Racers Carry Lead To OVC Championship Final On Moore's Record 66

The Murray State Racers kept themselves in a position to win their third-straight Ohio Valley Conference Women's Golf Championship with a second round sc 41704

ore of 289 and a record-setting 66 from Anna Moore, Tuesday at The Shoals Golf Club in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Led by Moore's 6-under-par 66, the Racers had scores of 291-289=580, which gave them a five-shot lead over Eastern Kentucky (296-289=585) heading into Wednesday's final round. Jacksonville State (596), Belmont (602) and Austin Peay (611) made up the top-5 teams through 36 holes.

Moore's round is her career-low at Murray State and it ties the OVC Tournament mark by MSU's Moa Folke in 2017 at Hampton Cove when she also shot a 66 in the second round of the event. Moore made the turn with a 1-under-par 35 and then scorched the back nine in 5-under-par 31. She eagled the par-5 11^th hole and made four birdies at the 12^th, 13^th, 16^th and 17^th holes. Moore's scores of 73-66=139 pushed her into first place in the medalist chase.

MSU's Linette Holmslykke was in third place on scores of 71-72=143, while Jane Watts was in sixth place on scored of 72-76=148 as she finished the second round with two birdies in the final three holes. Raeysha Surendran gave the Racers four players in the top-10 with a spot in 10^th place on rounds of 75-75=150. Freshman Sarah McDowell was in 34^th place on scores of 85-78=163.

When the Racers begin play Wednesday morning in the final round at 9:40 a.m., they'll be trying to win the OVC Championship for a third-straight time after taking the title in 2017 and 2018. Coach Velvet Milkman's teams have already accomplished three in a row twice. They did it in 1997 to 1999 and again from 2002-2004.

"I can't say enough about the way our team played today," Milkman said. "We've done a great job of staying in the moment and putting ourselves in position to have a chance to win it. Anna played a fantastic round today and I am very proud of her. So we'll get some rest tonight and come out tomorrow and try to put together another solid team round, because that's what it's going to take to win it."

Round Two Notes
There have been two eagles so far in the OVC Championship. JSU's Ana Perez Altuna had the first of the event when she eagled the par-4 1^st hole by knocking it in from the fairway on her second shot. MSU's Anna Moore made the second when she eagled the par-5 11^th hole.

Anna Moore's 66 was better than her previous best round at MSU when she shot a 69 in March of 2018 at the North Florida Intercollegiate at Jacksonville Country Club.

Moore tied the OVC Championship record low score with a 66. Murray State's Moa Folke set the record in 2017 with a 66. EKU's Alsa Moberly shot a 67 today for the third lowest score in the event.

OVC Championship Low Round
66, Moa Folke, MUR (2017 - R2)
66, Anna Moore, MUR (2019 – R2)
67, Elsa Moberly, EKU (2019 – R2)
68, Delaney Howson, MUR (2014 - R2)
68, Sofie Levin, EKU (2015 - R3)
68, Anna Gleixner, EKU (2016 - R1)
68, Elsa Moberly, EKU (2017 - R1)
68, Linnette Holmslykke, MUR (2017 - R1)
68, Valentina Giraldo, JSU (2018 - R2)
69, Amanda Phillips, APSU (2001 - R1)
69, April Emerson, EKU (2010 - R2)
69, Paige Lausier, MOR (2011 - R3)
69, Allyson Dunn, TTU (2016 - R3)
69, Moa Folke, MUR (2017 - R3)
69, Moa Folke, MUR (2018 - R2)

Moore leads the field through 36 holes with the best par-4 average so far of 3.85. She is also the best on the par-5 holes at the Schoolmaster course with a stroke average per hole of 4.50.

Moore's 10 birdies leads the field through 36 holes. MSU's Linette Holmslykke is second with seven.

As team, the Racers are tops in the field with a par-4 average of 4.13.

MSU leads the field with 30 total birdies.

The final round begins Wednesday morning for the Racers as they'll again be paired with EKU and JSU. MSU's Sara McDowell hits the first shot of the day for the Racers at 9:40 a.m.

26^th OVC Women's Golf Championship
The Shoals GC – Schoolmaster Course
Muscle Shoals, Ala. – April 16, 2019
Round 2 Scores
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1 Murray State 291 289 580
1 Anna Moore (2) 73 66 139
3 Linette Holmslykke (1) 71 72 143
T6 Jane Watts (3) 72 76 148
T10 Raeysha Surendran (4) 75 75 150
34 Sarah McDowell (5) 85 78 163

Team Scores
Murray State 291 289 580 +4
Eastern Kentucky 296 289 585 +9
Jacksonville St. 294 302 596 +20
Belmont University 301 301 602 +26
Austin Peay State 306 305 611 +35
Tennessee Tech 309 306 615 +39
Morehead State 324 315 639 +63
Eastern Illinois 346 335 681 +105
Tennessee State 342 347 689 +113

About The Shoals
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and lies between the Wheeler and Wilson dams on the Tennessee River. Wheeler Dam is named in honor of General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler - the only Confederate General to attain the same rank later in the United States Army. The tree-lined Schoolmaster Course (named for President Woodrow Wilson who was responsible for getting Wilson Dam built and was also known as "The Schoolmaster" of politics), opened in the Summer of 2005. Schoolmaster is more of a traditional layout with every hole keeping with the natural topography along the Tennessee River. This is the second year the event will be held here.

For the OVC Women's Championship the Schoolmaster course will be par 72 with a yardage of 6,025.

Racers Carry Lead To OVC Championship Final On Moore's Record 66

Players Mentioned

Moa Folke

Sarah Forsythe

Linette Holmslykke

Delaney Howson

Anna Moore

Raeysha Surendran

Jane Watts

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