Results
ONEONTA, Ala. – Taylor Appleyard shot a career-low 1-over par 73 in the final round, and Anna Sellén-Runefjell earned a season-best finish to lead the University of South Alabama women’s golf team at the Samford Intercollegiate at Limestone Springs Golf Club Tuesday.
Appleyard (80-81-73) jumped 15 spots on the leaderboard with her final-round 73 to finish tied for 29th with a three-round total score of 234.
Sellén-Runefjell (75-74-78) turned in a 6-over par 78 in the third round, and finished tied for eighth place with a three-round 227 to secure her best finish of the season.
Kristen Golightly (78-74-77) carded a 5-over par 77 in the final round and secured an 11th-place finish with a three-round total of 229, marking the second time this season the Pensacola, Fla., native has earned a top-15 finish.
Ashleigh Ryals (73-82-76) shot 4-over par 76 Tuesday, and finished tied for 19th with a three-round total of 231 to earn her second top-20 finish of the season.
Ana Garcia (73-82-81) finished with a three-round 236 to place tied for 32nd overall, while Ingrid Hagen (82-83-85) finished with a three-round score of 250.
South Alabama (304-319-307) turned in a three-round team total of 930, and finished eighth in the field.
“We counted a high round every round, but we had at least one good score each day,” USA head coach TJ Jackson said. “We had pretty good play out of our first two to three spots, we just lacked a little in the four and five spots and we all know that. We just have to play a little better all the way through the lineup, and we’ll be where we want to be.
“It (Limestone Springs) is a tough golf course, and the greens are fast and firm. It had some tough pins; it was set up pretty tough. We had a chance in the first and third rounds to shoot lower than what we did, but we didn’t quite finish in each round.”
Troy captured the tournament title with a three-round 914, while Newberry College’s Maria Luz Besio earned medalist honors with a three-round total of 219.
South Alabama will close its regular season April 16-18 at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
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Samford Intercollegiate
Limestone Springs Golf Club, Oneonta, Ala.
Par 72, 6,039 yards
Final Team Standings
1) Troy, 307-306-301-914; 2) Middle Tennessee, 298-305-312-915; 3) Samford, 305-305-306-916; 4) Florida Southern, 298-303-316-917; 5) Louisiana-Monroe, 303-307-312-922; 6) Newberry College, 315-300-309-924; 7) Jacksonville State, 313-304-312-929;
8) South Alabama, 304-319-307-930; 9) UAB, 328-324-315-967
Individual Standings
1) Maria Luz Besio, Newberry, 74-72-73-219; 2) Kayla Turner, Samford, 73-73-75-221; 3) Haley Lawrence, Troy, 74-76-72-222; 4) Natalie Mitchell, Samford, 71-72-80-223; 5) Sofia Bjorkman, Troy, 77-74-74-225; T6) Ashley Haggard, Middle Tennessee, 72-77-77-226; T6) Bailey Gray, 76-73-77-226; T8) Ali Lucas, ULM, 70-79-78;
T8) Anna Sellén-Runefjell, South Alabama, 75-74-78-227; 10) Karisa Akin, Middle Tennessee, 76-74-78-228.
South Alabama scores
T8) Anna Sellén-Runefjell, 75-74-78-227; T11) Kristen Golightly, 78-74-77-229; T19) Ashleigh Ryals, 73-82-76-231; T29) Taylor Appleyard, 80-81-73-234; T32) Ana Garcia, 73-82-81-236; T53) Ingrid Hagen, 82-83-85-250.
