Nov. 3, 2009
PINEHURST, NC-- ODU freshman Samantha Morrell (North Kingstown, RI.) shot 70 in the final round to finish tied for third at the Pinehurst Fall Challenge.
She finished just two strokes behind the medalist, Lucia Fernandez of JacksonvilleState. Morrell shot 76 in the first round,but today she and Kathy Boehm of Charleston had the lowest round of the tournament to finish at 146.
Morrell tied for third with Olivia Higins of Charleston Southern, Desiree Karlsson of Western Carolina and Kathy Boehm of Charleston.
As a team, ODU tied for eighth with Jacksonville State at 618. The Lady Monarchs shot 302 in the final round, which was 14 strokes better than the first round.
College of Charleston won the event with a 584, followed by Western Carolina at 592.Laura Holmes (Co. Mayo, Ireland) shot 78 today to finish at 154 for 27th, and Kristen Hagan (Charlotte, NC.) shot 75 to finish at 156 for 35th.
Morrell tied for fifth in Par 4 scoring at 4.10. She tied for fifth in total pars with 24 with teammate Kriten Hagan. As a team, ODU was seventh in par 4 scoringat 4.43 and was fifth in total pars with 105.
Pinehurst Fall ChallengeRound: 2FINAL RESULTS * IndividualPar-Yardage: 72-6004
Teams Scores1 Charleston, Coll. of 291 293 5842 Western Carolina U. 296 296 5923 Morehead State - KY 298 305 6034 Wichita State Univ. 307 300 6075 Eastern Kentucky 304 305 6096 Winthrop University 310 303 6137 Jacksonville Univ. 310 305 6158 Jacksonville St. 308 310 618Old Dominion Univ. 316 302 61810 Appalachian State U. 308 312 62011 Charleston Southern 321 304 62512 Radford University 322 313 63513 Creighton University 322 324 64614 Citadel, The 339 330 66915 South Carolina St. 343 332 675
ODU WOMEN'S GOLFERST 3 Samantha Morrell 76 70 14627 Laura Holmes 76 78 154T 35 Kristen Hagan 81 75 156T 62 Emma Gilmore 83 83 166T 66 Connie Farmer 88 79 167