March 16, 2013
LAS VEGAS, NV-- Lady Monarch senior Samantha Morrell (North Kingstown, RI.) fired a final round 69 to win medalist honors in the second annual Bucknell Spring Break Tournament at the Paiute Snow Mountain Course. As a team, ODU finished second after shooting at 297 in the final round for a 36-hole score of 601.
Morrell's 144 total gave her a two-shot win over Nova Southeastern's Linnea Johansson. In her last four matches, including the last two of the Fall season, Morrell has now finished second (LPGA Xavier), fifth (Campbell) and fourth (JMU),and now a first place.
Lady Monarch junior Elizabeth Haycock (Birmingham,England) shot 77-74-151 to tie for seventh, followed by freshman Kimberley Bradbury (DerbyShire, England) was19th with a 77-78=155.
Nova Southeastern, from Fort Lauderdale, FL., placed all five players in the top 10 in the individual standings and won the team title over the runner-up Lady Monarchs. Nova compiled a 2-over-par 290 on Friday for a 36-hole total of 586, 15 shots better than ODU's 601.
Southern Utah finished third at 615, followed by Southern Illinois (616), Boise State (622), Northern Illinois (624), Youngstown State (624(, Radford (628), Bucknell (635), Creighton (641), Western Illinois (659), North Dakota (666) and Idaho State (681).
Bison Invitationl in VegasSnow Mountain course - PaiuteFINAL RESULTSPar-Yardage: 72-6004
Final Teams Scores1 Nova Southeastern U. 296 290 5862 Old Dominion Univ. 304 297 6013 Southern Utah Univ. 306 309 6154 Southern Illinois U. 307 309 6165 Boise State Univ. 314 308 6226 Northern Illinois U. 320 304 624Youngstown State 312 312 6248 Radford University 309 319 6289 Bucknell University 318 317 63510 Creighton University 324 317 64111 Western Illinois U. 323 336 65912 North Dakota, U. of 330 336 66613 Idaho State Univ. 336 345 681
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS1 Samantha Morrell ODU 75 69 1442 Linnea Johansson Nova SE 74 72 146
Old Dominion Golfers1 Samantha Morrell 75 69 144T 7 Elizabeth Haycock 77 74 151T 15 Charlotte Hindmoor 78 76 15419 Kimberley Bradbury 77 78 155T 30 Gemma Fuster 75 83 158