
Posted: Oct 28, 2014
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. --- The Tusculum College
women's golf team fired back-to-back scores of 329 to earn 10th
place at the competitive 2014 Flagler Fall Slam. Freshman Ciara
Rattana was the Pioneers' low scorer after carding a second-round
78 to help finish in a tie for 24th place.
The two-day, 36-hole tournament was hosted by Flagler College
and held at the par-72, 6,062-yard Marsh Creek Country Club in St.
Augustine, Florida. The host Saints, ranked fifth in the latest
GolfStat Rankings, scored a 601 and edged fourth-ranked Lynn
University by five strokes to claim the team title.
Seminole State College, the No. 2 ranked team in the NJCAA,
finished third with 614, followed by No. 22 Armstrong (616) and No.
10 Barry (624) to comprise the top-five. No. 38 Wingate claimed
sixth-place with 633 followed by No. 24 Montevallo with 636 in
seventh. Limestone (638), No. 26 Northeastern State (649) and
Tusculum (658) rounded out the top-10.
Tampa claimed 11th place honors with 659 followed by North
Georgia in 12th (666), Catawba in 13th (669), Anderson in 14th
(702), and Eckerd in 15th (710).
Rattana carded an 80 in the first round to finish with a
36-hole total of 158 (80-78). Fellow freshman Blythe Scrivner
carded 83-80=163 to tie for 37th, while senior Alec Cunningham
fired rounds of 81-87=168 to finish in a tie for 51st.
Sophomore Taylor Lambertsen (89-84=173, T60th) and junior
Calley Lawson (85-89=174, T64th) rounded out the team scoring for
the Pioneers.
Junior Kelly Horrell carded rounds of 101-97=198 for an 81st
place finish playing as an individual. Horrell provided the
memorable moment of the tournament as she made a hole-in-one on the
par 3, seventh hole.
Lynn's Jessica Bradley claimed medalist honors with 72-73=145,
winning the tournament by one stroke over runner-up Patricia
Schmidt of Armstrong (77-69=146).
Tusculum will be back in action this weekend (Nov. 1-2) when
it hosts the inaugural Pioneer Classic at the Nolichucky View Golf
Club. The two-day, 36-hole event begins on Saturday mornning.
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