SUNSET BEACH, N.C. --- The Tusculum College women's golf team carded a two-day score of 626 to finish sixth at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate. The two-day, 36-hole event was held at the Lion's Paw Golf Links at the Ocean Ridge Plantation.
Junior Ciara Rattana was the top finisher for the Pioneers as she tied for third place with five-over par 148, including Tuesday's final round 75. She finished three shots off the pace set by tournament medalist Ashlii Thompson of UNC Pembroke who posted a 36-hole tally of 74-71=145 (+1).
West Georgia led wire-to-wire as the Wolves finished with 608, including 309 in the final round. UWG won by six shots over runner-up Lenoir-Rhyne and were seven shots better than third-place Wingate. UNC Pembroke was fourth with 316, followed by Anderson (623), Tusculum (626), Lincoln Memorial (629), Newberry (636), Coker (641), Mount Olive (659), Emmanuel (659), Belmont Abbey (665), Barton (665), Pfeiffer (704), Virginia-Wise (722) and Sandhills Community College (737).
TC sophomore Katie Tomassoni tied for seventh place with 75-77=152 to record her third straight top-10 finish to open the season. Sophomore Cydney Murrell tied for 38th with 80-81=161, while sophomores Taylor White (90-79=169) and Kelsey Haun (86-83=169) tied for 59th place to wrap up the Tusculum team scoring.
Two Pioneers played as individual competitors this week. Senior Taylor Lambertsen was the top individual competitor of the event as she tied for 17th place with 78-77=155. TC's Blythe Scrivner tied for 79th place with 86-93=179.
Tusculum returns to action next Monday and Tuesday as they travel to Salisbury, North Carolina for the Patsy Rendleman Invitational.
Team Scores
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
1 |
West Georgia |
299 |
309 |
608 |
2 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
308 |
306 |
614 |
3 |
Wingate |
312 |
303 |
615 |
4 |
UNC Pembroke |
308 |
308 |
616 |
5 |
Anderson |
312 |
311 |
623 |
6 |
TUSCULUM |
314 |
312 |
626 |
7 |
Lincoln Memorial |
318 |
311 |
629 |
8 |
Newberry |
324 |
312 |
636 |
9 |
Coker |
314 |
327 |
641 |
10 |
Mt. Olive |
330 |
329 |
659 |
|
Emmanuel |
331 |
328 |
659 |
12 |
Belmont Abbey |
331 |
334 |
665 |
|
Barton |
327 |
338 |
665 |
14 |
Pfeiffer |
352 |
352 |
704 |
15 |
Virginia-Wise |
351 |
371 |
722 |
16 |
Sandhills |
370 |
367 |
737 |
17 |
Chowan |
DNF |
DNF |
DNF |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
T3 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
|
T7 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
|
T17 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
|
T38 |
80 |
81 |
161 |
|
T59 |
90 |
79 |
169 |
|
T59 |
86 |
83 |
169 |
|
T79 |
86 |
93 |
179 |
* Individual competitor