WINDERMERE, Fla. – No. 11 Saint Leo women's golf sits dead even with no. 6 Dallas Baptist after the opening 36-holes of the Peggy Kirk Bell Memorial Monday.
 
The Lions fired off a second round 284 (-4) to move into a tie for first, erasing a four-over first round (292) to sit all square at 576 on the par-72 course at the Golden Bear Club at Keene's Point.
 
After an opening 73 (+1), Francesca Santoni jumped 11-spots to sit tied for third heading into Tuesday's final round at three-under 141 after firing off a four-under 68 in round two. Santoni sits three strokes off clubhouse leader Amanda Gartrell of Florida Southern, 138 (-6).
 
Isabel Nesteus, Synne Lauritzen, and Izzy Lawrence are all sitting tied for 11^th at one-over after Monday's rounds where Nesteus carded the lone under-par round of the trio at 71 (-1).
 
Saint Leo Scores
T1 – Saint Leo, 292-284, 576 (E)
T3 - Francesca Santoni, 73-68, 141 (-3)
T11 - Isabel Nesteus, 74-71, 145 (+1)
T11 - Synne Lauritzen, 73-72, 145 (+1)
T11 - Izzy Lawrence, 72-73, 145 (+1)
T53 - Rose Morissette ⁱ, 77-76, 153 (+9)
T57 - Lucille Lambert, 77-77, 154 (+10)
T108 - Louise Henningsson ⁱ, 82-86, 168 (+24)
112 - Jasmin Pnaiser ⁱ, 88-86, 174 (+30)
ⁱ -Playing as an Individual

Up Next
Saint Leo will close out the Peggy Kirk Bell Memorial Tuesday morning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

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