Women's Golf finishes ninth at Low Country Invitational

BLUFFTON, S.C. --- The Tusculum University duo of Jennifer Keim and Yen Xuan Ong each carded final round scores of 77 as the TU women's golf team finished ninth at the Low Country Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole tournament was held at the Crescent Pointe Golf Club and hosted by Wingate University.

The Pioneers improved by five strokes from Monday's opening round with a 318 on Tuesday to finish with 641 in the 14-team tournament field.

Keim was the top finisher for the Black & Orange as she tied for 33^rd place with 82-77=159.  Ong was one shot off Keim's pace with 83-77=160 as she tied for 38^th.  Olivia Cunningham shot 80-81=161 to place 41^st, while Hannah Brown (80-83=163) and Taylor Gransen (81-83=164) finished 43^rd and 50^th, respectively.

NCAA Division I Eastern Michigan was the team champion with a two-day score of 585, winning by 15 strokes over runner-up Wingate (600).  Western Michigan was third with 603, followed by Grand Valley State (605), Montevallo (613), Lenoir-Rhyne (626), Carson-Newman (630), Young Harris (640), Tusculum (641), Lander (648), Converse (664), Queens (665), Newberry (667) and Wingate B (669).

Eastern Michigan had the top-three individual finishers led by tournament medalist Preaw Sripatrprasite, who posted back-to-back rounds of 72-72=144, winning by one-shot over teammate Julia Stevenson (74-71=145).  EMU's Maria Connelly was third with 76-71=147, while Wingate's Mind Puangcharoen (71-77=148) and Western Michigan's Alissa Fish (75-73=148) both tied for fourth place to comprise the All-Tournament Team.

Tusculum returns to action Mar. 9-10 as the travel to Wilson, North Carolina for the Barton Invitational at the Wilson Country Club.

 

Team Scores

Pl	Team	1st	2nd	TOT
1	Eastern Michigan	298	287	585
2	Wingate	297	303	600
3	Western Michigan	299	304	603
4	Grand Valley State	312	295	605
5	Montevallo	297	316	613
6	Lenoir-Rhyne	320	306	626
7	Carson-Newman	315	315	630
8	Young Harris	325	315	640
9	TUSCULUM	323	318	641
10	Lander	337	311	648
11	Converse	341	323	664
12	Queens	344	321	665
13	Newberry	337	330	667
14	Wingate B	330	339	669

 

Tusculum Individual Scorers

Pl	Players	1st	2nd	TOT
T33	Jennifer Keim	82	77	159
T38	Yen Xuan Ong	83	77	160
41	Olivia Cunningham	80	81	161
T43	Hannah Brown	80	83	163
T50	Taylor Gransen	81	83	164