ABBEY WOMEN, QUEENS MEN CROWNED CONFERENCE CAROLINAS GOLF CHAMPIONS; ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS ANNOUNCED
-courtesy of host Belmont Abbey Sports Information
The Belmont Abbey women sucessfully defended its 2010 Conference
Carolinas Championship and the Queens men edged Coker by ten shots
to claim the men's title after three solid rounds of the 2011
Conference Carolinas men's and women's golf championships, which
was hosted by Belmont Abbey College at the par 72 Woodlake Resort,
Maples Course, in Vass, North Carolina.
In the women's championship, the Crusaders led wire-to-wire as they
led by 25 after the first round, 42 after the second and won by 54
strokes. Sophomore Melissa Siviter defended her 2010 individual
title with a seven shot victory. Four of the Abbey's five players
finished in the top five, including the top three spots. Siviter
won by seven strokes over Michelle Low with a three-day score of
222 (+6). Low posted a 229. Meagan Wallace was third at 232.
Pfeiffer's Angela Gimenez finished fourth with a score of 234.
Belmont Abbey's Rita Kim finished fifth with a 236.
Belmont Abbey wins its third Conference Championship in its
six-year history, and its second-straight.
Queens finished second with a 971, Pfeiffer was third (988). Mount
Olive (1009), Limestone (1074), Erskine (1076), Coker (1121) and
St. Andrews (1232) rounded out the field.
In the men's competition, the Royals led all three rounds and held
off a late Coker charge to claim the title. The Royals C.J. DeBerg
(+1) claimed individual honors after edging teammate Ryan Sevigny
by three shots. Diego Polo of Coker and Thomas Buchanan of
Lees-McRae were third. Buchanan fired the low round of the
tournament with a final round 69. He opened with a 78 and posted a
75 yesterday.
Coker and Queens fired final round scores of 296 as the Royals
finished with an 894, ten clear of the Cobras. Barton (910) was
third and Pfeiffer (913) was fourth. Belmont Abbey (919), Mount
Olive (931), Lees-McRae (932), Limestone (934), St. Andrews (934)
and Erskine (973) rounded out the field.
Women's All-Tournament Team
Natalie Mirra, Queens
Emelie Andersson, Mount Olive
Louise Sjoberg, Queens
Julia Wennerlund, Queens
Valentina Urquiola, Mount Olive
Rita Kim, Belmont Abbey
Angela Gimenez, Pfeiffer
Meagan Wallace, Belmont Abbey
Michelle Low, Belmont Abbey
Medalist:
Melissa Siviter Belmont Abbey
Team Champion
Belmont Abbey
Men's All Tournament Team
Jack McClelland, St. Andrews
Phillip Rogers, Limestone
Daniel Castleberry, Barton
Daniel Claytor, Barton
David Bainbridge, Queens
Peter Tarver Jones, Belmont Abbey
Tyson Louth, Pfeiffer
Jake Murphy, Coker
Diego Polo, Coker
Thomas Buchanan, Lees-McRae
Ryan Sevigny, Queens
Medalist
C.J. DeBerg, Queens
Team Champion
Queens
