Mercer Women Place Fifth at Brickyard Collegiate

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Mercer Women Place Fifth at Brickyard Collegiate

4/10/2018 7:01:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results (PDF)

Payton Schanen locks up top-10 individual finish

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

MACON, Ga. – Mercer carded a third-round 305 (+17) to claim fifth place at the 2018 Brickyard Collegiate, presented by Mizuno Golf, on Tuesday at The Brickyard Golf Club.

Payton Schanen earned a top-10 finish by shooting seven-over-par (223) to lead Mercer in the three-day, 14-team tournament. It was Mercer's final regular season tournament as focus now shifts toward the Southern Conference Championships on April 15-17.

Tournament Honors

Team Champion: Vanderbilt
Team Runner-Up: Old Dominion
Individual Champion: Morgan Baxendale, Vanderbilt
Individual Runner-Up: Amanda Doherty, Florida State; Katerina Vlasinova, Old Dominion

Mercer Scorecard

5	Mercer	310	291	305	+17	906
T-9	Payton Schanen	72	73	78	+7	223
T-14	Hannah Mae Deems	75	74	75	+8	224
T-25	Terese Romeo	80	69	78	+11	227
T-29	Karina Kukkonen (Ind.)	78	75	75	+12	228
T-54	Jodee Tindal	83	79	74	+20	236
T-61	Lauren Lightfritz	84	75	78	+21	237
67	Jaelyn Tindal (Ind.)	78	80	82	+24	240

Coach Drinkard's Take
"I'm proud of our fight this weekend against a talented field of teams," said head coach Michele Drinkard. "We just didn't make some of the shots we needed to in order to improve in the team standings today, but there were plenty of positives throughout the tournament, including strong play from Payton Schanen.

"I'm grateful for tremendous support from The Brickyard Golf Club staff and Mizuno Golf, which represented the tournament as its title sponsor."

Mercer on Team Leaderboard
The Bears could not squeak into the top-four as fourth-place Virginia Tech (+31) finished nine strokes ahead of them. Mercer bested three SoCon opponents in the field, placing ahead of Chattanooga (+52), ETSU (+62) and Samford (+80).

Mercer on Individual Leaderboard
Despite recording her highest score of the tournament, Payton Schanen (+7) was able to solidify a top-10 finish with a tie for ninth place. Jodee Tindal had Mercer's best individual round of the day, shooting 74 to finish 20-over-par. Two other Bears – Hannah Mae Deems and Terese Romeo – placed inside the top 25 individually.

Up Next
Mercer takes on the Southern Conference field in Hilton Head, S.C. at the SoCon Championships on April 15-17.

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