HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC— Senior
Chelsea Dantonio finished 2
nd while teammate
Julie Reinertsen was tied for 12
th to lead the Winthrop women's golf team to a 7
th place finish at the Low Country Intercollegiate.
EVENT: Low Country Intercollegiate
DATE: Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019 (Final Round)
LOCATION: Moss Creek Golf Club
COURSE INFO: Par 72 (5,386 yards)
PLACE (WINTHROP): 7th (628/+52)
TOP FIVE TEAMS: Navy (+24), Bethune-Cookman (+28), Limestone (+30), Columbia (+34), Appalachian State (+50)
FINAL RESULTS
TAP-INS
- Winthrop finished seventh overall, a stroke back of sixth place and two back of fifth place
- Chelsea Dantonio birdied her 16th hole of the afternoon to get back to even par which is where she finished the round
- Dantonio's birdie pushed her into a solo second-place finish, just one shy behind medalist Yudika Rodriguez of Bethune-Cookman
- Rodriquez was the overall leader but Dantonio and South Carolina Beaufort's Vanessa Schloo were the only two golfers to fire 73 or better in both rounds
- Julie Reinertsen improved by two strokes from Saturday's opening round as she parred her final eight holes for a 75 (+3) to finish…
- The 75 is Reinertsen's lowest score over the last seven rounds
- Redshirt freshman Carleigh Greene played this week as an individual and fired a career-low 80, which bettered her 81 in the final round of the Terrier Intercollegiate back in October
- As a team the Eagles were 5th lowest in Par 4 scoring
- Dantonio tied for the lowest Par 4 scoring at 2-under with Navy's Christine McDonnell and she finished tied for 5th best in Par 3 scoring at even par
- Reinertsen finished tied for 6th in Par 4 scoring at +3 and finished Par 3 scoring at +2
WINTHROP RESULTS
LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop have one more tournament before the 2019 Big South Conference Championship Apr. 11-14. The Eagles will be back on the course Mar. 30 – Apr. 2 in Stockbridge, GA for the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate.
