Mercer Women Win Amelia Island Collegiate

Tuesday, February 21

Amelia Island, Fla.

Mercer University

Amelia Island Collegiate

2/21/2017 4:36:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Stats (PDF)

By: Patrick T. Walsh

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – Make it two wins in a row for Mercer. The Bears women's golf team carded a 2-over-par round and placed three golfers in the top 10 to win the Amelia Island Collegiate hosted by Jacksonville University Tuesday afternoon.

The win marked the second in a row for the Bears after closing out the fall season by winning the Idle Hour Collegiate Championship.

MERCER SCORECARD

1.	Mercer	297	286	290	+9	873
4.	Hannah Mae Deems	71	71	73	-1	215
T-10.	Tiffany Minji Kang	79	72	69	+4	220
T-10.	Lauren Lightfritz	72	72	76	+4	220
T-15.	Terese Romeo	79	71	72	+6	222
T-47.	Marin Hanna	75	76	79	+14	230

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
Champions again! Mercer claimed the team title after finishing the three-round tournament at 9-over-par 873, a three-stroke win over Campbell. The Bears also claimed wins over in-state foes Georgia State (+37) and Georgia Southern (+39) as well as Southern Conference foe Samford (+43).

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Mercer placed three golfers in the top 10 and four in the top 15 in a dominating performance on the course. Hannah Mae Deems recorded another top five finish as she placed fourth with a 1-under-par 215 tournament score while a pair of freshmen tied for 10^th. Tiffany Minji Kang, playing in her first collegiate tournament, and Lauren Lightfritz each posted 4-over-par 220 scores. An impressive collegiate debut for Kang as she rebounded from an opening round of 7-over-par to card a 3-under-par score in the final round. Terese Romeo rounded finished in the top 15 as she was 6-over-par 222 to tie for 15^th.

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