Lightfritz Leads Bears to Second-Place Finish

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Lightfritz Leads Bears to Second-Place Finish

4/6/2021 8:06:00 PM | Women's Golf

Lauren Lightfritz earned co-champion honors

By: Stephen Waldman

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's golf team earned a second-place finish at the Brickyard Collegiate, fueled by Lauren Lightfritz who earned a share of her first career title on Tuesday from the Brickyard Golf Club.

The Bears took home runner-up honors as a team despite playing shorthanded and having only four players competing in the tournament.

Lightfritz documented her first career collegiate victory in her final regular season tournament by finishing the tournament with an even-par 216 (72-71-73) as one of the most consistent players in the field. It was the second top-3 finish of the season for Lightfritz as she took home runner-up honors at the Mercer Invitational, also held at the Brickyard Golf Club, on Nov. 9-10.

Additionally, Laila Hrindova earned a top-10 finish for the first time this season and the second time since joining Mercer ahead of the 2019-20 season. The Poprad, Slovakia native's other top-10 finish in the Orange and Black came at the 2019 Idle Hour Championship on Nov. 4-5 when she posted a third-place finish.

"I am incredible proud of Lauren, Payton, Laila and Laura and how they took on the challenge this week," said head coach Michele Drinkard. "We played for our three teammates who couldn't compete, and our Motto was 'We are 4 strong and competing for 7', and that's what we did!"

Mercer Scorecard

2	Mercer	307	292	311	+46	910
T1	Lauren Lightfritz	72	71	73	E	216
T7	Laila Hrindova	75	71	78	+8	224
T18	Payton Schanen	78	75	76	+13	229
T55	Laura Pasalodos	82	75	84	+25	241

Up Next
The Bears begin the postseason at the Southern Conference Championships on April 19-20 from the Oak Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C.

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