Women’s golfer finishes C-USA tourney in top 10

HATTIESBURG, Miss.— Marshall University's Andrea Grier finished tied for 10th place (75-70-76=221) at the Conference USA Women's Golf Championship in Hattiesburg, Miss., at the Canebrake Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.

The three-day, 10-team tournament concluded the Thundering Herd's spring season, as Marshall took a ninth place finish.

Tulane held on to its two-day lead, finishing at six-over-par for the three days (290-283-285=858) and earning a berth to the NCAA Regionals.

Tulane's Ashley McKenney shot a 72 and earned a three-day-total of 210, finishing in first place at three-under-par.

Grier finished at five-over-par for the tournament with a 221, her lowest three-day tournament total of the season. She finishes the year with MArshall's season-low round of 70, posted yesterday at the championships.  Grier completes her career with the Herd having one top-five finish and six top-10 finishes.

Larie Lynch posted her second 78 of the championships, rounding out the 54 holes with a score of 230 (78-74-78=230). 

Lynch wraps-up her career with three C-USA Golfer of the Week awards, two coming during her senior season and two Lady Herd golf tournament medals, one this season at the Lady Herd Spring Classic, and the other at the 2007 Lady Herd Fall Classic.  Her 2009-10 season average of 77.5 combines with her previous three seasons to equal a career average of 80.

"I am very proud of the girls and the way they competed this season," head coach Meredith Knight Rowsey said.  "This tournament is a great example where we were forced to battle through injuries but were still able to set a new team-low record yesterday."