AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Furman freshman Faith Johnson (+1) is tied for 14th to pace the Paladins following Saturday's two rounds of the Valsar Augusta Invitational at the par 72, 6,244 yard Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

A native of Evansville, Ind., Johnson carded a 75 with three birdies in round one then fired a 2-under 68 with a team-high five birdies, including consecutive birdies on No. 15 and No. 16, to finish the second round at 1-over par.  Sixth-ranked Rachel Kuehn (-10) of Wake Forest leads the field by three strokes after recording rounds of 68-66=134.

Sophomore Chloe Johnson (+2) tallied a 73 in each of Saturday's two rounds.  She notched birdies on No. 1 and No. 9 in round one and added three birdies in round two to enter Sunday's final round tied for 22nd. 

Senior Anna Morgan (+8) is tied for 53rd after two rounds.  She recorded a 76 in each round on Saturday, posting a birdie on No. 15 in the first round and on No. 6 and No. 18 in round two.  Junior Caroline Crumrine (+13) is tied for 70 after posting a 79 in the first round and a 78 in round two on the first day of play.  She scored birdies on No. 8 and No. 16 in round one and on No. 3 and No. 13 in the second round.  Freshman Liza Lapeyre (+14) carded a 78 with a birdie on No. 8 in the morning round and added an 80 with three birdies in round two.

No. 2 Wake Forest (-13) leads the tournament by 11 strokes over host Augusta (-2).  No. 12 Florida State (-1) is in third, followed by 18th-ranked Ole Miss (+1) and No. 21 Florida (+1), who are tied for fourth.  Furman (+23) is in 11th place, ahead of Power 5 opponent Virginia Tech (12th +28).  

The 54-hole tournament concludes with a 9 a.m. shotgun start on Sunday.  Furman will tee off on holes No. 12 through No. 14 and will play in a group with Minnesota and Georgia Southern.  Live tournament scoring will be available via http://www.golfstat.com.

11 Furman 302 297 599 +23

T14 Faith Johnson (3) 75 70 145 +1

T22 Chloe Johnson (2) 73 73 146 +2

T53 Anna Morgan (1) 76 76 152 +8

T70 Caroline Crumrine (5) 79 78 157 +13

72 Liza Lapeyre (4) 78 80 158 +14