Bears Win 2018 Idle Hour Collegiate Championship

Monday, November 5

Macon, Ga.

Mercer University

Idle Hour Collegiate Championship

Photo by: Gerrit Van Genderen

Bears Win 2018 Idle Hour Collegiate Championship

11/6/2018 3:57:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Mercer wins third straight Idle Hour Collegiate, Romeo earns runner-up honors

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's golf team defended its home turf by winning the third annual Idle Hour Collegiate Championship while senior Terese Romeo earned individual runner-up honors following Tuesday's third round at Idle Hour Golf Club.

Mercer (286-287-297) shot 6-over-par (870) over the 54-hole tournament to run away with a 22-stroke victory over the rest of the 13-team field. It is the third straight year the Bears have won the Idle Hour Collegiate Championship.

Tuesday's third round opened with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. All seven Bears who played in the tournament finished tied for 24th or lower in the individual standings.

Mercer Scorecard

1	Mercer	286	287	297	+6	870
2	Terese Romeo	70	70	71	-5	211
5	Mary Janiga (Individual)	74	70	74	+2	218
T-6	Payton Schanen	70	72	77	+3	219
8	Carol Pyon (Individual)	74	74	72	+4	220
T-12	Karina Kukkonen	72	79	73	+8	224
T-19	Lauren Lightfritz	74	74	78	+10	226
T-24	Tiffany Kim	81	71	76	+12	228

Mercer on Team Leaderboard
After entering Tuesday's third round with a healthy advantage over the rest of the field, Mercer did not relinquish its lead despite shooting 9-over-par over the final 18 holes. The next closest team to Mercer was runner-up Toledo (+28), followed by Eastern Kentucky (+34).

Mercer (286-287-297), +6
Toledo (298-298-296), +28
Eastern Kentucky (295-298-305), +34
Troy (300-300-303), +39
Georgia Southern (311-300-299), +46
James Madison (299-306-306), +46
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (303-305-306), +50
UNCG (309-301-306), +52
Cincinnati (306-312-302), +14
Towson (312-308-307), +63
McNeese State (314-305-312), +67
Western Carolina (320-312-311), +79
Lipscomb (318-321-319), +94

Mercer on Individual Scoreboard
All seven Bears, including a pair of individual players, finished inside the top 24. Senior Terese Romeo, who was playing in her final collegiate tournament – Romeo will graduate early in December – shot a career-low 211 (70-70-71) to lead the way and earn runner-up honors. Mary Janiga (+2) and Payton Schanen (+3) finished inside the top six as well.

Freshman Carol Pyon had the Bears' second-best individual round on Tuesday, shooting even-par 72 with six birdies.

Up Next
The Bears have concluded their 2018 fall slate. Their next tournament will be the Lake Oconee Invitational, held in Greensboro, Ga. on Feb. 16-17.

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