{"id":615946,"date":"2026-04-18T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615946\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:54:09","slug":"womens-golf-sets-asun-championship-record-for-lowest-round-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615946\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Golf Sets ASUN Championship Record For Lowest Round Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOTHAN, Ala. \u2013\u00a0North Florida Women’s Golf set an ASUN Championship record for the lowest team round score with an 18-under 270 in Round 2 at the 2026 ASUN Championship at Dothan Country Club in Dothan, Ala. on Saturday.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida stands atop the team leaderboard at 28-under with a 28-stroke lead entering the final round on Sunday.\u00a0
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\nSophomore Braydn Smith<\/a> posted the best round of the field, her career-best 18-hole score and the second lowest round score in championship history with a 7-under 65. Smith totaled seven birdies and an eagle to propel her to the career-best total and move into second place on the individual leaderboard at 7-under 137.
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\nJunior Brianna Castaldi<\/a> carded a 5-under 67 for the second-straight round to remain in first place on the leaderboard at 10-under 134 through two rounds. After an even-par on the front nine, Castaldi tallied four birdies and an eagle on the back nine. Castaldi enters the final day with a three-stroke lead on the field.\u00a0
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\nJunior Mohea Mansbendel<\/a> notched a 4-under 68 in Round 2 to move up 10 spots into the top-10 of the leaderboard in a tie for seventh at 2-under 142. Redshirt junior Kaitlyn Schroeder<\/a> rounded out the four Ospreys under-par in Round 2 with a 2-under 70 for the second-straight round. She stands at 4-under 140 and tied for fourth on the leaderboard.
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\nFreshman Ava Cottis<\/a> rounds out all five Ospreys in the top-10 of the leaderboard with an even-par 144 through two rounds.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida leads the field with a 3.96 average and a 4-under score on Par 4’s and a 4.42 average and a 21-under score on Par 5’s. North Florida also leads the field with 41 birdies, 11 more than the next highest total, and three eagles.\u00a0
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\nCOURSE REPORT
\nDothan Country Club (Dothan, Ala.)
\nPar 72 | 6,216 yards
\nSaturday, April 18 | 18 holes
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\nSCORECARD (NORTH FLORIDA LINEUP)
\n1 \u2013 North Florida | 28-under 548 (278-270)
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\n1. Brianna Castaldi<\/a> | 10-under 134 (67-67)
\n2. Braydn Smith<\/a> | 7-under 137 (72-65)
\nT4. Kaitlyn Schroeder<\/a> | 4-under 140 (70-70)
\nT7. Mohea Mansbendel<\/a> | 2-under 142 (74-68)
\nT10. Ava Cottis<\/a> | even-par 144 (69-75)
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\nTEAM STANDINGS
\nNorth Florida (28-under), Florida Gulf Coast (even-par), Central Arkansas (5-over), Stetson (6-over), Lipscomb (14-over), Austin Peay (15-over), Bellarmine (20-over), North Alabama (25-over), West Georgia (25-over), Eastern Kentucky (37-over), Jacksonville (51-over), Queens (NC) (55-over)
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\nUP NEXT
\nNorth Florida looks to secure the ASUN Championship title after Round 3 on Sunday, April 19 at Dothan Country Club in Dothan, Ala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOTHAN, Ala. \u2013\u00a0North Florida Women’s Golf set an ASUN Championship record for the lowest team round score with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-615946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}