BRADENTON, Fla. -- Barry University's Paola Grande is tied for the lead after two rounds of the Florida Blue Sunshine State Conference women's golf tournament Monday.
Grande shot 74-78 -- 152 on The Concession Golf Club's par-72 course in the first two rounds. She is tied with Lynn's Irene Calvo and Florida Southern's Melanie Audette at 8-over entering Tuesday's final round.
Barry is fifth as a team after shooting 329-323 -- 652. Lynn leads the tournament by 11 strokes over Florida Southern. The Fighting Knights shot 616, while the Mocs finished the opening two rounds at 627. Nova Southeastern is third at 634, and Rollins is fourth at 650.
Barry won the past two tournaments it competed in.
Barry's Taylor Babcock is tied for 15th after shooting 83-78 -- 161. Teammate Daniela Murray is tied for 23rd after shooting back-to-back 83s. Nancy Vergara is tied for 29th at 173, and Lizzi Over is 34th at 183.
The tournament concludes with 18 holes on Tuesday on the course considered the fourth-best in the state by Golf Digest.
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Sunshine State Conference Championships
The Concession Golf Club
Bradenton, FL
Women's Course (white tees)
Dates: Apr 16 - Apr 17
Team Scores
1 Lynn 310 306 616 +40
2 Florida Southern 311 316 627 +51
3 Nova Southeastern 326 308 634 +58
4 Rollins College 328 322 650 +74
5 Barry 329 323 652 +76
6 St. Leo 344 319 663 +87
7 Florida Tech 331 334 665 +89
8 University of Tampa 399 400 799 +223
- Eckerd 409 306 DNF DNF
Top 20 Players Scores
T1 Melanie Audette Florida Southern 76 76 152 +8
T1 Irene Calvo Lynn 78 74 152 +8
T1 Paola Grande Barry 74 78 152 +8
4 Samantha Smolen Lynn 78 75 153 +9
T5 Lilliana Camisa Nova Southeastern 78 76 154 +10
T5 Heather Petronis St. Leo 82 72 154 +10
7 Abbey Gittings Nova Southeastern 79 76 155 +11
T8 Thalia Baigorria Lynn 78 78 156 +12
T8 Jessica Bradley Lynn 77 79 156 +12
T8 Megan Kiley Florida Southern 80 76 156 +12
T8 Kayla Sciupider Rollins College 82 74 156 +12
12 Amy Hodgkinson Florida Southern 78 79 157 +13
13 Rachel Polson Florida Tech 79 79 158 +14
14 Daniela Ortiz Nova Southeastern 80 79 159 +15
T15 Taylor Babcock Barry 83 78 161 +17
T15 Louise Manalo Lynn 77 84 161 +17
T17 Elin Marcsdottir Rollins College 83 79 162 +18
T17 Barbara Vejlupkova Florida Southern 77 85 162 +18
19 Kendra Bishop University of Tampa 80 83 163 +19