Paksanont Finishes Runner-Up at Low Country Intercollegiate

Hilton Head, S.C. – Pan Paksanont carded a final round 74, tied for lowest of the day, and finished in second place as the USC Upstate women's golf team concluded play at the Low Country Intercollegiate on Sunday from the par 72, 5901-yard Moss Creek Golf Club.

USC Upstate had the lowest round of any team on Sunday at 308 and finished the tournament in fifth place with a combined score of 621 (313-308), with only four strokes separating it from second-place Albany.

Seton Hall won the Low Country Intercollegiate at 609 while Melany Chong of Appalachian State won individual medalist honors by two strokes over Paksanont at 3-over 147.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

Paksanont recorded her fourth career top-5 performance, all coming this season, and tied her career-best finish of second place after shooting a two-round score of 149 (75-74).
Paksanont finished in second place earlier this season at the Terrier Intercollegiate.
Brooke Hutto was the second-best performer for the Spartans finishing tied for 23^rd place at 158 (81-77).
Anna Chanthaphaeng, Payton Culler and Sidney Dermody all finished in a tie for 32^nd at 160. Chanthaphaeng carded rounds of 81-79, Culler 76-84 and Dermody 82-78.
Playing as individuals, Marley DeFreitas also tied for 32^nd place while Caroline Heustess was 67^th. DeFreitas finished at 160 (75-85) and Heustess 177 (88-89).
USC Upstate led all teams at the Low Country Intercollegiate with 106 pars and tied for 2^nd in par 3 scoring with a 3.28 stroke average.
The Spartans were also third in par 4 scoring with a 4.41 stroke average.
USC Upstate added a 5.38 stroke average in par 5 scoring and 11 birdies.
Paksanont led the tournament field in par 3 scoring at 3-under par with a 2.62 stroke average. She tied for fifth, along with Hutto, with 24 pars.
Paksanont was tied for ninth with four birdies.
Hutto was tied for third in par 4 scoring at 2-over with a 4.10 stroke average.
Dermody contributed a 1-under, 4.88 stroke average in par 5 scoring to finish tied for fourth.
Along with the team-leading four birdies from Paksanont, Dermody and DeFreitas each had three, Culler two, and Hutto and Chanthaphaeng one apiece.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st Seton Hall 299-310=609
2^nd Albany 307-310=617
T-3^rd Appalachian State 310-310=620
T-3^rd Quinnipiac 309-311=620
5^th USC Upstate 313-308=621
6^th Wofford 310-316=626
7^th University of Findlay 320-314=634
8^th USC Beaufort 322-317=639
T-9^th Bethune-Cookman 322-318=640
T-9^th Presbyterian College 319-321=640
11^th Indiana State 319-340=659
12^th The Citadel 342-336=678
13^th Gardner-Webb 343-342=685
14^th Quinnipiac (B) 359-360=719

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

2^nd Pan Paksanont 75-74=149
T-23^rd Brooke Hutto 81-77=158
T-32^nd Anna Chanthaphaeng 81-79=160
T-32^nd Payton Culler 76-84=160
T-32^nd Sidney Dermody 82-78=160
T-32^nd Marley DeFreitas 75-85=160 (competing as an individual)
67^th Caroline Heustess 88-89=177 (competing as an individual)

UP NEXT

The Spartans travel to Sedona, Ariz. next weekend, March 24-25, for the Red Rocks Invitational hosted by Northern Arizona.

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