BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of South Alabama women's golf team wrapped up the regular season with a sixth-place finish in the 2019 LSU Tiger Golf Classic. The Jaguars shot a combined 304 (+16), the third-lowest round of the day, Sunday at the University Club.
 
Sophomores Caroline Berge and Julie Hovland paced the team with 2-over-par 74s in the final round.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): 2019 LSU Tiger Golf Classic (LSU)
Dates: March 29-31 (Friday-Sunday)
Format: 54 holes (18/18/18)
Start Time: 8:30 a.m.  
Course: University Club (par 72, 6,247 yds)
Live Scoring
 
TEAM SCORES
1) Campbell 291-299-306—896 (+32); 2) LSU 301-309-292—902 (+38); 3) Old Dominion 301-301-306—908 (+44); T4) Texas-San Antonio 299-295-318—912 (+48); T4) TCU 294-316-302—912 (+48); 6) South Alabama 299-316-304—919 (+55); 7) Chattanooga 306-306-315—927 (+63); 8) Mercer 305-311-317—933 (+69); 9) Tulane 319-309-322—950 (+86); 10) Kansas 306-309-336—951 (+87)
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) Ana Gonzalez, Texas-San Antonio, 72-71-77—220 (+4); 2) Stacey White, Campbell, 72-78-71—221 (+5); 3) Kendall Griffin, LSU, 72-77-73—222 (+6); T4) Sabrina Iqbal, TCU, 69-75-79—223 (+7); T4) Abigail Portyrata, Old Dominion, 75-73-75—223 (+7); T6) Emily Hawkins, Campbell, 69-76-79—224 (+8); T6) Jana Melichova, Old Dominion, 76-74-74—224 (+8); T6) Presley Baggett, LSU, 77-75-72—224 (+8); 9) Annika Clark, TCU, 74-79-72—225 (+9); T10) Anna Svanka, Campbell, 78-69-79—226 (+10); T10) Julie Houston, Texas-San Antonio, 74-73-79—226 (+10); T10) **Carol Pyon, Mercer, 73-73-80—226 (+10)
 
**Competing as an individual
 
SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T15) Siti Shaari, 72-80-78—230 (+14); T24) Julie Hovland, 85-73-74—232 (+16); T24) Caroline Berge, 76-82-74—232 (+16); T33) MacKenzie Peyton, 75-81-78—234 (+18); 49) Lexi Worrell, 76-83-85—244 (+28); 58) **Nele Mattner, 88-89-87—264 (+48)
 
**Competing as an individual
 
TEE SHOTS
-Hovland tied for fifth overall in par-5 scoring with a 4.92 (-1) average and ranked in the top 20 on par-3 holes (3.17, +2). She carded two birdies on the front nine in the final round.
-Berge's 74 (+2) Sunday was her best round of the weekend. She led the Jaguars and was among the top 10 individually with a 4.27 (+8) par-4 scoring average.
-Siti Shaari held top-20 averages on par-3 (3.08, +1) and par-5 (5.17, +2) holes. The sophomore led the team and tied for fifth in the field with 35 holes played at even-par.
-Senior MacKenzie Peyton was even on par-5 scoring and played 34 holes at even-par, a count which tied her with teammate Berge for seventh individually.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Matt Luther 
 
On today's final round… "The course played even harder today. The wind switched. It was freezing cold. It was raining for awhile. We just hung in there and battled. We were ready for it and managed it pretty well. Nobody gave up and we moved up the leaderboard."
 
On Berge and Hovland's performances: "Berge played a super steady round today and the whole tournament. Hovland did as well. She shot 2-under-par on the front nine and I don't think it could've been played any better. Today was a great day for those two, especially."
 
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