Bluffton, S.C. – Western Carolina women's golf finished sixth at the spring season-opening Battle at Old South, dropping its fifth-place match to Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, 4 1/2 to 1 1/2.
Junior
Madison Isaacson won her second match of the weekend event on Sunday, downing Cincinnati's Angela Lopez for WCU's lone win in the finale. Isaacson and senior
Maya White led WCU following Friday's stroke-play portion of the event in a 12th-place tie with matching scores of 79. Sophomore
Victoria Ladd halved her Sunday match with Erin Evans.
Coastal Carolina downed event co-host Florida International on Sunday to win the team championship, relegating the Panthers to the runner-up. Charleston Southern finished third by defeating Jacksonville which placed fourth. Cincinnati earned fifth by downing WCU, with USC Beaufort finishing seventh following Saturday's matches.
Western Carolina returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 28 in the first of three rounds at the Kiawah Island Classic at the Cougar Point and Oak Point Golf Courses on Kiawah Island, S.C.
Match 8 (5th-place) – Cincinnati vs. Western Carolina - Cincinnati wins, 4 1/2 to 1 1/2
Vanessa
Manrique vs.
Maya White (WCU) -
Manrique wins, 2&1
Angela Lopez vs.
Madison Isaacson (WCU) -
Isaacson wins, 3&1
Sadie Pan vs.
Harper Gilreath (WCU) - Pan wins, 8&6
Paighton Masterson vs.
Cameron Wood (WCU) - Masterson wins, 5&4
Natalia
Sompolvorchia vs.
Vanessa Campos (WCU) -
Sompolvorchia wins, 2-up
Erin Evans vs.
Victoria Ladd (WCU) – Evans/Ladd halved
Final Results:
Champion - Coastal Carolina
Runner-Up - Florida International University
3rd Place - Charleston Southern
4th Place - Jacksonville
5th Place - Cincinnati
6th Place - Western Carolina
7th Place - USC Beaufort
