ULM Warhawks

BATON ROUGE, La. – The ULM's women's golf team experienced difficulty in the first round of the LSU Golf Classic Friday afternoon to land it in 21^st place entering the second round of play on the par-72, 6,186 yard University Club.

Lina Billing was the only Warhawk to break 80 Friday as she carded a four-over-par 76 to put her in a tie for 29^th overall.  Billing had two birdies for the day, first on the par-3, 151 yard 13^th hole before starting her back nine with one on the par-4, 375 yard first hole. The Stockholm, Sweden, native is just five strokes off the pace as Catherine O'Donnell of UNC and Natalie Sheary of Wake Forest each shot a low one-under-par 71.

ULM shot 332 and is 31 strokes from breaking into the top-five. Wake Forest leads the deeply competitive field with 294 in the first round, four strokes ahead of second place Texas A&M (298). Tournament host LSU and Duke are tied for third at 300 while Alabama and Virginia sit tied at 301 to complete the top-five.

Taynee Pearson had the second-lowest score for ULM after shooting 83 to tie for 91^st overall. Lina Lagergren and Ali Lucas sit tied for 99^th and 103^rd, respectively, while Britany Hanna is in 110^th place individually.

The Warhawks tee off for the second round of the LSU Golf Classic tomorrow morning with tee times starting at 8:15 a.m. Live stats of the event are also available through ulmwarhawks.com.