GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Paced by freshman Makalyn Poole's two-day 17-over-par 161, the Anderson women's golf team closed out its regular season with a sixth-place finish at the Agnes McAmis Memorial, hosted by Tusculum at the 5,804 yard, par 72 Link Hills Country Club layout.
Newberry overcame a 10-stroke deficit following Monday's first round to claim a one-shot victory over Lincoln Memorial, while Carson-Newman finished third. King (Tenn.) slipped from a tie for second into fourth, with Tusculum claiming fifth. Anderson moved up one spot into sixth, while Converse was seventh.
Lenoir-Rhyne and Methodist tied for eighth, with Pfeiffer, the host Pioneers (B) squad, Converse (B), North Greenville, Belmont Abbey and Brevard rounding out the 15-team field.
Carson-Newman's Elizabeth England snapped a three-way tie for first following Monday's first round to win individual medalist honors by five shots.
Poole moved up four spots and finished in a tie for 14th, with fellow freshman Tiffany Elam trimming four shots off her opening-round score and sharing 23rd place, alongside sophomore Riley Lovorn. Senior Braiden Furtick finished in a tie for 30th, while freshman Blake Hodges rounded out the Trojan contingent in a tie for 39th.
Next up for the Trojans is the 2016 South Atlantic Conference Championship, which is scheduled to be held April 10-12, at the Monroe Country Club in Monroe, N.C.
6 Anderson 329 324 653
T14 Makalyn Poole (1) 81 80 161
T23 Tiffany Elam (2) 84 80 164
T23 Riley Lovorn (3) 82 82 164
T30 Braiden Furtick (4) 83 82 165
T39 Blake Hodges (5) 83 85 168
RESULTS
1 2 Team Scores
4 1 Newberry College 321 313 634 +58
1 2 Lincoln Memorial 311 324 635 +59
5 3 Carson-Newman 324 312 636 +60
T2 4 King University 320 318 638 +62
T2 5 Tusculum College 320 323 643 +67
7 6 Anderson 329 324 653 +77
8 7 Converse College 334 324 658 +82
6 T8 Lenoir-Rhyne 328 333 661 +85
T9 T8 Methodist University 340 321 661 +85
T9 10 Pfeiffer University 340 337 677 +101
T13 11 Tusculum College (B) 358 335 693 +117
12 12 Converse College (B) 348 348 696 +120
T9 13 North Greenville U. 340 358 698 +122
T13 14 Belmont Abbey 358 358 716 +140
15 15 Brevard College 368 362 730 +154
