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2/24/2009 - WOMEN'S GOLF
Campbell, ETSU's O'Sullivan Capture Titles
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Courtesy ETSUBucs.com
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. - Sarah Bejgrowicz won individual honors and Campbell University captured the team title following Tuesday’s final round of the Jacksonville University Women’s Classic at Hidden Hills Country Club.
A sophomore from Lancaster, Pa., Bejgrowicz claimed her first collegiate tournament victory by four strokes over runner-up Praewnapa Phol-uayporn of Florida Atlantic. Bejgrowicz shot 76-74—150 on the par-72, 6046 layout, an Arnold Palmer-Ed Seay design. She had four birdies and 22 pars in the 36-hole event.
The Lady Camels shot 310-309—619 as a team, 18 strokes better than runner-up Stetson (327-310—637). The field also included two other Atlantic Sun Conference schools, Florida Gulf Coast and host Jacksonville.
Campbell freshman Michelle Koh registered the best finish of her young career with a fourth place tie at 81-75—156. Junior Mary Mattson recorded her third top-10 showing in five events this year by tying for eighth at 77-80—157.
Sophomore Sandra Angulo finished 10th (78-80—158) to mark her third-straight top-10 result, while junior Belen Diaz Cisneros produced her best finish of 2008-09, an 11th-place tie (82-78—160).
The tournament crown was the second of the year for the Lady Camels and the 59th in Coach John Crooks’ 18-year tenure. Crooks stands second among active Division I women’s golf coaches in career tournament wins.
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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. - Junior Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway, Ireland) collected her second career individual championship and the ETSU women’s golf team finished ahead of five ranked opponents, as the Buccaneers placed third on the 43-team leaderboard following final round play in the Kiawah Island Classic Tuesday at the Oak Point Golf Club.
O’Sullivan fired a final round score of 1-under-par 71 to finish the event at 2-over 218, tying with Central Arkansas’ Nicole Forshner for top medalist honors. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers ended the event with a team score of 908, which left them four strokes back of Miami and Central Arkansas, which tied for the team title at 904.
“This is really big for our program and will help us with our national rankings, especially to hold off so many perennial powers – and to beat them for three days,” said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton, whose team placed ahead of ranked teams such as No. 27 Florida, No. 28 Oregon, No. 34 Mississippi, No. 40 UCF and No. 45 Kentucky. “I am so proud of the girls and the fact that they played so solid for three rounds.”
Individually, O’Sullivan and fellow junior Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) are the only two ETSU women’s golfers to ever win an individual championship, and both are now tied with two titles apiece. The junior said she took the same approach each day at the tournament.
“I knew I was playing well and for some reason I had winning in my sights this week,” O’Sullivan said. “Playing solid each day, each hole was my goal, and with the exception of three-putting on the last hole of the tournament for a bogey, I was able to do what I wanted. We’re really happy as a team right now and are proud of what we accomplished this week.”
