Newberry Holds on to Capture SAC Women's Golf Championship

Newberry shot a 325 on day three of the 2013 Food Lion SAC Women's Golf Championship to stave off Tusculum by four strokes.

Newberry Holds on to Capture SAC Women's Golf Championship
April 16, 2013

 

[RESULTS: Team  |  Individual ]

 

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Newberry shot a 325 on day three of the 2013 Food Lion SAC Women's Golf Championship to stave off Tusculum by four strokes.

Barbara Castro – who was competing as an individual – was crowned tournament champion after shooting her best round of the tournament, a 76 (+4) to put her at 16-over for the event.

Castro narrowly defeated fellow Wolf Eline Askeland and Lincoln Memorial's Whitney Ball. Askeland needed a par and Ball a birdie to force a playoff on the par-three 18th. However, Ball went for par and Askeland bogeyed to cinch the individual title for Castro.

The Wolves' three-day 962 is the sixth best performance in SAC tournament history while Tusculum's 966 is the eighth best.

The Pioneers' SAC player of the year Emee Herbert led the charge for TC with a 235 (+19) to finish fourth. Fellow first team all-SAC performer Jillian Corum followed suit with a 238 (+22) to finish in seventh.

LMU took third; the Railsplitters were led by Ball's three-day 233 (+17). LMU finished with a 970 – the 10th best three-day total in SAC tournament history. LMU was four strokes behind Tusculum and eight back of the Wolves. The Railsplitters joined Newberry as the only other squad with three golfers in the top 10. Desta Coaker finished in a tie for fifth with a 237 (+21); Brittany McCown had a 240 (+24).

Carson-Newman saved its best for last. The Eagles turned in the top round of day three with a 320 to finish fourth with a 982. Meridith Hawkins finished in the top five for C-N after shooting a third straight 79 (+7). Hawkins and Castro were the only golfers in the field to shoot below 80 every day.

Wingate rounded out the top five with a three-day 1009 (+145). Freshman of the year Johanna Neumann finished tied for 11th with a 244 (+28).

Catawba (1029), Anderson (1052), Mars Hill (1,143) and Brevard (1,214) rounded out the rest of the field.

Castro, Askeland, Ball, Herbert, Hawkins and Coaker made first team all-tournament. Corum, McCown, Daneshfar and Howard made the all-tournament second team.