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You can call them the ‘Comeback Kids’ after the Murray State women’s golf team turned a four-shot deficit into a 12-shot win in the final round of the F&M Bank Austin Peay Intercollegiate at Clarksville Country Club in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Trailing Louisiana-Monroe 603 to 599 heading into the last 18 holes, the Racers carded the low round of any team in the event with a 290, while ULM had a 306.
The win for the Racers (299-304-290=893) marks their first in three fall events after also producing a second and third place finish.
MSU senior Linette posted her third-straight second-place finish when she battled ULM’s Jahaanvie Walia for the medalist title. Starting the day four shots back, Holmslykke made a good run with a 71, but came up one shot short of forcing a playoff. Holmslykke, who was leading the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring average coming into the week, carded scores of 72-75-71=218.
The Racers’ brilliant final round pushed four of their starting five into the top-10 including Jane Watts in third place on scores of 74-76-73=223 and Lucila Puente Rodriguez de Austria in seventh place on rounds of 74-76-73=223 and Raeysha Surendran who posted scored of 76-79-72=228 for a seventh place finish. Freshman Sarah McDowell contributed a 14th place finish on scores of 76-79-75=230.
MSU’s Anna Moore and Taylor Church played the tournament as individuals. Moore had her best showing of the fall with a sixth place finish on scores of 75-76-73=224. Church had scores of 83-77-75=235.
The Racers have won the APSU event four times. They also took the championship in 2003, 2010 and 2011.
Next up for the Racers is an appearance at the Fred Marx Invitational (Oct. 15-16) in Monroe, Louisiana at the Bayou Desiard Country Club.
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