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Eagles Take Fifth at 2010 A-Sun Championship
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – The FGCU women’s golf team concluded the 2009-10 campaign with a fifth place finish at the 2010 A-Sun Championship at the Venetian Bay Golf Club on Wednesday. All five FGCU participants placed in the top 30 overall, led by freshman Briana Carlson’s third place finish. The Blue and Green led the field of 10 after setting a first-round scoring record with a 6-over 294, breaking Campbell’s mark of 296 set in 2007. The Eagles fired consecutive rounds of 298 over the final two days, moving the five-member team total to 890 (294-298-298) and placing them fifth overall. Stetson shot the lowest team score in championship history to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference title with an 884 (306-292-286), the team’s second straight trophy. On the individual leaderboard, freshman Briana Carlson submitted the top score for FGCU with a 218 (72-73-73) which was good for third place. Seniors Jessica Paulmann (Sarasota, Fla.) and Amber Pedersen (St. Petersburg, Fla.) also scored inside the top 20 overall. Paulmann shot a three-round 225 (76-75-74) for a share of 13th, while Pedersen tied for 17th after turning in a 227 (74-77-76). Junior Katerina Toomalatai (Palm Coast, Fla.) recorded a three day total of 229 (72-79-78) putting her in a tie for 24th and fellow classmate Lina Elmsater (Solna, Sweden) took 27th with an aggregate 230 (82-73-75). ETSU's Lauren Jansone led wire-to-wire on her way to shooting a 3-under par total of 213, the second-best 54-hole score in conference history. She becomes only the fifth player in conference history to win the conference title multiple times, joining FIU’s Moira Dunn (1991-93), Campbell’s Mara Larrauri (1997-98), Georgia State’s Lisbeth Meincke (2003-05) and Campbell’s Alejandra Shaw (2006-07). The Eagles wrap up the 2009-10 season having placed in the top 10 at each of their nine competitions. The team opened the year with a second place finish at the Eagles Golf Invitational (9/21/09), where Carlson took top individual honors. The spring portion of the schedule saw the Eagles post top five finishes in four of their five competitions, highlighted by fourth places at the 18-team UC Women’s Spring Invitational (3/26/10) and the 10-team Canes and Cardinal Classic (4/5/10). The 2010 A-Sun Championship was the final collegiate tournament for the senior duo of Pederson and Paulmann. With an average score of 77.5 on the year, Pedersen’s best finish came at the JMU-Eagle Landing Invitational (3/7/10) where she shot a season-low score of 71 in the second round and finished in a tie for 7th in the field of 95 with a 224 (77-71-76). Averaging an 81.35, Paulmann’s best finish of the year came at the 2010 A-Sun Championship where she tied for 13th in the field of 50 and shot a season-low score of 74 in the final round.
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