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McIlvaine Ties for Sixth, Women’s Golf Finishes Seventh at Advance Golf Partners Collegiate

PALM CITY, Fla. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's golf team finished seventh on Tuesday at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate in Palm City, Florida, hosted by UNCG.

PALM CITY, Fla. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's golf team finished seventh on Tuesday at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate in Palm City, Florida, hosted by UNCG.

Sophomore Kasey McIlvaine led the Spartans and tied for sixth on the player leaderboard at one-over-par (217) after posting rounds of 73-69-75 on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

TEAM

  • The Spartans, who finished 23-over-par (887), placed seventh, two strokes shy of Arkansas State (885) and 12 ahead of Morehead State (899).
  • Virginia Tech won the team title at 22-under-par (842), 36 strokes clear of second-place Little Rock (878).
  • The only other Southern Conference (SoCon) foe in the field, East Tennessee State (ETSU), finished in third at 17-over-par (881) after posting rounds of 291-298-292.
  • UNCG ended the event with the fourth-most birdies at 33. Virginia Tech led with 54.
  • The Spartans finished sixth with 173 pars.

 
INDIVIDUAL

  • McIlvaine tied for sixth and paced the Spartans at one-over-par (217) with rounds of 73-69-75. She recorded the team's only eagle at the event on Monday and led the team with a 3.93 stroke average on par fours as well as 40 pars.
  • Freshman Lulu Leetham finished second on the team and tied for 28th at seven-over-par (223) after shooting a 75-76-72.
  • Sophomore Elle Burnette was third for UNCG at nine-over-par (225). She posted rounds of 73-78-74.
  • Competing as an individual, junior Julia Baeumken tied with Burnette for 37th at nine-over-par (225) after shooting a 76 on Sunday, 73 on Monday and another 76 on Tuesday.
  • Freshman Sophie Lauture tied for 46th at 11-over-par (227) with rounds of 77-75-75. She led the Spartans with eight birdies.
  • Senior Grace Holcomb finished fifth on the Spartans and tied for 51st at 12-over-par (228) after shooting rounds of 75-75-78.

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The Spartans will return home before travelling to Greensboro, Georgia, to compete in the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational, hosted by Mercer from Feb. 21-23 at Great Waters Course.
 

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