ANDERSON, S.C. --- Tusculum's Jillian Corum captured medalist honors with back-to-back rounds of 76 to lead the Pioneer women's golf team to the championship of the 2010 Anderson Invitational. Tusculum finished with 648, including Tuesday's round of 326 to win by seven shots over second place Pfeiffer (648).
Corum (76-76=152) wins her second collegiate tournament of her young career, edging out Lenoir-Rhyne's Katie Thackerson by one shot (78-75=153). Tusculum senior Emily Palenkas finished third with 79-77=156, while rookie Sarah Howard tied for 10th place with 81-84=165. Haley Rye tied for 28th with 86-89=175, while junior Aly Pugh shot 87-92=184 to finish 34th. Katie Doane, playing as an individual competitor, posted 85-79=164 to finish in ninth place.
Lenoir-Rhyne finished third with 665 in the team competition. Lincoln Memorial and host Anderson tied for fourth place with 666, followed by Limestone (707), Erskine (709), North Greenville (718) and St. Andrews Presbyterian (718).
The Pioneers return to action Sept. 27-28 when they host the Tusculum Fall Classic at Link Hills Country Club.
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Team Results
Pl. Team 1st 2nd Total
1 TUSCULUM 322 326
648
2 Pfeiffer 328 327 655
3 Lenoir-Rhyne 341 324 665
4 Anderson 338 328 666
Lincoln Memorial 340 326 666
6 Limestone 358 348 707
7 Erskine 354 355 709
8 North Greenville 368 350 718
St. Andrews Presbyterian 363 355 718
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl. Player 1st 2nd Total
1 Jillian Corum 76 76 152
3 Emily Palenkas 79 77 156
9 *Katie Doane 85 79 164
T10 Sarah Howard 81 84 165
T28 Haley Rye 86 89 175
T34 Aly Pugh 87 92 179
* Played as an individual competitor
