Pioneers third after day one of McAmis Memorial

Ciara Rattana is tied for fourth place with teammate Cydney Murrell in the opening round of the Agnes McAmis Memorial
Ciara Rattana is tied for fourth place with teammate Cydney Murrell in the opening round of the Agnes McAmis Memorial

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum duo of Ciara Rattana and Cydney Murrell both carded 36-hole totals of 154 (+10) and are tied for fourth place after day one action of the 21st annual Agnes McAmis Memorial Women's Golf Tournament.  The two-day, 54-hole event is being held at the par-72, 5,910-yard Link Hills Country Club.

The Pioneers posted rounds of 318 and 322 for a 36-hole tally of 640 and are 19 shots behind tournament front-runner Shorter (299-322=621).  The Hawks are being led by individual leader Dallas Vaughn, who fired a 148 on Monday, including a morning round of 69 (-3) and leads by four shots over Newberry's Johana Lunackova, who carded back-to-back scores of 76 for her 152.

Newberry is in second place in the team competition with 633 and is a dozen shots behind Shorter.  Tusculum is third with 640, followed by King (655), Union, Tenn. (678), Tusculum B (709) and UVa-Wise (786).

Rattana opened the day with a 74 which was the second lowest round of the day.  She followed with an 80 in the afternoon session.  Murrell posted a 78 to start the day and shaved two shots off of that score with a 76 in the afternoon round.

Katie Tomassoni is in 12th place with 82-81=163 while the duo of Taylor White (84-87=171) and Mackenzie Butler (86-85=171) are tied for 20th place.

On the Tusculum B team, Kelsey Haun is in 19th place with 85-85=170, while freshman Meredith Barton is tied for 24th place with 91-85=176.  Trista Holder is 27th with 95-86-181, Maggienella Basile is 31st with 93-91=184 and senior Sayre Hopper rounded out the scoring with her 93-99=192 which has her in 33rd.

The tournament will wrap up on Tuesday with the final 18 holes which will begin with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start.