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Sanchez Wins UNF Collegiate To Lead Gamecock Women
3/8/2022 4:52:00 PM | Women's Golf
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sophomore Berta Sanchez fired a final-round 68 on Tuesday at the UNF Collegiate, earning her second career win and leading the Jacksonville State women's golf team to a sixth-place finish.
Sanchez, a native of Barcelona, Spain, finished the 54-hole event with a 6-under 210 on the par-72, 5,926-yard Jacksonville Golf and Country Club. She tied Furman's Anna Morgan for medalist honors in the 90-player field and earns her first win since the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Championship.
Sanchez made five birdies in her final round and 13 during the three-round tournament, the most in the field, while shooting 2-under on the course's par-four holes. The final-round 68 came after she shot rounds of 69 and 73 in the first two rounds on Monday. She led the Gamecocks to a 54-hole score of 886, tying Penn State for sixth in the 17-team field. Host North Florida won the tournament with a 1-over 865.
Junior Claire Vermette tied for 26th for JSU with a 36-hole score of 223. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native carded a final-round 78 after shooting a first-round 72 and second-round 73 on Monday. She made 37 pars in 54 holes, ninth-best in the field.
Senior Valentina Curet shot her second-straight round of 74 on Tuesday after opening play with a morning 77 on Monday. The native of Santiago Del Estero, Argentina, tied for 33rd in the field with a 9-over 225 and made three birdies on Tuesday.
Senior Ana Perez Altuna turned in her best score of the tournament on Tuesday with a final-round 74. The native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, shot a 231 dfor the tournament to tie for 60th. Freshman Paula Perez Cubinas tied for 73rd after a final-round 78 capped a total score of 235.
The Gamecocks will return to the links on March 21, when they begin play in the Kennesaw State Pinetree Intercollegiate at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Ga.
Sanchez, a native of Barcelona, Spain, finished the 54-hole event with a 6-under 210 on the par-72, 5,926-yard Jacksonville Golf and Country Club. She tied Furman's Anna Morgan for medalist honors in the 90-player field and earns her first win since the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Championship.
Sanchez made five birdies in her final round and 13 during the three-round tournament, the most in the field, while shooting 2-under on the course's par-four holes. The final-round 68 came after she shot rounds of 69 and 73 in the first two rounds on Monday. She led the Gamecocks to a 54-hole score of 886, tying Penn State for sixth in the 17-team field. Host North Florida won the tournament with a 1-over 865.
Junior Claire Vermette tied for 26th for JSU with a 36-hole score of 223. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native carded a final-round 78 after shooting a first-round 72 and second-round 73 on Monday. She made 37 pars in 54 holes, ninth-best in the field.
Senior Valentina Curet shot her second-straight round of 74 on Tuesday after opening play with a morning 77 on Monday. The native of Santiago Del Estero, Argentina, tied for 33rd in the field with a 9-over 225 and made three birdies on Tuesday.
Senior Ana Perez Altuna turned in her best score of the tournament on Tuesday with a final-round 74. The native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, shot a 231 dfor the tournament to tie for 60th. Freshman Paula Perez Cubinas tied for 73rd after a final-round 78 capped a total score of 235.
The Gamecocks will return to the links on March 21, when they begin play in the Kennesaw State Pinetree Intercollegiate at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Ga.
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