FINAL RESULTS
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - Sophomore
Lourdes Lopez Caballo shattered the tournament record on Tuesday to win the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate while guiding the Jacksonville State women's golf team to a second-place finish in a record-breaking event.
Trailing by two shots and in a tie for fifth after Monday's fist round, Lopez Caballo blistered the 6,008-yard, par-72 Links at Novadell for a six-under 66 to claim her first career win. The native of Cadiz, Spain, set school records for lowest 18-hole score and best 18 holes to par, while tying teammate
Lucia Fernandez Valdes' previous record for lowest 36-hole score with a 139.
The Gamecocks enjoyed a record-setting day as a team, as well, turning in a final round 289, which ties the 2010-11 Gamecocks' school record that was set at the Great Smokies Women's Collegiate. Their 36-hole 588 was the second best in program history, behind that same tournament from last season.
The Gamecocks' 289 broke the tournament record for low 18 holes but beat Murray State, who held a six-shot lead after Monday's opening round, by just two strokes. The second-best score in tourney history was enough for the Racers to hold off JSU and claim the team title.
Despite the record-breaking round, Lopez Caballo held off Murray State's Alexandra Lennartsson to win the individual title by one shot. Lennartson carded a four-under 68, two shots better than the previous tournament record to finish second, while the Racers' Morgan Cross fired a two-under 70 to finish third.
Fernandez-Valdes had JSU's second-best round of the day with a one-over 73, but the Cordoba, Argentina, native finished tied for 16th after an opening round 78 on Monday. Junior
Ornella Arrizon shot a 75 in Tuesday's round to go with the 75 she shot on Monday to finish tied for 13th with JSU senior
Astrid Parsson. Parsson carded a 77 in the final round to give her a 36-hole total of 150.
Junior
Luz Armijo-Fernandez turned in a 75 to wrap up her 36-hole 154, a score that tied her for 28th in the 64-player field.
The Gamecocks finished 11 shots better than third-place Eastern Kentucky, while host Austin Peay came in fourth with a 603. Belmont rounded out the top five in the 10-team tournament.
JSU will be back in action on Oct. 25-26, when the Gamecocks travel to Kiawah Island, S.C., for the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate.