An Ace is Twice as Nice for Hanna as Mercer Wraps Up UNF Collegiate

Tuesday, March 7

Jacksonville, Fla.

Mercer University

UNF Collegiate

An Ace is Twice as Nice for Hanna as Mercer Wraps Up UNF Collegiate

3/7/2017 9:00:00 PM | Women's Golf

Complete Results

By: Patrick T. Walsh

COMPLETE RESULTS (PDF)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Most golfers spend their entire lives hoping to hit a hole-in-one. For Mercer senior Marin Hanna, lightning has struck twice. Hanna, a senior, hit her second hole-in-one of the season as Mercer wrapped up play at the UNF Collegiate in Jacksonville.

The ace came on the par-3, 147-yard hole No. 3 in Tuesday's final round.

The Bears jumped two spots on the final day to finish seventh, beating Virginia Tech a week after tying the Hokies at the Hurricane Invitational. Both Hanna and freshman Lauren Lightfritz led Mercer with a 1-over-par 73 in the final round.

MERCER SCORECARD

7.	Mercer	307	299	303	+45	909
13.	Lauren Lightfritz	77	73	73	+7	223
T-21.	Hannah Mae Deems	74	78	74	+10	226
T-28.	Marin Hanna	79	75	73	+11	227
T-58.	Terese Romeo	80	73	84	+21	237
T-72.	Tiffany Minji Kang	77	81	83	+25	241

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
Mercer moved ahead of Eastern Kentucky and Delaware in the final round as the Bears jumped two spots to finish seventh, just six strokes behind a talented College of Charleston team. The Orange and Black, at 45-over-par, edged Eastern Kentucky (+46) by one while beating a trio of teams that tied for ninth at 48-over-par, including Virginia Tech, Delaware and Charleston Southern. Southern Miss won the team title in a tiebreaker over Memphis at 31-over-par.

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Lauren Lightfritz turned in her second consecutive 1-over-par round Tuesday when she turned in her 73 to finish 13^th while Hanna, buoyed by her ace on Hole No. 3, also was 1-over-par and finished tied for 28^th for the three-round tournament. Hannah Mae Deems split the difference, placing tied for 21^st. Old Dominion's Sana Tufail was 3-under-par for the tournament to claim medalist honors.

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