CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Tusculum College's Emee
Herbert has advanced to the championship match 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., won her quarterfinal and
semifinal matches on Thursday and will face Rika Park of the
University of Miami on Friday at 8 a.m. in a 36-hole match to
decide one of the prestigious amateur titles in the region.
Herbert opened the day with 3 & 2 win over Kathryn Fowler of the University of Mississippi in Thursday's morning match. Herbert followed with a 2 up victory over Maia Schechter of the University of North Carolina in the afternoon semifinal to punch her ticket for Friday's showdown with Park.
Park is a rising sophomore on the Miami golf team where she qualified as an individual competitor at the NCAA Central Regional
Herbert got to the Round of 16 at the Southern Amateur 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. The tournament field began with 86 participants competing to make the top 32 and continue play for the elusive championship. Last year, Calle Nielson of the University of Virginia took home the trophy.
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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