Mercer University
Eat a Peach Collegiate
Women's Golf Earns Third-Straight Eat a Peach Title
9/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – The Mercer women's golf team captured its third-straight Eat a Peach Collegiate title on Monday, booking a combined team score of 300 in the final round at Pine Lakes Golf Course. Mercer junior Lacey Fears took home Mercer's top finish, second place overall, on the strength of her season-best 70 in the final round.
Mercer's 300 on Monday equaled North Florida for the day's low score and helped the Bears withstand a Charleston Southern charge. Mercer began the day just one stroke ahead of the Buccaneers, but outplayed the Big South Conference representative by three strokes in the final round to secure the win.
Mercer's three-round total of 891 outpaced Charleston Southern (895), North Florida (904), Stetson (917) and Seminole State (921) on the team leaderboard.
Fears came into the event as the two-time defending individual champion, but ultimately her bid at three-straight Eat a Peach trophies was denied by Seminole State's Chanya Angwarawong. Angwarawong put together a tournament low 67 on Monday to beat out Fears by one stroke.
Fears used 215 strokes over three days to earn her fourth career top-five finish. Her classmate Mary Alice Murphy also took home a top-five finish, placing fourth with a three-day total of 220. Murphy's fourth place standing marked her eighth top-five placement and second-consecutive event in the top-five individuals.
Senior Kaitlin Marrin (229) signed for a 78 for the second-straight day and finished 11th overall. Her classmate Aurelie Wiriath shot 76 on the last day, finishing one stroke behind Marrin and in a tie for 12th place overall. Sophomore Sarah Louie Brown (233) rounded out Mercer's team participants with a final round 79 and a tie for 16th place.
Of Mercer's individual competitors, senior Jessica Arthur notched the best finish with a tie for 24th overall. Her tournament saw her improve in score each day, highlighted by a final round 78. Freshman Jacqueline Shelly placed 27th with a three-day total of 248, while freshman Meredith Owen wrapped up the event in 29th place with a score of 256.
Mercer returns to competition at the LPGA Invitational in Daytona Beach, Florida on October 12. The three-day event is hosted by Xavier at the LPGA International Legends Course.
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