Lander Claims first PBC Women’s Golf Championship!
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. – Led
by Teresa Caballer Hernani's
second-place finish, the second-year Lander women's golf team won
the two-day, two-round Peach Belt Conference Tournament
championship hosted by Columbus State University Sunday afternoon
at the par-71, 5,849-yard Callaway Garden's Lake View
Course.
The No. 18-ranked Lady Bearcats carded a two-round total
of 307-304=611 and won the tournament by nine strokes over
second-place Armstrong Atlantic. Flagler College finished third
with 623 and was followed by: 4. UNC Pembroke 624, 5. Columbus
State 644, 6. Montevallo 666, 7. North Georgia 676, and 8. Young
Harris 810. The Lady Bearcats must now wait to see if they will
earn a berth into the national tournament.
Hernani, the reigning PBC Player of the Year and Freshman
of the Year, finished second overall with a 72-76=148, one stroke
behind UNC Pembroke's Meghan Moore (72-75=147). Moore was
named the Individual Medalist for the first time in her career
after finishing in the top five in each of the past two
championships.
Flagler’s Nicole Keyser finished third overall after
a final round 74 to jump two places after shooting a 75 in the
opening round. Lander’s Michelle Reyes finished in a
tie with Keyser after shooting 73 on Sunday, the low round of the
day. Armstrong’s Kristen Sammarco and Jenna Birch each
shot 150 in their two rounds to tie for fifth. The top five
players were all named to the All-Tournament team.
Lander's Rachel
Uremovich (81-78) finished tied for 11th
and Valentina
Bueno (83-77)
and Mariana
Martins (78-82) tied for 15th with
160.