DAVENPORT'S HOLE-IN-ONE LAUNCHES PIRATES INTO SIXTH

HOWEY IN THE HILLS, Fla. - Kristen Davenport needed just one swing of the club on the par three eighth hole as she sank a hole-in-one from 135 yards out. She led the way for Southwestern shooting a spectacular three-over-par and helping SU move up three spots to sixth place.

Davenport improved nine places to finish the day in 13th place at 24 over par. She is just one stroke out of the top 10.

Kelsey Coburn started out the day on fire, shooting an even par through the opening six holes, and finished at nine over par. She is now tied for 22nd, five spots ahead of yesterday, at 31 over par with Sarah Stillwell of Schreiner.

Stephanie Scholer continues to settle into national championship action as she again posted a three stroke improvement over day two, shooting the third lowest round for the Pirates at 11 over par. She remains in 51st place despite the improvement with 261 strokes.

Cody Wallace played well through most of the first nine holes but hit a snag at the end of each set of nine, closing the front and back with double bogeys. She shot 12 over par for the day and is tied for 52nd place with 263 strokes.

Erin Perry hit some bumps through the middle of the first nine holes, but settled in the rest of the way, shooting six over on the front nine to end at 18 over par. That is the lowest round for Perry thus far in the tournament and she currently sits in a tie for 93rd place.

Methodist is still out in front of the pack at 89 over par, 20 strokes ahead of second place.

Southwestern closes out the tournament on Friday and will begin to tee off at 12:30 pm.