Herrmann in Top 10 at Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate Championships

Monday, September 16

Knoxville, Tenn.

8:30 am ET

University of Memphis

Mercedes Benz Collegiate Championship

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Herrmann in Top 10 at Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate Championships

Sep 16, 2019 | Women's Golf

Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate Day One

Opening round 69 helps senior golfer to a day one top 10 standing.

By: Tammy DeGroff

Senior women's golfer Abby Herrmann is in the top 10 at the end of day one of the Mercedes-Benz at Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Monday. An opening round 69, combined with a second round 73, put Herrmann at 142, tied for 10th overall. Herrmann bogeyed her opening hole but quickly got back to even and went under par thanks to four straight birdies on holes 14, 15, 16 and 17. Two bogeys on the back side pushed her to -1, but she birdied her final hole (11), to card an opening round 69.

Memphis Scores
T10 - Abby Herrmann -- 142 (69-73)
T48 - Victoria Gallegos -- 151 (76-75) **
T64 -- Victoria England -- 155 (77-78)
T64 -- Julia Matzat -- 155 (75-80)
T71 -- Ana Dawson -- 156 (81-75)
T84 -- Brooke Veres -- 162 (85-77)

** competing as an individual

Tournament Leaders
With players in first, second and seventh place, Kent State leads the team competition. Kent State's 555 (276-279) is 13 under par and is four strokes ahead of Charlotte (559). Those two teams were the only two teams to score under par on the opening day.

Kent State's Pimnipa Panthong ended day one six under par after a 136 (67-69), a one stroke lead over teammate Karolien Stormo (69-68=137).

LSU (576), Maryland (577) and Chattanooga (578) round out the top five. Memphis is in 13th place at 605 (302-303), seven strokes behind South Dakota State.

Final Round
Tuesday's final round tees off at 9 a.m. (ET) in a shotgun start. Memphis will be teamed with players from South Dakota State and East Tennessee State from holes 12, 13, 14 and 15. Live scoring will be available at www.GolfStat.com.