WILSON, N.C. --- Tusculum's Jennifer Keim carded back-to-back rounds of 73 to lead the Pioneers to the team title of the 2020 Barton Intercollegiate, which was held this week at the Wilson Country Club.
Tusculum overcame a two-shot deficit heading into Tuesday's final round to overtake Mount Olive and shot 314 to finish with 632, three shots clear of the Trojans' 635.
Keim led the tournament wire-to-wire to claim her first medalist honor with the Pioneers as she won by 10 strokes over runner-ups Linn Andersson (77-79=156) of Mount Olive and Belmont Abbey's Morgan Comer (78-78=156). TU's Olivia Cunningham earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team as she tied for fourth place with 81-76=157, matching the scores of Jenna Nagy (80-77=157) of Belmont Abbey and Emma Leclercq (79-78=157) of Mount Olive.
Belmont Abbey finished third in the team competition with 640, followed by host Barton (689), King University (693), Belmont Abbey B (717) and Chowan (896).
Tusculum's Hannah Brown tied for 12th place with her two-day total 82-83=165, while Tayler Gransen finished 19th with 86-82=168. Yen Xuan Ong wrapped up the Pioneer scoring with 82-87=169 to finish 20th.
The Pioneers return to action next week (Mar. 15-17) as they compete at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Team Scores
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
1 |
TUSCULUM |
318 |
314 |
632 |
2 |
Mount Olive |
316 |
319 |
635 |
3 |
Belmont Abbey |
320 |
320 |
640 |
4 |
Barton |
343 |
346 |
689 |
5 |
King |
346 |
347 |
693 |
6 |
Belmont Abbey B |
364 |
353 |
717 |
7 |
Chowan |
449 |
437 |
886 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Players |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
1 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
T4 |
81 |
76 |
157 |
|
T12 |
82 |
83 |
165 |
|
19 |
86 |
82 |
168 |
|
20 |
82 |
87 |
169 |