Oct. 14, 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, FL-- ODU senior Samantha Morrell (North Kingstown, RI>) stayed consistent for 54 holes to help lead the Lady Monarchs to the LPGA Xavier Invitational Title by six strokes. ODU shot a tournament best 304 in the final round to beat out Florida Gulf Coast University.
Morrell shot 75-75-75=225 to finish second one stroke behind Lacey Fears of Mercer,while junior Elizabeth Haycock (Birmingham, England) went 77-76-76=229 to finish fifth just five strokes back.
Junior Kimberley Bradbury (DerbyShire, England) tied for 13 after shooting 76 in the final round to finish at 234. Fellow junior Gemma Fuster (Barcelona, Spain) tied for 23rd and freshman Lauren Eklund (Charlottesville, VA.) tied for 35th.
Morrell, a three-time All-Conference selection led the tournament in par four scoring at 4.07 (plus 2), while Haycock was fourth at 4.20 (plus 6). Morrell tiedfor the lead with eight birdies with Gemma Fuster tied for seventh with six. Haycock was second in the tournament with 38 pars.
As a team, ODU led the event in par four scoring at 4.34 (plus 51) and in par fivescoring at 5.18 (plus 11). The lady Monarchs had 152 total pars which ranked second.
Thus far this season, ODU has taken second at Towson, third at Penn State and East Carolina's tournaments. ODU competes in the Fighting Camels Fall Classic Oct. 22 and 23.
LPGA xavier InvitationalLPGA International course, Daytona Beach, FL.FINAL RESULTS * IndividualPar-Yardage: 72-6178Teams Scores1 Old Dominion Univ. 312 308 304 9242 Florida Gulf Coast U 310 308 312 9303 Mercer University 312 316 311 9394 Xavier University 311 325 307 9435 North Florida, U. of 317 316 312 945Daytona St. College 316 321 308 9457 Stetson University 320 311 315 946McNeese State Univ. 318 314 314 9469 Bethune-Cookman Univ 315 317 319 95110 ULM 324 317 314 95511 UAB 329 337 318 98412 South Dakota State U 341 339 331 101113 North Dakota, U. of 354 347 338 103914 Northern Kentucky U. 347 359 342 1048
1 Old Dominion Univ. 312 308 304 9242 Samantha Morrell 75 75 75 2255 Elizabeth Haycock 77 76 76 229T 13 Kimberley Bradbury 81 77 76 234T 23 Gemma Fuster 79 80 78 237T 35 Lauren Eklund 82 85 77 244