Women’s golf team sits in sixth after second round of C-USA tourney

Marshall University’s women’s golf team sits in seventh place at 615 after the completion of the second round in the Conference USA Women’s Golf Championship Tuesday at Verandan Club in Fort Myers, Florida.

Middle Tennessee State University retained the lead, matching its first day score to total 592, one stroke ahead of Old Dominion University.

The University of Southern Mississippi sits in third place with a score of 603.

Marshall head coach Tiffany Prats said her team needs to make improvements before the final round of play.

“As for the team, the last four holes on our front nine have proven to be our weakness,” Prats said in a news release. “We will go back to the drawing board and try to attack those holes differently. We have to go out and continue to play our first 14 the same way and then close the door on the end of the round.”

The Herd will complete the tournament Wednesday with a final 18-hole round.

The winning team of the 2016 C-USA Women’s Golf Championship earns the league’s automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship Regionals.