Results

ST. AUGUSTINE – The Flagler College women's golf team shot a 306 today and climbed to a second place finish with a 622 at the 10th annual Flagler Fall Slam which came to a close Tuesday (Oct. 23) afternoon at the Marsh Creek Country Club (par: 72; 6,062 yards).

Barry University tied the Flagler Fall slam record it set Oct. 27-28, 2008 with a 36-hole tally of 603. Its first round 296 yesterday was the low round of the tournament since it was moved to Marsh Creek in 2010. The Buccaneers led the 18-team field by 19 strokes.

Jenna Birch made a move from fifth place at the end of yesterday to capture medalist honors. She tied for the low round of the tournament, at Marsh Creek, with a 2-under par 70 this afternoon which broke the previous record of 72 set by Heather Petronis of Saint Leo University Oct. 25, 2010. Birch finished with a 1-over 145 to top the 91-woman field. Nancy Vergara of Barry University finished one-shot back with a 146. Emee Herbert of Tusculum College finished third with a 4-over 148 and Nicole Ferre of Barry placed fourth with a 5-over 149. Herbert tied Birch's single-round record of 70 in the final round. Lauren Petty of Saint Leo rounded out the top five with a 7-over 151. 

Marie Santacroce had her third top 10 finish of the fall season with a sixth place finish after shooting an 8-over 152. Megan McCracken tied for 17th place with a 12-over 156 and shot the lowest round of and Flagler player with a 2-over 74 today. Nicole Keyser and Stephanie Tucker tied for 19th place with each carding a 13-over 157. Olivia Ferrer shot a 20-over 164.

Marissa Marinan shaved four strokes off of yesterday's tally and shot a 77 and finished in a tie for 22nd place with a 14-over 158. Danielle Welker finished in a tie for 42nd place in her first collegiate tournament. She shot a 19-over 163. Laura Weaver finished in a tie for 71st place with a 30-over 174. Kelsey Hughes rounded out the Flagler contingent with a 35-over 179.

This wrapped up the fall season for the Saints and they will look forward to opening the spring slate Feb. 10-11 with the World Golf Invitational which will be held at the Slammer & Squire Course.


Flagler Fall Slam (Final Round)
Oct. 22-23, 2012
Marsh Creek CC – St. Augustine, Fla.
Par: 72  Yards: 6062

Team scores
1) Barry 296-307=603
2) Flagler 316-306=622
3) Tusculum 311-312=623
4) Seminole State (Fla.) 319-305=624
5) Armstrong 319-308=627
t6) Mount Olive 316-315=631
t6) Saint Leo 315-316=631
t8) Columbus State 319-317=636
t8) Lander 321-315=636
10) Queens of Charlotte 318-320=638
11) Carson-Newman 324-317=641
12) Catawba 325-331=656
13) North Georgia 341-322=663
14) Flagler “B” 346-328=674
15) Anderson (S.C.) 342-334=676
16) West Georgia 352-336=688
17) Thomas (Ga.) 348-344=692
18) Eckerd 385-359=744

Top 10 individuals
1) Jenna Birch (AASU) 75-70=145 (+1)
2) Nancy Vergara (BU) 72-74=146 (+2)
3) Emee Herbert (TC) 78-70=148 (+4)
4) Nicole Ferre (BU) 71-78=149 (+5)
5) Lauren Petty (SLU) 74-77=151 (+7)
t6) Emilie Andersson (MOC) 73-79=152 (+8)
t6) Chanya Angwarawong (SSC) 80-72=152 (+8)
t6) Danielle Baiunco (C-N) 76-76=152 (+8)
t6) Victoria Choi (SSC) 78-74=152 (+8)
t6) Marie Santacroce (FC) 76-76=152 (+8)

Flagler scorers:
t6) Marie Santacroce 76-76=152 (+8)
t17) Megan McCracken 82-74=156 (+12)
t19) Nicole Keyser 80-77=157 (+13)   
t19) Stephanie Tucker 78-79=157 (+13)
t22) *Marissa Marinan 81-77=158 (+14)
t42) *Danielle Welker 84-79=163 (+19)
t49) Olivia Ferrer 84-80=164 (+20)
t71) *Laura Weaver 85-89=174 (+30)
81) *Kelsey Hughes 96-83=179 (+35)

*-played on “B” team