April 2, 2013
PINEHURST, NC-- Old Dominion University senior golfer Samantha Morrell (North Kingstown, RI. ) fired a 74 in today's final round and finish with a54-hole score of 223 and tie for third at the 15th annual Pinehurst Women's Golf Challenge at the No. 6 course.
As a team, the Lady Monarchs finished sixth with a 919 score for 54 holes. The University of Richmond won the event at 899.
Morrell finished just four strokes back of tournament champion Caroline Lovette of Richmond who finished at 219 after shooting (76-71-72=219) Harin Lee of St. John's was second at 221 and Morrell tied Jessica Welch of Jacksonville for third at 223.
Morrell was fourth in par three scoring at 3.00 and finished the event with 37 total pars which was fourth best in the tournament. Kimberley Bradbury (Derbyshire, England) was fourth in the event in par 5 scoring at 4.75 and freshman Charlotte Hindmoor (Darlington, England) was ninth in total birdies with seven.
In five of her last six events, Morrell has finished second at Xavier, fifth at Campbell, fourth at JMU, first at the Bison Invitational and now third at Pinehurst.
As a team, ODU led the tournament in par five scoring at 4.87 and was fifth in total birdies with 26. Gemma Fuster (Barcelona, Spain) tied for 31st, at 233, Elizabeth Haycock and Charlotte Hindmoor tied for 42nd at 235.
Up next for the Lady Monarchs is the UNCW Seahawk Classic, April 6 and 7th.
Pinehurst ChallengeRound: 3- Final ResultsPar-Yardage: 72-5983- Course No. 6 School Scores (19 Teams)1 Richmond, U. of 296 298 305 899 +352 Charleston, Coll. of 294 303 306 903 +393 Penn State Univ. 300 303 301 904 +404 Samford University 312 301 303 916 +525 Morehead State - KY 312 301 304 917 +536 Old Dominion Univ. 299 303 317 919 +557 James Madison Univ. 306 309 305 920 +568 Rollins 306 297 319 922 +589 North Florida, U. of 313 311 307 931 +6710 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 312 310 311 933 +6911 Jacksonville Univ. 310 313 313 936 +7212 Charleston Southern 304 315 319 938 +74St. John's Univ. 300 328 310 938 +7414 Delaware, Univ. of 312 315 325 952 +8815 Illinois State Univ. 310 323 323 956 +9216 Tennessee Tech U. 316 315 329 960 +9617 Wichita State Univ. 324 311 327 962 +9818 Dartmouth College 324 314 332 970 +10619 Boston University 333 331 325 989 +125
6 Old Dominion Univ. 299 303 317 919T 3 Samantha Morrell 73 76 74 223T 31 Gemma Fuster 75 77 81 233T 42 Elizabeth Haycock 76 76 83 235T 42 Charlotte Hindmoor 76 74 85 235T 47 Kimberley Bradbury 75 83 79 237