Samford University
Day Two (Arkansas-Little Rock Tourney)
Women's Golf Finishes 11th At 2012 UALR Classic
3.27.12 | Women's Golf
March 27, 2012
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - The Samford University women's golf team turned in its best round of the Sixth Annual University of Arkansas-Little Rock Classic on Tuesday as the Bulldogs closed out the two-day competition with a third-round mark of 300 to finish 11th at the Diamante Country Club.
The 19-team UALR Classic featured seven squads ranked in the top-100 nationally by GolfStat.com, led by No. 31 Tulsa. The teams played 36 holes Monday and then closed out the 54-hole event with the final 18 holes Tuesday.
The highly-competitive field for the tournament consisted of Samford, UALR, Arkansas State, Ball State, Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, UMKC, Missouri State, North Texas, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, Oral Roberts, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, UTEP, Troy, Tulsa and Wichita State.
Samford finished the 2012 UALR Classic in 11th place Tuesday, just seven strokes out of the seventh position and only one stroke behind 10th-place Troy. The Bulldogs improved their score in each of the three rounds of the tournament and finished the two-day competition with a total team mark of 913 (309-304-300).
UTEP won the team title with a final score of 897 (304-300-293) and charged back in the third round of play to upend both second-place Tulsa (297-303-298) and third-place Middle Tennessee (299-302-298). Karisa Akin, of Middle Tennessee, earned Individual Medalist honors by posting a tournament-best score of 1-under-par 215 (74-70-71).
Individually, Samford was paced by sophomore Alex Jasper who posted a 54-hole score of 226 (74-79-73). She was followed by the Bulldogs' true freshman Emily Stallings (77-76-76=229), senior Sarah Butts (77-77-78=232) and Natalie Mitchell (81-76-75=232). Junior Anna Heim overcame a difficult first round to finish with a 54-hole mark of 233 (82-75-76).
The Samford University women's golf team will next be in action April 9-10 as the Bulldogs play host to a talented field of teams in the 2012 Samford Intercollegiate to be held at the Limestone Springs Golf Club in Oneonta, Ala.
Final Results - - 2012 UALR Classic
