Oct. 13, 2009

Complete Results

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - The University of Maryland women's golf team shot 299 Tuesday afternoon in the final round of the Spider Invitational at Independence Golf Club to win the tournament for the third straight year.

Led by junior Kerri Connolly's even-par 72 final round, the Terps erased a one-stroke deficit to Longwood to win by seven strokes. The Team shot 11 over par, overall.

Connolly finished 3 over par for the tournament and finished in third place, only one stroke shy of first. Defending medalist Jessica Hollandsworth finished sixth, shooting 4 over par on the day and 5 over par for the tournament.

Freshman Christine Shimel gave Maryland three top-10 finishers, carding a 3-over-par 75 on the day to finish 8 over par for the tournament. Freshman Hayley Brown shot 4 over par Tuesday and 10 over both days to complete Maryland's counted scores, finishing in a tie for 16th place. Sophomore Lauren Varnas shot a 7-over-par 79 both days to finish 14 over par and tie for 28th place.

Richmond's Caroline Lovette defeated Longwood's Kameron Carter on the first playoff hole to win individual medalist honors.

Maryland is back in action next week at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate, hosted by East Carolina.

TEAM SCORES

   1 Maryland, U. of          303  299    602   +26
   2 Longwood University      302  307    609   +33
   3 Pennsylvania, Univ       316  297    613   +37
   4 Penn State Univ.         318  297    615   +39
T  5 Marshall University      317  305    622   +46
T  5 Richmond, U. of          313  309    622   +46
   7 Old Dominion Univ.       318  315    633   +57
   8 Wofford College          320  314    634   +58
   9 Hampton University       320  316    636   +60
  10 Long Island U-Brklyn     330  316    646   +70
  11 High Point U.            329  320    649   +73
  12 Brown University         330  325    655   +79
  13 Cleveland State U.       327  329    656   +80
  14 Bucknell University      327  330    657   +81
  15 Towson University        332  326    658   +82 

MARYLAND SCORES

   3  Kerri Connolly        Maryland     75   72    147    +3
   6  Jessica Hollandsworth Maryland     73   76    149    +5
T 10  Christine Shimel      Maryland     77   75    152    +8
T 16  Hayley Brown          Maryland     78   76    154   +10
T 28  Lauren Varnas         Maryland     79   79    158   +14 

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