MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Old Dominion women’s golf team captured second place at the Golfweek Program Challenge out of 18 teams after collectively shooting a 292 on the third and final day of the event. Overall, the Lady Monarchs shot 287, 302 and 292 (+29).
Freshman Charlotte De Corte impressed for ODU, finishing sixth out of 90 golfers after shooting 68, 76, 72 (+3). The Lady Monarch freshman also finished fourth in par five scoring at 4.67 (-4) and had 10 birdies and 35 pars.
Maggie Simmermacher, who earned C-USA Freshman of the year a season ago, tied for 9th place and also had 10 birdies. Katerina Vlasinova finished in 19th place for ODU.
The Lady Monarch golfers, as a team, finished first in par five scoring at 4.98 (-1) and also had the most birdies of any team with 41.
Campbell escaped with the team title after shooting 294, 287, 288 (+17) over the three-day event, and the Camels’ Nadine White clinched the individual tournament crown.
ODU will be back in action Sept. 28-29 at the Lady Pirate Invitational in Greenville, N.C.
TEAM RESULTS
Golfweek Program Challenge
Par 71 Yardage: 6002
True Blue Golf Plantation Course, Myrtle Beach, SC.
1. Campbell 294, 287, 288 (+17)
2. Old Dominion 287, 302, 292 (+29)
3. Elon 297, 302, 283 (+30)
4. Morehead State 290, 298, 299 (+35)
5. Gardner-Webb 297, 303, 293 (+41)
6. Mercer 293, 299, 302 (+42)
7. Stetson 291, 309, 298 (+46)
8. James Madison 308, 302, 297 (+55)
9. Jacksonville 299, 312, 297 (+56)
10. Houston Baptist 306, 316, 294 (+64)
11. Tennessee Tech 306, 306, 305 (+65)
12. Marshall 315, 302, 304 (+69)
13. Jacksonville State 303, 315, 309 (+75)
14. Austin Peay State 309, 311, 313 (+81)
15. Radford 313, 318, 323 (+102)
16. Bethune-Cookman 322, 322, 314 (+106)
17. Valparaiso 320, 320, 328 (+116)
18. IUPUI 323, 334, 317 (+122)
ODU GOLFERS
6. Charlotte De Corte 68, 76, 72 (+3)
T9. Maggie Simmermacher 75, 75, 69 (+6)
19. Katerina Vlasinova 72, 76, 75 (+10)
T23. Rachel Walker 72, 75, 79 (+13)
T45. Sana Tufail 75, 81, 76 (+19)