Sunday, March 31
Stockbridge, GA
Jacksonville State University
at
John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate
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Vega Finishes Second to Lead JSU Women at John Kirk
4/2/2019 8:35:00 PM | Women's Golf
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. – Jacksonville State senior Paula Vega finished second and led the Jacksonville State women's golf team to a sixth-place finish at the Georgia State John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate.
Vega, a native of Medellin, Colombia, shot a final-round 74 on the par-72, 6,043-yard Eagle's Landing Country Club on Tuesday, finishing one shot back of medalist Natalia Villavicencio of South Florida. She finished ahead of 88 players in the 90-person field.
The Gamecocks finished sixth out of 16 teams, carding a final-round 308 on Tuesday to finish off a 54-hole score of 916. South Florida won the event with an 890, 22 shots better than a second-place tie between Florida Gulf Coast and Murray State. JSU finished just four shots out of second place.
Vega claims the second-best finish of her career with the runner-up trophy. She won the Chris Banister Golf Classic earlier this season. The 54-hole total of 219 for Vega drops her season scoring average to 73.83, second-lowest among all OVC golfers and on pace to be the second-lowest single-season average in school history.
On Tuesday, she overcame three bogeys in her first six holes and played the final 12 at 1-under. A birdie on No. 2, her 17th hole of the day, to grab the runner-up finish. A consistent week across the course, Vega finished in the top six in the field in scoring on each the par-three, -four and -five holes.
Sophomore Ana Perez Altuna also finished in the top 10 for the Gamecocks, tying for 10th place with a three-day score of 226. The native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, finished the event with a Tuesday 76, thanks to a pair of birdies on the back nine.
Sophomore Valentina Curet shot 80 in Tuesday to cap a 237 and tie for 41st, while freshman Claire Vermette and junior Javiera Espinosa tied for 44th with scores of 239.
The tournament was the final tune up before the Ohio Valley Conference Championship, which will be held April 15-17 at the Schoolmaster Course on Robert Trent Jones Golf Trails' The Shoals property.
Vega, a native of Medellin, Colombia, shot a final-round 74 on the par-72, 6,043-yard Eagle's Landing Country Club on Tuesday, finishing one shot back of medalist Natalia Villavicencio of South Florida. She finished ahead of 88 players in the 90-person field.
The Gamecocks finished sixth out of 16 teams, carding a final-round 308 on Tuesday to finish off a 54-hole score of 916. South Florida won the event with an 890, 22 shots better than a second-place tie between Florida Gulf Coast and Murray State. JSU finished just four shots out of second place.
Vega claims the second-best finish of her career with the runner-up trophy. She won the Chris Banister Golf Classic earlier this season. The 54-hole total of 219 for Vega drops her season scoring average to 73.83, second-lowest among all OVC golfers and on pace to be the second-lowest single-season average in school history.
On Tuesday, she overcame three bogeys in her first six holes and played the final 12 at 1-under. A birdie on No. 2, her 17th hole of the day, to grab the runner-up finish. A consistent week across the course, Vega finished in the top six in the field in scoring on each the par-three, -four and -five holes.
Sophomore Ana Perez Altuna also finished in the top 10 for the Gamecocks, tying for 10th place with a three-day score of 226. The native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, finished the event with a Tuesday 76, thanks to a pair of birdies on the back nine.
Sophomore Valentina Curet shot 80 in Tuesday to cap a 237 and tie for 41st, while freshman Claire Vermette and junior Javiera Espinosa tied for 44th with scores of 239.
The tournament was the final tune up before the Ohio Valley Conference Championship, which will be held April 15-17 at the Schoolmaster Course on Robert Trent Jones Golf Trails' The Shoals property.
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