Romeo Earns Top-10 Finish at Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate

Friday, October 26

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Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate

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Romeo Earns Top-10 Finish at Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate

10/28/2018 5:27:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results (PDF)

Mercer finishes eighth in three-day tournament

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

ATLANTA – Senior Terese Romeo (+7) tied for 10th-place individually and led the Mercer women's golf team to an eighth-place finish at the Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Sunday.

The Bears (306-310-299) carded their lowest score of the weekend on Sunday, shooting 299, but were unable to make up any ground in the team standings. Romeo and Payton Schanen (+10) both earned top-20 individual finishes.

Mercer Scorecard

8	Mercer	306	310	299	+51	915
T-10	Terese Romeo	73	76	74	+7	223
T-17	Payton Schanen	78	76	72	+10	226
T-35	Lauren Lightfritz	78	79	74	+15	231
T-51	Mary Janiga	77	81	79	+21	237
T-55	Karina Kukkonen	81	79	79	+23	239
T-59	Carol Pyon (Individual)	85	79	79	+27	243

Mercer on Team Leaderboard
The Bears remained in eighth place all weekend and finished two strokes behind seventh-place East Carolina (+49). Mercer bested Coastal Carolina (+58), Georgia State (+77) and Dartmouth (+84).

Mercer on Individual Scoreboard
Three Bears shot 74 or lower on Sunday, including Payton Schanen, who carded an even-par 72 and climbed 14 spots for a tie of 17th place. Schanen recorded three birdies on No. 3, 9 and 16. Romeo, who entered the final round tied for 15th place, jumped five spots with a two-over-par 74.

Up Next
Mercer will conclude its 2018 fall season by hosting the annual Idle Hour Collegiate Championship on Nov. 5-6 at the Idle Hour Golf Club in Macon, Ga. The Bears have won the two previous Idle Hour Collegiate Championships in 2016 and 2017.

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