POINT CLEAR, Ala. – The Coastal Carolina University women's golf team finished sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championship after shooting a one-under 287 in Wednesday's final round at the Lakewood Golf Club in Point Clear, Ala., leaving the Chanticleers with a 24-over 888 (294-307-287).
CCU moved up into fourth place with a chance to make it into Thursday's match play semifinals but came up just short over the final few holes. The Chants one-under team score moved them up three spots from ninth place and was the second-best score of the third round.
For the second round of the championship,
Hannah Karg shot under-par, as she finished the round with a two-under 70. She finished third in the championship with a one-under 216 (69-76-70) and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Karg finished the event with a championship-best 2.83 scoring average on par 3 holes, while her 4.58 scoring average on par 5 holes was tied for sixth. She added three more birdies in Wednesday's round which tied her for the third-most birdies with 11.
Sara Sarrion (72-78-72) and
Carolina Hortian (79-72-71) finished tied for 17th with a six-over 222. After shooting a career-best 72 in Tuesday's round, Hortian bettered that by one stroke with her one-under final round score. Sarrion finished the championship tied for fourth with a 4.50 scoring average on the par 5 holes and was tied for fourth in eagles.
Luisa Gibson finished tied for 40th with a 14-over 230 (74-81-75), while
Varatkarn Kunkaew finished tied for 49th with a 20-over 236 (81-81-74). Gibson tied for 10th in par 3 scoring with a 3.08 scoring average.
Wednesday's round saw the best weather of the championship and also saw scores improve as the top four teams will move into match play on Thursday. The morning matches will be the semifinal round, while Thursday afternoon will have the two morning winners face off for the championship.
The top four teams moving into match play are Texas State, who finished with a three-under 861, Georgia Southern with a 13-over 877, ULM at 15-over 879, and Old Dominion with a 21-over 885.
Arkansas State (+22, 886) finished fifth, just two strokes in front of CCU (+24, 888), who finished two strokes in front of seventh-place Marshall (+26, 890). Southern Miss (+28, 892) was eighth, followed by Georgia State (+33, 897), James Madison (+44, 908), Troy (+55, 919), Appalachian State (+81, 945), and South Alabama (+164, 1,028).
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