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KERRVILLE, Texas — St. Mary’s is sitting pretty entering Tuesday’s final round of the Schreiner Women’s Fall Classic.

The Lady Rattlers’ women’s golf team took the lead in both the team and individual standings following Monday’s opening round, with Cami Furgeson leading teammate Julia Dickens as they attempt to team up to lead St. Mary’s to the win.

St. Mary’s holds a four-stroke advantage over Trinity after shooting a 324, while Furgeson (Sr., Newcastle, Calif.) carded a 77 to lead the field. Dickens (Sr., Fredericksburg, Texas) shot 78 to remain in square contention for the individual title.

Teammate Adela E. Rodriguez (Sr., Monterrey, Mexico) shot 84 to rank tied for 13th, while Bailey Furgeson (So., Newcastle, Calif.) — Cami’s younger sister — shot 85. Heather Wedige (Fr., San Antonio) turned in a first-round score of 95.

The final round will conclude Tuesday.  

St. Mary’s University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men’s basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men’s golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men’s golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary’s also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary’s student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.stmarytx.edu/athletics.