DICKSON, Tenn. - Sunday's final round of the 2023 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women's Golf Championships saw some sun, some clouds, some rain and lot of wind for the golfers at GreyStone. The No. 19/18 University of the South women's golf team carded a 312 on Sunday to finish third at the event.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Women's Golf: 3rd of 7 (917)
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| # |
Team |
1st Rd |
2nd Rd |
3rd Rd |
Total |
| 1. |
No. 11/12 Centre (Ky.) |
293 |
300 |
308 |
901 |
| 2. |
No. 23/22 Rhodes (Tenn.) |
302 |
306 |
307 |
915 |
| 3. |
No. 19/18 Sewanee (Tenn.) |
305 |
300 |
312 |
917 |
| 4. |
No. 21/21 Oglethorpe (Ga.) |
303 |
331 |
310 |
944 |
| 5. |
Berry (Ga.) |
306 |
334 |
324 |
964 |
| 6. |
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
350 |
360 |
361 |
1,071 |
| 7. |
Millsaps (Miss.) |
349 |
364 |
364 |
1,077 |
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
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Nicole Nesbitt posted a top-5 finish to lead the Tigers with a three-over, 75, in the final round to a fifth place score of 226. Posting the second-best score on par 4s with a 4.1 average, she chipped in seven birdies on the weekend and 32 pars.
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Merrick Semans carded a 79 on Sunday to take seventh place with a 54-hole score of 227. Recording the only eagle in the field during the championships, she had 35 pars and posted a 4.20 par 4 scoring average.
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Sabrina Nesbitt had an eighth-place finish of 231 after scoring a 79 on Sunday.
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Mary Browder Howell and
E.C. Niebauer also had a 79 each in Sunday's final 18 holes. Howell carded a 13th place score of 235, while Niebauer fired a 236 for 17th place.
-Rounding out the Sewanee scoring is
Becca Gorman's 253.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-Sewanee got into striking distance with eventual champion Centre at the Championships on Sunday, but as the team made the turn to the final nine holes of the event, the Colonels prevailed to win their third straight championship.
-The Tigers posted a 312 in the final round and finished with a score of 917 at the championships, good for the program's best finish in the SAA Championships and the third-lowest in the history of the SAA.
UP NEXT
Sewanee will now wait to see if they earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. Selections will be announced on Monday evening, May 1, on ncaa.com.
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