GREENWOOD, S.C. --- The Tusculum University women's golf team finished 10th at the 2022 Bearcat Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole tournament was held at the Greenwood Country Club and hosted by Lander University.
The Pioneers carded a final round 317 on Tuesday to give TU a two-round score of 626. Lee University won the team title with 601 including a final round 295. The Flames won by seven strokes over runner-up Columbus State (608).
Lincoln Memorial was third with 610, followed by West Georgia (613), Lenoir-Rhyne (615), Wingate (615), Carson-Newman (616), Lander (620), North Georgia (621), Tusculum (626), USC Beaufort (633), Queens (637), Coker (656), Converse (656), Belmont Abbey (658), Catawba (658), Lander B (659), Young Harris (665), Erskine (667), Emmanuel (671), North Greenville (675) and Southern Wesleyan (709).
Lenoir-Rhyne's Megan Robb captured medalist honors as she led wire-to-wire by posting a one-under par total of 143 including Tuesday's final round 71 (-1). Three players tied for second place at 146 including Hannah Stephenson (Lander), Supuschaya Srinchantamit (Lee) and Ainsley Cowart (West Georgia).
Tusculum sophomore Sofie Lorentzen posted her fourth top-20 finish of the season as well as her second top-10 performance as she shot 74-76=150 to tie for seventh place. Senior Olivia Cunningham finished 27th with 76-79=155 as she has recorded eight consecutive rounds in the 70s.
Sophomore Nilubol Panno carded 78-82=160 to finish 50th, while the duo of senior Hannah Brown and redshirt freshman Braelyn Pippin tied for 61st place with 36-hole scores of 163.
Tusculum returns to action this Sunday for the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Championship which will be held at the Hartsville Country Club in Hartsville, South Carolina and hosted by Coker University. TU is a two-time winner of the SAC Championship with its last title coming in 2001.
Bearcat Invitational
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
1 |
Lee |
306 |
295 |
601 |
2 |
Columbus St. |
303 |
305 |
608 |
3 |
Lincoln Memorial |
305 |
305 |
610 |
4 |
West Georgia |
308 |
305 |
613 |
T5 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
306 |
309 |
615 |
T5 |
Wingate |
309 |
306 |
615 |
7 |
Carson-Newman |
308 |
308 |
616 |
8 |
Lander |
320 |
300 |
620 |
9 |
North Georgia |
310 |
311 |
621 |
10 |
TUSCULUM |
309 |
317 |
626 |
11 |
USC Beaufort |
323 |
310 |
633 |
12 |
Queens |
317 |
320 |
637 |
T13 |
Coker |
335 |
321 |
656 |
T13 |
Converse |
331 |
325 |
656 |
T15 |
Belmont Abbey |
316 |
342 |
658 |
T15 |
Catawba |
330 |
328 |
658 |
17 |
Lander B |
330 |
329 |
659 |
18 |
Young Harris |
333 |
332 |
665 |
19 |
Erskine |
327 |
340 |
667 |
20 |
Emmanuel |
335 |
336 |
671 |
21 |
North Greenville |
345 |
330 |
675 |
22 |
Southern Wesleyan |
351 |
358 |
709 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
T7 |
74 |
76 |
148 |
|
T27 |
76 |
79 |
155 |
|
T50 |
78 |
82 |
160 |
|
T61 |
81 |
82 |
163 |
|
T61 |
83 |
80 |
163 |