Racer Women's Golf Wins In South Carolina

Friday, March 21

Rock Hill, S.C.

Murray State

Shamrock Intercollegiate

3/24/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

The Murray State women's golf squad brought home the championship of the Shamrock Intercollegiate Sunday when they overcame an 11-shot deficit with a final round 306. The Racers team score in the 54-hole event in Tega Cay, S.C. was enough for a one-shot win over Princeton.

MSU's Bethany Yates and Alexandra Hinteregger each fired final round 75's, while Joyce Trus added a 76 to pace the Racers' effort in the final 18 holes.

Yates finished fifth individually with scores of 76-81-75=232, while Hinteregger was ninth along with teammate Joyce Trus. Hinteregger's scores were 83-77-75=235, while Trus posted scores of 80-79-76=235. MSU's Andrea Downer finished 15^th with rounds of 82-77-80=239, while Megan McKinney turned in rounds of 81-77-92=250 to finish 34^th in a field of 85 competitors.

MSU's Caroline Lagerborg competed as an individual and finished 19^th with scores of 82-81-79=242.

The Racers victory came against a strong field of teams in the event hosted by Winthrop and was played at the Tega Cay Golf Club at 5,969 yards to a par-72.

MSU started the event with a score of 319 and followed with a 310 in round two which set up their final round charge and a total score of 935.

Charleston Southern (939) placed third, while Winthrop (940), and Iowa (955) rounded out the top-5. Xavier (975) was sixth, with Siena (987), USC Upstate (990), South Dakota State (996), and Gardner-Webb (1014) making up the rest of the top-10 in a 14-team field.

The medalist for the Shamrock event was Princeton's Susannah Abhoff with scores of 78-69-74=221.

The victory for the Racers should give them a big boost of confidence as the spring season edges closer to the Ohio Valley Conference Championship April 16 at Florence, Ala. The Racers next tournament is the SIU Invitational Mar. 30-31.