POOLER, Ga. - The University of the South women's golf program started the spring schedule on Monday and Tuesday at the Savannah Invitational with a ninth place score of 642.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Women's Golf: Finished 9th of 18 (642)
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| 1. |
No. 1/2 Emory (Ga.) |
600 |
| 2. |
No. 6/6 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
620 |
| 3. |
No. 5/7 Washington and Lee (Va.) |
623 |
| 4. |
No. 19/16 Denison (Ohio) |
624 |
| 5. |
No. 15/19 Centre (Ky.) |
625 |
| 6. |
No. 7/8 Methodist (N.C.) |
626 |
| 7. |
No. 25/24 Christopher Newport (Va.) |
629 |
| 8. |
No. 24/22 Oglethorpe (Ga.) |
631 |
| 9. |
Sewanee (Tenn.) |
642 |
| 10. |
Lynchburg (Va.) |
643 |
| 11. |
Huntingdon (Ala.) |
663 |
| 12. |
Berry (Ga.) |
670 |
| 13. |
Piedmont (Ga.) |
671 |
| 14. |
Transylvania (Ky.) |
674 |
| 15. |
Washington and Lee (B) |
699 |
| 16. |
Randolph-Macon (Va.) |
717 |
| 17. |
Wittenberg (Ohio) |
720 |
| 18. |
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
729 |
Rankings are from the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Coaches Poll; Second Set of Rankings are the Top-25 GolfStat Rankings for Division III
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
-Both
Sabrina Nesbitt (79-80) and
E.C. Niebauer (79-80) tallied a 159 in the 36-hole, two-day event. Nesbitt totaled 21 pars.
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Mary Browder Howell was one stroke behind the Tiger co-leaders with a 160 (78-82), while
Nicole Nesbitt climbed eight spots the leaderboard on Tuesday to finish in the top-50 with a 166 (84-82).
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Merrick Semans wrapped up the Sewanee scoring with a 166 (82-84).
-Sarah Hsu of Oglethorpe claimed medalist honors with a 145, edging out two Emory golfers by three strokes.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-Sewanee shot a 318 after 18 holes of play on Monday. However, on Tuesday, despite scoring a 324, the Tigers finished in ninth place in the tournament ahead of a stacked field of top-25 opponents.
-Emory cruised to the team championship with a 20-stroke victory.
UP NEXT
The Purple and White will now turn its attention to the Jekyll Island Collegiate over spring break, March 17-19.
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