HARTSVILLE, S.C. --- The Tusculum University women's golf team finished seventh at the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Championship. The three-day, 54-hole tournament was held at the Hartsville Country Club and hosted by Coker University.

Pioneers shot a final day 309 to finish with a 54-hole score of 945 as TU has logged its fourth straight seventh place showing in the SAC Championship.

Anderson University led wire-to-wire to win its second SAC title and first since 2019. The Trojans finished with a three-day SAC Championship record score of 886, winning by nine strokes over runner-up Wingate University (895). The 886 smashes the previous record of 901 set last year by Limestone University during its championship run.

Anderson shot a final round 296, while the Bulldogs carded the lowest round the lowest round in SAC Tournament history with 293 on Tuesday.

Carson-Newman University was third with 909, while Limestone finished fourth with 910.  Lincoln Memorial University finished fifth with 922, followed by Queens University of Charlotte (925), Tusculum (945), Lenoir-Rhyne University (955), Catawba College (973), Coker (975), Newberry College (981), Mars Hill University (1029) and UVA Wise (1098).

Anderson's Jessica Rathbone capture medalist honors with an eight-under par total of 208 including a 67 (-5) on Tuesday which is the lowest final round score in SAC Championship history and the second-lowest overall school in the tournament record book. Rathbone finished 10 strokes in front of individual runner-up Rachel Matieson of LMU who carded 73-71-74=218.

Tusculum sophomore Nilubol Panno tied for 22^nd place with her 54-hole score of 80-74-79=233. TU junior Sofie Lorentzen placed 27^th with 79-81-77=237, while senior Hannah Brown tied for 31^st with 238 including a team-low 76 in Tuesday's final round. Redshirt freshman carded a 78 in her final round to finish with 239 and tied for 36^th. TU senior Olivia Cunningham also posted a 78 in her collegiate finale as she totaled 241 (T38).

Panno wraps up the team seasonal scoring title as she finishes with a 77.74 stroke average, which is the 13^th-lowest in program history. Her career average of 77.61 is currently the third-lowest by a Pioneer.

Cunningham wraps up her collegiate career with a 78.79 scoring average, which ranks sixth in the Tusculum record book. Her 68 career rounds played are listed 16^th-most in school history.

Brown's career stroke average also has her in the program's top-10 as her 79.50 average is eighth-best in TU history.

The Pioneers recorded three wins during the 2021-2022 campaign with victories at the King Invitational, CBU Buccaneer Classic and the Agnes McAmis Memorial.

2022 SAC Women's Golf Championship (Final)

Tusculum Individual Scores