ELGIN, S.C. – Playing their final round of golf this fall, the Carson-Newman women's golf team finished the Newberry College Regional Preview tied for ninth after shooting a 627 +51 at The Members Club at Woodcreek in Elgin S.C.

The Eagles recorded a +26 on Tuesday, the tournament's final day, one stroke worse than their round one score, and also fell one spot from eighth into a tie for ninth.

"We had some good and some not so good today," coach Suzanne Strudwick said. "Taylor [Hayes] (Lake Ozark, Mo.) had an excellent finish with a team-low 74 and Allie [Fletcher] (Cumming, Ga.) came back with a 78. I know Elizabeth [England] (Oakland, Tenn.) is disappointed with an 84 today. We were poised for a top seven finish, but a couple of loose shots and putts dropped us back. We're looking forward to a rest but working towards improvement in the spring."

For the second time in the fall, Hayes put up her team's best score, tying for 13^th with a plus-seven. Hayes was three stokes better on Tuesday than she was on Monday, carding a 74 which allowed her to move up nine spots on the leaderboard.

Reagan Kinnie (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) entered the clubhouse with a 79 for the second straight day, giving her a final score of +14 and tying her for 36^th.

England's rough day saw her fall eight strokes off the pace she set on Tuesday, when her 76 led the team and tied her for 16^th. England's day two 84 dropped her into a tie for 50^th.

Fletcher showed the most second round improvement among C-N's players, as she took eight strokes off her Monday score for a 78 and a +20 over 36 holes. That mark tied her for 54^th with, among other participants, C-N senior Jessica Hart (Roanoke, Va.) who scored an 83 over her final 18.

Florida Tech left Elgin with the trophy, as their plus-nine 585 was ten strokes better than second-place West Florida. The Panthers also had one of their student-athletes claim the individual crown, as Brittany LaPadula took home the prize.

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