Pooler, Georgia – The seventh-ranked SCAD women's golf team carded a 298, the second lowest round of the tournament, to move up six spots and finished tied for second place at NAIA Women's Golf National Championship held at Savannah Quarters Country Club Friday. The Bees finished the 36 hole championship with a team score of 610, which was tied with William Woods
"I am very proud of our team and how they competed in the second round. It was a challenging week with the weather and I felt the team handled it well mentally. They came out and posted a good score early to give us a chance," said SCAD's Director of Golf Amanda Workman.
Sofia Molinaro carded a team best one-over-par, 73, in the second round to shoot a two round total of 151. Molinaro went even par thru the first ten holes before sinking a birdie on 11. Molinaro finished with two bogies on the final three holes to finish the round at 73.
Paulina Camacho shot a birdie on 16 to help her card a three-over-par, 75, in the second round. Camacho and Molinaro both shot a 151 for the tournament and finished tied for 11th place in the individual standings and both golfers were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Mariona Maeso finished her round strong going one-under-par on the back nine with a birdie on hole 13. Measo carded a 76 for the round and 154 for the tournament. Emily Singletary finished her round yesterday by shooting a career-best two-over-par, 74, in the second round. The duo were part of an eight-way tie for 30th place in the individual standings.
Grace Rokela rounded out the Bees line up with a second round 79 to finish the tournament with a two-round total of 136.
The University of the Cumberlands' Kaitlyn Riley tied the championship record for lowest-round of 68 to win the individual title. Elsa Westin of Keiser went -1 in the round to finish the tournament two strokes back.
Keiser shot a 293 in the second round to claim their second straight national championship with a score of 599. This is the first time in the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship history that the tournament has been shorten due to weather and the first time that a champion has been crowned after 36 holes of play.
This is the third straight year and the fourth time in the past five years that SCAD finished as the National Runner-Up.
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