Tuesday, April 11, 2006

 

TUSCULUM FINISHES THIRD AT SAC TOURNAMENT

 

                HICKORY, N.C. – The Tusculum women’s golf team fired a final-round 346 to finish with a total score of 1026 and place third at the 2006 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women’s Golf Tournament, hosted at Lake Hickory Country Club at Catawba Springs.

 

                Catawba carded a 985 to win its second consecutive SAC title, while Newberry finished a distant second (1004), 19 strokes behind the champions.  Wingate tallied a final score of 1041 to take fourth place.

 

                Shannon Palenkas was the Pioneers’ top finisher and a member of the All-Tournament Team, carding a final-round 82 to finish tied for fourth with a three-round total of 247.  Amanda Bowen placed eighth with a 252.

 

                Mandy Hartsock carded a 256 and tied for 10th place, while Amber Ladner was 24th with a final score of 275.  Becca Friddle shot a total tally of 280 to finish 27th.

 

-TC-

 

 

Fin.   School                   Scores 
1   Catawba College          327  329    656       +80
2   Newberry College         341  330    671       +95
3   Tusculum College         336  344    680      +104
4   Lenoir-Rhyne College     339  346    685      +109
5   Wingate University       351  345    696      +120
6   Mars Hill College        381  390    771      +195

 

 

3   Tusculum College            336  344  346   1026

T  4    Shannon Palenkas         82   83   82    247

   8    Amanda Bowen             83   86   83    252

T 10    Mandy Hartsock           81   88   87    256

  24    Amber Ladner             90   87   98    275

  27    Rebecca Friddle          90   96   94    280