Landfall Tradition Final Round Results
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Junior
Lyberty Anderson and freshman
My Nguyen each shot a one-under-par 71 as UNCW closed out its fall schedule with a 17th place showing at the 15th annual Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall on Sunday afternoon.
The Seahawks, who matched their season low by shooting a 296 team score, finished the tournament with a 920 team score. South Carolina was declared the team champion after winning a tiebreaker against Wake Forest after both teams finished with identical 859 team scores.
Sophomore
Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest, the top-ranked player in GolfStat's Division I women's golf rankings, earned the individual title after setting a tournament record with a 207 three-round score, including a four-under-par 68 in the final round.
"I am very proud with how the team responded and bounced back today after a disappointing second round," UNCW Coach
Cindy Ho said. "We posted the eighth-best score [of the day] and it showed the character of our team to fight and not give up.
"Even though we fell a few shots short of moving up, I wanted us to have something positive to build upon going into the offseason," Ho continued. "We had two rounds that were competitive against a national championship field and one round that was terrible that took us too far down."
Anderson, who finished in a tie for 45th place, posted three birdies in the final round, including back-to-back birdies on the sixth and seventh holes. It was her fourth round of par or better this season.
Meanwhile, Nguyen recorded three birdies to record the first under-par round of her college career and finished in a tie for 60th place.
"It was great to see Lyberty and My fire under-par rounds today," Coach Ho said. "They played exceptionally well from tee and green."
Sophomore
Ellinoora Moisio fashioned a five-over-par score of 77 for the third straight round to earn a share of 67th place while juniors
Kayla Thompson and
Alaina Yeatts finished in 76th and 94th places, respectively.
Up Next for the Seahawks: UNCW will be idle until Feb. 5-7, when the Seahawks compete at the UCF Challenge.
UNCW Individual Results: T-45.
Lyberty Anderson 77-78-71=226; T-60.
My Nguyen 78-79-71=228; T-67.
Ellinoora Moisio 77-77-77=231; T-76.
Kayla Thompson 75-83-77=235; 94.
Alaina Yeatts 83-83-80=246.
Team Results: T-1. South Carolina* 297-282-280=859; T-1. Wake Forest 288-284-287=859; 3. Furman 296-284-286=866; 4. Purdue 291-289-292=872; 5. Oklahoma 284-295-298=877; 6. Alabama 293-296-292=877; T-7. Texas Tech 301-290-291=882; T-7. NC State 296-292-294=882; 9. UCF 293-296-297=886; 10. Iowa 297-293-297=886; 11. Virginia 300-297-298=895; 12. Notre Dame 303-293-302=898; 13. Clemson 303-294-305=902; 14. North Carolina 300-297-308=905; 15. Penn State 309-309-297=915; 16. Michigan State 308-305-304=917; 17. UNCW 307-217-296=920; 18. Brown 332-325-310=967.
Individual Leaders: 1. Jennifer Kupcho (Wake Forest) 73-66-68=207; 2. August Kim (Purdue) 72-68-70=210; T-3. India Clayburn (NC State) 72-71-68=211; T-3. Cheyenne Knight (Alabama) 70-70-71=211; T-5. Katelyn Dambaugh (South Carolina) 78-67-67=212; T-5. Sierra Sims (Wake Forest) 71-71-70=212; 7. Hannah Wood (Oklahoma) 69-73-71=213; T-8. Ainhoa Olarra (South Carolina) 73-70-71=214; T-8. Taylor Totland (Furman) 73-68-73=214; T-8. Ida Ayu Melati Putri (Purdue) 71-72-71=214.
