Jackson Paces Lady Paladins to Sixth Place After First Round of the Vanderbilt Classic

Franklin, Tenn. -- The Furman Lady Paladin golf team fired a two-round total of 610 to place fifth after the first day of the Mason Rudolph Championships at the Legends Club of Tennessee.

Senior Brandi Jackson (Belton, S.C.) led the Lady Paladin effort with a two-round score of three over par. Jackson, a finalist at the U.S. Women's Amatuer in August, shot a first round 74 and second round 73 on the first day of the two-day event. The defending Southern Conference champion is in a tie for third heading into Tuesday's final round in Franklin, Tenn. Arizona's Erica Blasberg (72-69=141) currently holds the lead and a four stroke advantage over Vanderbilt's Courtney Wood.

Furman's Leigh Turner and Cimmie Shahan shot identical two-round total of 152 and are in a tie for 17th entering the final round.

The Lady Paladins (309-301=610 +34) are 27 strokes off the pace set by Arizona, but only five behind third place Tennessee.

Tuesday's final round gets underway with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

Fin. School Scores

1 Arizona, U. of 296 287 583 +7 2
Vanderbilt Univ. 302 285 587 +11 3
Tennessee, U. of 298 307 605 +29 4
Ohio State Univ. 303 303 606 +30 5
Furman University 309 301 610 +34 6
North Carolina State 307 310 617 +41
Tulane University 316 301 617 +41 8
Mississippi, U. of 310 309 619 +43 9
N. Car. Wilmington 311 314 625 +49 10
Missouri, U. of 322 305 627 +51 11
Northwestern Univ. 320 309 629 +53 12
Oregon State U. 314 319 633 +57 13
Stanford University 323 313 636 +60 14
Louisiana State U. 328 319 647 +71

5 Furman University 309 301 610

T 3 Brandi Jackson 74 73 147
T 17 Leigh Turner 78 74 152
T 17 Cimmie Shahan 77 75 152
T 56 Tiarna Harman 82 79 161
T 65 Connor Atkinson 80 84 164