The lady Governors started quick and finished strong at the Greenbrier Invitational earlier this week.
LEXINGTON, Kentucky—Despite a charge up the leaderboard from an Ohio Valley Conference foe, Austin Peay State University women’s golf held on for a runner-up finish at the Morehead State-hosted Greenbrier Invitational at Greenbrier Country Club, Tuesday.
The Govs runner-up finish is their best since Amy McCollum took over as head coach last spring. Austin Peay shot 936 (319-304-313) to fend off Belmont and UNC Asheville, both of whom shot 940. Cincinnati won the event at 907 (310-304-293), while host Morehead State rounded out the top-five at 955.
Freshman Taylor Dedmen’s final-round 73 gave her a share of fifth-place with a 229 (79-77-73) in just her second collegiate tournament. She’s the first Austin Peay freshman to earn a top-five finish since Taylor Goodley took third at the 2015 F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate as an individual and the first to earn back-to-back top-20s to open her career since Monica Storey in 2005.
Dedmen’s 73 was tied for Tuesday’s second-best round, behind only individual champion Rikke Svejgaard of Kentucky.
Freshman Shelby Darnell joined Goodley in the top-20 for this event; her final-round 79 placed her 14th with a 231 aggregate (77-75-79) but belied her tournament-best 4.75 par-5 stroke average and tournament-high eight birdies. Goodley checked in at 20th with a 237 (83-73-81).
Junior Meghann Stamps fell just outside the top-20, tying for 22nd with a 239 (80-79-80); she tied Dedmen for the team-high with 35 pars and equaled Darnell in par-3 scoring at 3.08/hole, second-lowest average in the tournament. Senior Reagan Greene rounded out the Austin Peay lineup with a 251 (86-81-84) to finish 33rd.
The Govs get back to work Monday at Jacksonville State’s Chris Banister Classic in Glencoe, Alabama. The two-day, 54-hole event will be held at Silver Lakes Golf Course.
Courtesy of APSU Athletics