SALISBURY, N.C. – With three golfers carding season-low rounds, the Anderson women's golf team posted its best round since joining the South Atlantic Conference in 2010 and jumped up one spot to finish third at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational.
The two-day tournament was hosted by Catawba at the 5,793 yard, par-72 Country Club of Salisbury.
Lenoir-Rhyne led wire-to-wire and earned the team title by six shots over Limestone, with the Trojans moving past Queens to take third place, just two shots behind the Saints. Tusculum finished fourth, with North Georgia claiming fifth place.
Young Harris and Carson-Newman each climbed up one spot into sixth and seventh, respectively, with Queens slipping from third into the eighth slot. Erskine finished 10th, with the host Indians, Coker, North Greenville, Belmont Abbey, Barton, King, Chowan and Pfeiffer rounding out the 17-team field.
North Georgia's Megan Sabol overcame a one-shot deficit by firing a 4-under-par 68 during Tuesday's final round to win individual medalist honors by three strokes over runner-up Abbey Hartsell of Lenoir-Rhyne. L-R's Chelsea Mansell finished in a tie for third, alongside Candler Kimsey of Young Harris. North Greenville's Savannah Hallman, the first-round leader, slipped into a share of 10th place after carding a final-round 78.
Sophomore Kate Hill led the Trojans with a two-day, 6-over-par 150 and finished in a tie for 13th. Junior Makalyn Poole, who began the day just three shots off the pace in a tie for fifth, slipped to a tie for 16th place alongside classmate Tiffany Elam, who carded a season-best 75 on Tuesday. Senior Riley Lovorn also fired a season-low 75 in Tuesday's second round and finished in a five-way tie for 20th.
Freshman Anna Freeman trimmed five strokes off her first-round scorecard and jumped from a share of 45th place into a tie for 30th on the strength of a career-best 75, with junior Samantha Ellison posting a two-day 162 and finishing in 60th place.
After a two-week layoff, the Trojans will get back on the links at the Flagler Fall Slam in St. Augustine, Fla.
3 Anderson 303 300 603
T13 Kate Hill 75 75 150
T16 Tiffany Elam 77 75 152
T16 Makalyn Poole 73 79 152
T20 Riley Lovorn 78 75 153
T30 Anna Freeman 80 75 155
1 2 Team Scores
1 1 Lenoir-Rhyne 295 295 590 +14
2 2 Limestone 300 301 601 +25
4 3 Anderson 303 300 603 +27
T5 4 Tusculum 305 299 604 +28
T5 5 North Georgia 305 300 605 +29
7 6 Young Harris 307 299 606 +30
8 7 Carson-Newman 313 297 610 +34
3 8 Queen's 301 315 616 +40
10 9 Erskine 316 307 623 +47
9 10 Catawba 314 317 631 +55
13 11 Coker 321 318 639 +63
14 12 North Greenville 322 318 640 +64
11 13 Belmont Abbey 319 328 647 +71
15 14 Barton 329 319 648 +72
12 15 King 320 332 652 +76
16 16 Chowan 350 339 689 +113
17 17 Pfeiffer 365 357 722 +146
