Mercer Moves Up Two Spots, Ties for Fifth at Johnie Imes Invitational

Tuesday, October 4

Columbia, Mo.

Mercer University

The Johnie Imes Invitational

Mercer Moves Up Two Spots, Ties for Fifth at Johnie Imes Invitational

10/4/2016 4:49:00 PM | Women's Golf

Complete Results

By: Patrick Walsh

COMPLETE RESULTS (PDF)

COLUMBIA, Mo. – With four golfers finishing in the top 35 on the individual leaderboard Mercer jumped two spots on the final day to finish in a tie for fifth at the Johnie Imes Invitational.

The 14 birdies carded Tuesday tied for third among the field as two Bears carded identical 1-over-par 73 rounds while two more carded 2-over-par 74.

MERCER SCORECARD

T-5.	Mercer	+17	881
T-21.	Hannah Mae Deems	+4	220
T-25.	Terese Romeo	+5	221
T-30.	Lauren Lightfritz	+6	222
T-35.	Marin Hanna	+7	223
T-75.	Jaelyn Tindal	+22	238

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
Mercer moved up two spots on the final day of action to finish in a tie for fifth with Troy at 17-over-par. The Bears edged Southern Conference foe ETSU (+23) by six strokes while Rutgers (+25) finished eighth overall. Host Mizzou won the tournament at even-par while Fresno State finished second at 3-over-par.

NEXT TOURNAMENT
Mercer returns to the links on Oct. 23-24 at the Palmetto Intercollegiate hosted by the College of Charleston at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

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