CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Tusculum College's Emee Herbert has advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 97th annual Women's Southern Amateur Golf Championship, held this week at Myers Park Country Club.

Herbert, a native of Johns Creek, Ga., advanced to the Elite Eight of the championship flight with her 3 & 2 match play victory over Tiffany Robbins on Wednesday morning.

Herbert will face Kathryn Fowler on Thursday morning at 8:48 a.m. (EST) with the winner advancing to the semifinal match, which will be played Thursday afternoon at 1:54 p.m. The championship match will be played at 8 a.m. this Friday.

Herbert got to the Round of 16 with her 3 & 2 win over Mary Beth Ramsay on Tuesday to start the match play portion of the championship. Herbert carded a 76 on Monday in the qualifying portion of the event to advance to the championship flight.

Herbert just completed an outstanding rookie season at Tusculum, where she carded the lowest stroke average in Tusculum single-season history. Her 76.71 scoring average was the second lowest in the South Atlantic Conference this year.

The 2012 SAC Freshman of the Year finished in the top 20 in 10 of her 11 events, including eight top-10 performances and four in the top five. The All-SAC First Team selection finished runner-up at the Anderson Invitational and the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate. She also finished third at the Flagler Fall Slam and the South Atlantic Conference Championship.

At the NCAA Division II South Regional in Pace, Fla. earlier this month, Herbert finished in sole possession of ninth place with 74-78-72=224 (+8) as she finished one shot out of a playoff for the final individual spot to advance to the NCAA National Championship. Herbert's 54-hole score of 224 is the lowest in school history and the third-best by a South Atlantic Conference golfer.

Herbert is also an outstanding student-athlete as she is majoring in Psychology and is a member of the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor and the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

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