Results
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – The Savannah College of Art and Design finished in 10th place Sunday (Feb. 7) at the Tusculum/Kiawah Island Women's Golf Intercollegiate Tournament.
The seventh-ranked Bees carded a final round of 336 on the par 72, 5,876-yard layout on the Cougar Point Golf Club to finish the 36-hole event with a 668 total. SCAD was one of seven ranked teams in the 16-team field.
Daytona State College carded a final round 296 to finish with a tally of 602 to win the eighth annual event. The Falcons, who are making their Kiawah Intercollegiate debut, won by six shots over No. 4-ranked Rollins College, as the Tars finished with 608. Two-time defending Kiawah champion and No. 3-ranked Florida Southern College finished third with 609, including a 295 in the final round.
Belmont Abbey College finished fourth with 616, led by tournament medalist Melissa Siviter, who edged Daytona State's Mitsuki Katahira, in a scorecard playoff as both finished with a one-over par 145 during the weekend. Siviter's birdie on the fifth-hole proved to be the deciding score in the playoff.
Andrea Perez was the top SCAD finisher as she came in a tie for 26th place at 161 after an 86 in the final round.
Katina Ruest was next in a tie for 36th at 165 after carding an 84.
Mary-Michael Burns finished at 169 and in a tie for 48th place after an 84.
Lovisa Emanuelsson had the low round of the day for the Bees with an 82 and finished in a tie for 56th with a score of 173.
Amelie Mogard fired a 90 and came in 76th place at 185.
SCAD returns to action Feb. 15 when they travel to Casa Grande, Ariz., for the Arizona Intercollegiate.