Edisto Island, S.C. – Junior Elizabeth Lohbauer fired an opening day, two-round score of 4-over par 144 to lead Western Carolina to seventh place after 36 holes at the Edisto Island Invitational, hosted by the College of Charleston at the par-70, 5,826-yard Plantation Course at Edisto. The Catamounts posted a 36-hole score of 589 and are just seven strokes outside of the top five.
 
The final round is scheduled for Tuesday morning with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start. The Catamounts are paired with golfers from Lipscomb and William & Mary and open between the seventh and ninth holes. Live scoring through GolfStat is available through a link at CatamountSports.com.
 
Lohbauer carded a team-best six birdies over Monday's 36 holes, shooting 4-over par 74 and even-par 70 for her two-round total of 144 to climb 11 positions into a tie for 14th. Opening on the par-5 fifth, the Venice, Fla., native even through eight holes with a bogey and a birdie. A trio of bogeys between the 13th and 16th, compounded by a double-bogey on the par-5, 515-yard 18th left her at 5-over with four holes to play. Lohbauer carded her second birdie of the first round to finish at 74.
 
In the second round, Lohbauer countered a bogey with three birdies to sit at 2-under par through 10 holes. Consecutive bogeys on No. 15 and 16 dropped her back to even-par where she would finish, carding a fourth bogey with her fourth birdie on No. 2 and 3, respectively.
 
Sophomore Brie Mapano is tied for 20th for WCU after consecutive rounds of 3-over par 73. After a noisy first round that saw her post four birdies against five bogeys and one double-bogey, Mapano tallied 15 pars and just three bogeys in her second round for the two-round 146.
 
Redshirt junior Kayleigh Baker moved eight spots over the final 18 holes on Monday, following her 5-over par 75 round with a 2-over par round of 72 in the afternoon. Baker posted four birdies over the first 36 holes, three coming in the second 18. Mapanao and Baker both charted a team-best 23 pars.
 
Rounding out WCU's scoring five is fifth-year senior Victoria Ladd in a tie for 62nd at 153, sliding 41 positions from her first-round 73 and second-round 80. Sophomore Sadler Miller in a tie for 89th with a two-round score of 164. Ladd had four birdies on Monday, three coming in the opening round, while Miller had a busy two rounds that saw her finish with five combined birdies – two in the first round and three in the second.
 
Playing unattached as an individual, junior Kaitlyn Wingnean bounced back from an opening-round 85 to shoot 77 in the second round to sit in a tie for 85th overall. The Canadian-born striker posted her two birdies in the afternoon round on Monday.
 
With three individuals solidly inside the Top 10, event host College of Charleston leads the 16-team field by three strokes. The Cougars posted a two-round score of 564, just ahead of Georgia Southern in second with a score of 567. East Carolina sits in third at 575, with Rollins College (577) and Elon (582) rounding out the top five.
 
CofC's Emma Schimpf carries a two-stroke lead over Louise Rea of Georgia Southern into the final round as the two carded scores of 4-under par 136 and 2-under par 138, respectively.
 
The tournament concludes Tuesday with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start.

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7 – Western Carolina – 295 – 294 = 589 (+29)
T14 – Elizabeth Lohbauer – 74-70 = 144 (+4)
T20 – Brie Mapanao – 73-73 = 146 (+6)
T27 – Kayleigh Baker – 75-72 = 147 (+7)
T62 – Victoria Ladd – 73-80 = 153 (+13)
T89 – Sadler Miller – 85-79 = 164 (+24)
T85 – Kaitlyn Wingnean (ind.) – 85-77 = 162 (+22)