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TROJAN MEN AND WOMEN FINISH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

TROJAN MEN AND WOMEN FINISH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

CLEMMONS, NC--With the feel of a true major championship, Tanglewood Golf Club served as the venue for this year's final tournament, and the Trojan men and women were up for the challenge, as Adam Sheriff tied the tournament low with a second round -2, 68, and on the final day, the AU women's team shot their best round of the year with a 323; the women finished 4th out of 7 and the men finished 6th out of 11. The Barton men and the Pfeiffer women claimed the 2009 Conference Carolinas men's and women's golf championships, hosted by Belmont Abbey College at the Tanglewood Park Championship course. Barton won by two shots over Coker, while Pfeiffer won by nine shots over Belmont Abbey College. Belmont Abbey junior Carley Warrington and Limestone's Kyle Scruggs won the individual titles. Warring won by two strokes Kyle Scruggs posted a 216 to win the men's tournament by one shot. Adam Sheriff finished two shots back of Scruggs with a 218 placing the Trojan senior in a tie for fourth; Sheriff will now wait for a possible at-large bid to the NCAA Super Regional to be held at North Alabama. The men's tournament was lengthened by two rain delays in the final two hours of competion. The final putt dropped at 7:25 p.m. In the women's tournament, Pfeiffer won back-to-back titles after leading all 54 holes of competition, posting a final team score of 958 to defeat Belmont Abbey by nine strokes. Charlene Reid led the Falcon efforts with a second place finish with a score of 234. Warrington won her second tournament of the spring with the two shot victory, edging Reid by two shots with a three-day score of 232. She carded rounds of 82, 73 and 77. Queens finished third with a score of 973, while Anderson (1002), Mount Olive (1054), Erskine (1125) and Limestone (1255) rounded out the field. The men's tournament came down to the final group as Jonathan Burke posted a par on the final hole to clinch the title for the Bulldogs, which edged Coker by two shots. Barton posted a three-day score of 885, including a 298 today. Belmont Abbey finished third with a score of 890. Limestone (899), led by Scrugg's medalist-winning score of 216 finished fourth. Scruggs edged out Coker's Chris Marsh and Burke by one shot. Queens (903), Anderson (905), Pfeiffer (907), Mount Olive (910), St. Andrews Presbyterian (924), Erskine (937) and Lees-McRae (1141) rounded out the field.