JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three Jaguars—Caroline Berge, Siti Shaari and Lexi Worrell—shot their lowest tournament totals of the season to help the University of South Alabama women's golf team to a fifth-place finish in the UNF Collegiate Tuesday with a combined three-round score of 891 (+27).
Shaari earned her third top-10 finish of the year with a 1-over-par 217 total, while Berge picked up a top-20 finish after carding 221 (+5) in the event.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): 2019 UNF Collegiate (North Florida)
Dates: March 4-5 (Monday-Tuesday)
Format: 54 holes (36/18)
Start Time: 8:30 a.m.
Course: Jacksonville Golf & Country Club (par 72, 5,926 yds)
Live Results
TEAM SCORES
1) North Florida 284-293-294—871 (+7); 2) Mercer 287-289-298—874 (+10); 3) Delaware 283-286-306—875 (+11); 4) Sam Houston State 292-293-296—881 (+17); 5) South Alabama 294-292-305—891 (+27); 6) Chattanooga 297-295-300—892 (+28); 7) Western Kentucky 303-292-301—896 (+32); T8) Murray State 296-299-302—897 (+33); T8) Eastern Kentucky 296-288-313—897 (+33); T10) Georgia Southern 299-295-305—899 (+35); T10) Jacksonville State 295-299-305—899 (+35); 12) Southern Miss 292-301-310—903 (+39); T13) Cincinnati 304-296-304—904 (+40); T13) Stetson 301-298-305—904 (+40); 15) Charleston Southern 305-299-312—916 (+52); 16) UAB 304-304-309—917 (+53); 17) Daytona State 308-297-314—919 (+55)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
T1) Hanna Alberto, Sam Houston State, 69-69-71—209 (-7); 2) Teresa Conroy, North Florida, 70-69-71—210 (-6); 3) Ariane Klotz, Delaware, 67-71-74—212 (-4); 4) Thitaree Sakulbunpanich, Delaware, 68-70-75—213 (-3); 5) Karina Kukkonen, Mercer, 69-72-73—214 (-2); 6) Elsa Moberly, Eastern Kentucky, 72-71-72—215 (-1); 7) Siti Shaari, South Alabama, 71-71-75—217 (+1); T8) Lissette Davalos, North Florida, 72-73-73—218 (+2); T8) Lauren Lightfritz, Mercer, 73-70-75—218 (+2); T10) Mary Janiga, Mercer, 72-73-74—219 (+3); T10) Ellen Hume, Charleston Southern, 77-72-70—219 (+3)
SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
7) Siti Shaari, 71-71-75—217 (+1); T18) Caroline Berge, 73-73-75—221 (+5); T31) Lexi Worrell, 76-72-77—225 (+9); T49) Julie Hovland, 75-76-78—229 (13); T66) MacKenzie Peyton, 75-77-80—232 (+16); 86) **Nele Mattner, 77-89-84—250 (+34)
**Competing as an individual
TEE SHOTS
-Shaari was among the top 10 in par-3 (3.00, E) and par-5 (4.75, -3) scoring and held the best par-4 average on the team (4.13, +4). The Subungjaya, Malaysia native carded nine birdies to tie for sixth overall.
-Berge's 2.75 (-3) par-3 average tied for second individually in the field of 88. She led the Jaguars with 38 holes played at even-par and recorded one of the tournament's six eagles, a hole in one during Monday's second round.
-Worrell recorded her best three-round score of the season, a 9-over-par 225, and was among the top 10 individually in par-3 scoring (3.00, E). The senior carded three birdies Tuesday and played 35 holes at even-par over two days.
-MacKenzie Peyton and Julie Hovland were even on par-5 holes. Hovland, who was third in the Sun Belt entering the tournament, averaged 3.08 (+1) on par-3s.
-South Alabama tied for second in the 17-team field with a 4.95 (-3) scoring average on par-5s. The Jaguars also ranked among the top 5 in par-3 scoring (3.08, +5) and holes played at even-par (177).
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Matt Luther
On the final round: "It was tough. It was cold and windy. We played okay. It was one of those days where it takes a lot of toughness. We're getting tougher, but not enough to play the way we needed to play today to win."
On season-best efforts from Berge, Shaari and Worrell: "It's good to see them coming along. It's good to get some help from the bottom of our lineup. We are gaining on it. Everybody is coming along and I'm proud of the way those three played this week."
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