-low round and the best for the Racers since October of 2013 when Delaney Howson fired a 66 at Clarksville (TN) Country Club. Folke's rounds totaled 78-67=145.
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Lucila Puente's seventh place spot came from scores of 73-75=148, while Linette Holmsslykke was in 11th place after scores of 76-75=151. Jane Watts had a spot in 39th place on rounds of 79-78=157 and Raeysha Surendran was in 39th place with scores of 80-78=158.
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MSU's Anna Moore was the top player in the field of 14 individuals in the field and seventh place overall after scores of 72-76=148. Sydney Kelley had scores of 85-80=165 and was in 64th place.
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Akron (612) was in fifth place, with Morehead State (613), Western Kentucky (615), UMKC (617), Marshall (618) and Towson (626) making up the top-10. Western Illinois (631), Northern Kentucky (631), Austin Peay (639) and Eastern Illinois (670) made up the rest of the field.
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Red Tail Golf Club is playing to a par of 72 and a length of 7,152 yards.
Tuesday's second round begins at 10 a.m. local time with the Racers paired with FGSU and Texas A&M CC.
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