Bears Finish 10th in Hawai’i

Wednesday, March 29

Lahaina, Hawai'i

Mercer University

Anuenue Spring Break Classic

3/29/2017 10:42:00 PM | Women's Golf

Complete Results (PDF)

By: Patrick T. Walsh

KAPALUA, Hawai'i – Terese Romeo posted an even-par round of 72 and Mercer finished 10^th as the Anuenue Spring Break Classic came to a close on the island of Maui Wednesday.

All four countable scorecards for Mercer finished at 76 or better as Mercer's round of 299 was the best of its three rounds and a six stroke improvement from the previous day.

The Bears were the only team in the tournament to improve its team score by at least five strokes in each successive round and one of only three teams in the 15-team field to improve its team score in each round overall.

MERCER SCORECARD

10.	Mercer	310	305	299	+50	914
T-18.	Lauren Lightfritz	72	75	76	+7	223
T-29.	Terese Romeo	80	75	72	+11	227
T-47.	Hannah Mae Deems	78	79	76	+17	233
T-47.	Marin Hanna	80	78	75	+17	233
T-68.	Mary Janiga	84	77	80	+25	241
70.	Tiffany Minji Kang (I)	79	78	85	+26	242
T-71.	Jaelyn Tindal (I)	88	77	78	+27	243

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
The Bears held steady in 10^th place and finished at 50-over-par while edging host Hawai'i (+54) by four strokes. Santa Clara finished ninth in the tournament, just two strokes ahead of Mercer. No. 7 UCLA won the tournament at 12-under-par while No. 4 Arizona State was the runner-up at 5-over-par.

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Lauren Lightfritz was the top-placing Bear as she finished the tournament at 7-over-par (233) and was one of four countable scores in the final round at 76 or better. But it was Terese Romeo that finished the strongest for Mercer as her 75 in the second round tied with Lightfritz for the team best in the round and then her even-par 72 was the best of any of the Bears. Romeo moved from 60^th after the first round to tied for 29^th to finish the tournament, beating No. 20 Sophia Zeeb (Arizona State) by two strokes. No. 15 Lilia Vu (UCLA) was the medalist at 12-under-par while No. 39 Monica Vaughn (Arizona State) was the runner-up at 5-under-par.

NEXT TOURNAMENT
Mercer returns to action on April 10-11 as the Bears return home to host the Brickyard Collegiate.

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