Mercer Women Set for SoCon Championships

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Mercer will seek its first conference title as it opens the 2018 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championships with 18 holes at the Moss Creek Golf Club's South Course on Sunday.

The Bears will join the nine other SoCon programs in Hilton Head for the three-day, 54-hole tournament to decide the conference champion. Mercer enters the tournament with the SoCon's fourth-best team-stroke average (301.04) and is tied for the second-most top-10 finishes (8). Mercer has placed fourth each of the last two seasons behind Furman, Chattanooga and ETSU.

Payton Schanen and Terese Romeo have the eighth- and 10th-best stroke averages in the SoCon entering the tournament. All three rounds will have live scoring available via BirdieFire.com.

EVENT INFORMATION
Dates: Sunday, April 15-Tuesday, April 17
Location: Hilton Head, S.C. | Moss Creek Golf Club (South Course)
Course Info: Par 72 | 6,105 yards
Tickets/Admission: Free of charge
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com

Mercer Lineup

About Moss Creek Golf Club
The SoCon Championships return to Moss Creek Golf Club for the first time since a six-year run there from 2009-14. The course has been referred to by Golf Digest as "a beauty with a bite." Much of the nationally famous Devil's Elbow South Course stretches along the lovely salt marshes along the Intracoastal Waterway and Mackay Creek, which brushes along the northern reaches of the property. Considered one of George and Tom Fazio's best efforts, the course was built in 1975.

Revisiting 2017 SoCon Championships
Mercer placed fourth by shooting 39-over-par with first and second round scores of 303 and 312 at the Country Club of Lexington. Terese Romeo and Hannah Mae Deems are the lone Bears in this year's lineup to have played in last year's tournament. Romeo (+12) and Deems (+14) tied for 23rd and 30th, respectively.

The Field (9)
Chattanooga, The Citadel, ETSU, Furman, Mercer, Samford, UNCG Western Carolina, Wofford

Sunday's Tee Times & Pairings
Mercer will tee off of hole No. 1 alongside Furman and Chattanooga, both of which have combined to win the last 10 SoCon Championships dating back to 2008 (five apiece).

Mary Augusta Janiga | 8:50 a.m. | No. 1
Karina Kukkonen | 9 a.m. | No. 1
Terese Romeo | 9:10 a.m. | No. 1
Hannah Mae Deems | 9:20 a.m. | No. 1
Payton Schanen | 9:30 a.m. | No. 1

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Mae Deems

Mary Janiga

Karina Kukkonen

Terese Romeo

Payton Schanen

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