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10/24/2008 - WOMEN'S GOLF
Individuals, Teams swing strong in Women's Golf
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MACON, Ga. - A-Sun women's golfers are swinging strong for their teams. Campbell shot a three-over par 291 on Tuesday to win the USF/Waterlefe Invitational women's golf tournament. Belmont senior Lorie Warren captured her second individual title of the season and her sixth overall as a collegian as the Belmont women’s golf team finished tied for fourth at the F&M Bank Austin Peay Intercollegiate held Monday and Tuesday.
The Lady Camels finished the event, which was shortened to 36 holes due to thunderstorms on Monday, with a total of 581 strokes (290-291) for a new school two-round record.
All five Campbell golfers finished among the top 20 individuals in the 87-player field. Junior Mary Mattson shot a one-under-par 71 on Tuesday and tied for eighth-place at even-par 144.
Campbell claimed its first tournament crown of 2008-09 by nine strokes over host South Florida (590). Nova Southeastern was third (592), followed by Florida International (595) and Coastal Carolina (597) in the 16-school field.
As a team, the Camels recorded 26 birdies – second only to FIU’s 27 – and 119 pars, which trailed only South Florida (124). Campbell led the field in par 3 (plus-two) and par-4 (plus-five) scoring.
Read more at GoCamels.com.
Lorie Warren, the reigning Atlantic Sun Golfer of the Month, shot a two-over par 74 in Tuesday's final round to clinch medalist honors by one stroke over Joyce Trus of Murray State. Warren finished with a score of 145, while Trus carded a 146. The Hendersonville, Tennessee native becomes the second Belmont golfer to win the Austin Peay Intercollegiate, joining Audra Williams, who captured the individual title in 2005.
As a team, the Bruins shot 317 in Tuesday's final round to finish with a 36-hole score of 637. That score moved them from their fifth place position after Monday’s round to finish in a tie for fourth with Morehead State. They finished 17 shots behind tournament champion Tennessee Tech
Read more at BelmontBruins.com.
