Romeo-Led Bears Place Fifth at LSU Classic

Friday, March 23

Baton Rouge, La.

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Mercer University

LSU Tiger Golf Classic

Photo by: Gerrit Van Genderen

3/25/2018 7:12:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

Terese Romeo finishes tied for sixth place individually

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

BATON ROUGE, La. – Mercer impressed with a fifth-place finish after shooting a 16-over-par 304 in the final round of the LSU Tiger Golf Classic on Sunday at the University Club.

The Bears (+63) finished only behind the 12-team field's four nationally-ranked programs as junior Terese Romeo shot two-under-par (70) over the final 18 holes to earn a tie for sixth place individually. Three Bears in total placed inside the top 25 individually.

Mercer Scorecard

5	Mercer	314	309	304	+63	927
T-6	Terese Romeo	73	81	70	+8	224
T-22	Payton Schanen	81	74	78	+17	233
T-25	Hannah Mae Deems	81	75	78	+18	234
T-36	Lauren Lightfritz (Ind.)	76	81	79	+20	236
T-55	Karina Kukkonen	79	80	84	+27	243
T-55	Jodee Tindal	85	80	78	+27	243

Mercer on Team Leaderboard
Mercer bested seven teams – including Southern Conference foe Chattanooga (+73) as it finished fifth overall behind champion and host LSU (+38), Houston (+40), Virginia (+53) and NC State (+53). All four teams that placed ahead of Mercer are top-50 programs nationally.

The Bears' final-round 304 was their best round of the weekend.

Mercer on Individual Leaderboard
Terese Romeo rounded out a well-fought tournament with her best round of the weekend on Sunday, shooting two-under-par to jump six spots into a tie for sixth individually. Romeo finished ahead of four nationally ranked golfers as she birdied No. 2, 9 and 17.

Payton Schanen (+17) and Hannah Mae Deems (+18) finished tied for 22nd and 25th, respectively.

Up Next
Mercer turns its focus to its final regular season tournament of the 2017-18 season, the Brickyard Collegiate. The Bears will host the event at Brickyard at Riverside on April 8-10.

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