SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum College women's golf team shot 335 and is in 13th place following first round action of the 2013 Patsy Rendleman Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole tournament is hosted by Catawba College and is being held at the par-72, 5,998-yard Country Club of Salisbury.

Senior Sara Howard and freshman Taylor Lambertsen each carded rounds of 80 and are tied for 21st place. Sophomores Calley Lawson and Kelly Horrell finished with rounds of 87 and 88, respectively, while junior Alec Cunningham is 79th following her 91 on Monday.

Wingate shot 311 and leads the 18-team tournament field by three shots over second place Newberry (314) and four shots over UNC Pembroke (317) and Erskine (317). Montevallo is fifth with 319, followed by Queens University of Charlotte (323), North Greenville (326), Anderson (327), Catawba (327), Lincoln Memorial (329), West Georgia (332), Coker (333), Tusculum, Converse (336), King (338), Belmont Abbey (343), Pfeiffer (344) and Lenoir-Rhyne (370).

Newberry's Marianna Monaco has the tournament lead with her even-par round of 72, two shots ahead of Erskine's Rima Antous and Leslie Long of Catawba.

The final round of the Rendleman Invitational will be played on Tuesday.

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Team Results
Pl Team Score
1 Wingate 311
2 Newberry 314
3 Erskine 317
UNC Pembroke 317
5 Montevallo 319
6 Queens (N.C.) 323
7 North Greenville 326
8 Catawba 327
Anderson 327
10 Lincoln Memorial 329
11 West Georgia 332
12 Coker 333
13 TUSCULUM 335
14 Converse 336
15 King (Tenn.) 338
16 Belmont Abbey 343
17 Pfeiffer 344
18 Lenoir-Rhyne 370

Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl Player Score
T21 Sara Howard 80
T21 Taylor Lambertsen 80
T66 Calley Lawson 87
T68 Kelly Horrell 88
79 Alec Cunningham 91