HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- Junior Caroline Crumrine (+15) and freshman Liza Lapeyre (+13) each carded a 73 to lead Furman Tuesday in round two of the 11th-annual Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at the par 71, 6,220 yard Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.
The tournament is being televised by the Golf Channel for the second-consecutive year. The network will carry live coverage every day from 2:30-5:30 p.m. with encore presentations later in the evening, for a total of 21 hours total of airtime for the event.
Crumrine, who hails from Wilmington, N.C., teed off on No. 10 and birdied No. 13 to turn at -1 under. She notched a second birdie on No. 3 and finished the day with a 2-over 73 to tie for 80th. Lapeyre, a native of New Orleans, La., posted a team-high three birdies and is tied for 77th entering Wednesday's final round.
Freshman Faith Johnson (+7) and senior Anna Morgan (+7) are each tied for 44th to pace Furman entering in the tournament's final 18 holes. Johnson birdied No. 5 and No. 7 for a 74 on Tuesday, while Morgan birdied No. 5 and No. 8 to finish with a 75 in round two. Freshman Chloe Johnson (+18) carded an 80 on Tuesday and is in 86th place.
The tournament includes 16 teams ranked in the top 50 and ten teams who rank among the nation's top 20. Host South Carolina (-1), which ranks 4th nationally, leads the tournament by four strokes over sixth-ranked LSU (+3). No. 15 Auburn (+9) is in third place. Furman (+38), the only non-Power 5 team in the field, is in 17th place.
The 54-hole tournament concludes on Wednesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. with teams teeing off of No. 1 and No. 10. Furman will tee off of No. 10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. and will play in a group with Virginia and individuals. Live tournament scoring will be available via http://www.golfstat.com.
17 Furman 311 295 606 +38
T44 Anna Morgan (1) 74 75 149 +7
T44 Faith Johnson (3) 75 74 149 +7
T77 Liza Lapeyre (4) 82 73 155 +13
T80 Caroline Crumrine (5) 84 73 157 +15
86 Chloe Johnson (2) 80 80 160 +18
2023 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Golf Channel Coverage Schedule
Dates Live (ET) Encores (ET)
Monday, Feb. 27 2:30-5:30 p.m. Midnight-3 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28 2:30-5:30 p.m. 9:30p.m.-12:30 a.m.; 8-11 a.m. (Wednesday)
Wednesday, March 1 2:30-5:30 p.m. 6:30-9:30 p.m.
