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CHUCKEY, Tenn. --- Tusculum's Nilubol Panno won on the second playoff hole to capture medalist honors at the 24th annual Agnes McAmis Memorial Women's Golf Tournament. The two-day, 36-hole event was hosted by Tusculum and held at Graysburg Hills Golf Course.
The Pioneers, who led wire-to-wire, won the team championship with a two-day score of 604 including a final day-best 299. TU finished 13 shots ahead of runner-up Milligan A and 39 shots clear of Newberry who finished in third place.
Panno posted a final round 70 (-2) including a birdie on the final hole to move into a tie at the top spot with 146. Panno advanced to a three-way playoff with Alayna Perryman of Milligan A and Sasha Gardiner of King.
The first playoff hole was the par-5 first hole on the Knobs 9. Panno had a golden opportunity to win it on the first playoff hole. She would miss a five-foot birdie putt, opening the door for Perryman who finished with a tap-in par. Gardiner would finish the hole with a bogey as Panno and Perryman moved onto the second hole.
Both players bombed their tee shots down the fairway as the duo were inside 115 yards away from the green. Perryman went first and hit her approach 25-feet away. Panno would be second to hit as she lofted a shot to within a foot of the hall which turned left and almost went in. Her six-inch short tap-in, coupled with Perryman's miss on her birdie try secured her second medal of the season and third of her career.
Panno's individual medal places her in elite company becoming only the third player in program history to be a three-time winner. Panno won last spring's UVA Wise Invitational in a playoff and was the medalist at the King Invitational last fall to open the season. She joins five-time winner Jillian Corum and four-time medalist Katie Tomassoni.
The Pioneers placed four players in the top-10. Joining Panno on the All-Tournament team from Tusculum were Sofie Lorenzten and Olivia Cunningham. Lorenzten followed Monday's season-low performance of 74 with a 76 to finish with a 36-hole season-best 150.
Cunningham tied for fifth place with her two-day score of 77-75=152 for her eighth career top-five performance and 17th top-20 outing while competing in her 30th collegiate tournament this week.
Braelyn Pippin tied for 10th place with back-to-back rounds of 78-78=156, while Hannah Brown finished with a 36-hole total of 78-81=159 to finish 16th.
Tusculum's Adrienne O'Brien, who was playing as an individual competitor, carded 77-80=157 to finish in sole possession of 12th place. Senior Jacque Butler shot 82-78=160 to tie for 18th in her final home tournament of her career. Carolin Wassman rounded out the scoring for TU with 95-97=192 to place 39th individually.
The Pioneers have won three tournament titles this season, including the King Invitational and the CBU Buccaneer Classic. The three team wins ties the program single-season record for victories in a year. TU won three tournaments during the 1998-1999 campaign and thee times again in 2016-2017.
Tusculum wins the McAmis Memorial in consecutive year and for an eighth time overall. The Pioneers will close out the regular season next week for the Lander Invitational in Greenwood, South Carolina.
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