Charleston Southern University Athletics
Palmetto Intercollegiate
10/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Charleston Southern's Shelby Thompson played her final two holes 3-under par to match her career-low round of 70 (-2) to lift the Buccaneers to a 12th-place finish at the 2014 Palmetto Intercollegiate, which concluded at Turtle Point Golf Club on Tuesday.
Coastal Carolina (+2) won the event by 12 strokes over No. 25 GRU Augusta (+14). No. 30 Furman (+15) took third, followed by South Florida (+27), and No. 39 Kansas (+33) to complete the top five. Coastal Carolina's Lena Schaeffner took medalist honors at 4-undert par, edging out Yupaporn Kawinpakorn of Kansas by one shot.
CSU shot a team 304 (+16) and moved up one spot to 12th, passing Eastern Michigan in the final round. The Bucs also finished ahead of Elon, Maryland, James Madison, and Western Carolina, among others.
"I'm really proud of the girls for the fall season they've had," CSU head coach Matt Cram-Smith said following Tuesday's round. "We are so close to putting together a really good tournament and I'm sure we'll achieve that in the spring. The girls can see how close this tournament was to being another high finish for us. They played hard and can hold their heads high for the effort they put in. It should be a really good spring season for us."
Thompson eagled the par-five 10th hole – her 17th hole – and followed with a birdie on her final hole of the day to finish 12th overall. She moved up 20 spots on the day after posting CSU's lowest round of the event.
Freshman Hayley McNeill added another quality finish taking 16th in a field full of nationally-ranked golfers. She was 16th overall with a 73 (+1) on Tuesday. MCNeill got off to a roaring start with an eagle on the 15th hole and two early birdies to move to 3-under to open her round.
Freshman Milleina Ohara was 60th with an 81 (+9) in her final round. Sophomore Hannah Barger had a birdie in her round of 80 (+9) to finish 82nd.
Freshman Emelie Flink was 75th playing as an individual with two birdies in Tuesday's round of (+80). Fellow freshman Savannah Hallman shot an 81 on Tuesday was 87th.
The event completes CSU fall season. The Bucs return to action in February.
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