WINTER HAVEN â€" The Rollins College Tars eventually pulled away from the field in Tuesday’s final round, but two of their golfers stayed tied with each other all the way to the end. They weren’t alone either. While 3rd-ranked Rollins won the team title by seven shots over top-ranked Nova Southeastern, individuals from both schools were involved in a 3-way playoff for medalist honors at the Sunshine State Conference Tournament.
Rollins began the final round with a nine-stroke lead over Lynn, but the Knights started to fall behind even further early in the day. Starting on the back nine, Lynn played the par-five #13 hole at five-over while the Tars were even. Rollins went on to count scores of 75, 76, 76 and 77, but Lynn’s best counter was a 77.
Nova Southeastern was 18 strokes behind at the start of the day, but the Sharks made things interesting by shooting a team score of 293, that included a three-under par 69 by Maria Garcia Austt. The Tars had too much of a cushion though, and all the Sharks could do was finish seven strokes behind them in second place.
It was Rollins’s seventh SSC championship since the league began holding a women’s golf tournament in 1999. The Tars have been first or second all but one year, finishing third in 2008 when Nova Southeastern won the title.
One thing Austt did accomplish with her score was to force a 3-way playoff with Rollins’ Joanna Coe and Brianna Seo for the individual title. It was the second playoff in tournament history but the first involving three players. The trio finished regulation play tied at seven-over par 223. Coe and Seo had been tied almost from the start of the tournament, but Austt had to come back from scores of 77 and 77 that left her in 12th place at the end of the second round.
The three players went off the par-five #18 for their playoff hole and that’s where Coe won it with a putt for birdie. She’d finished tied for second at the 2008 SSC Tournament. Coe's victory actually came on the second hole of the playoff, though both were played on #18. The first one eliminated Seo, and left Coe and Austt to battle for the title.
Defending champion Sandra Changkija just missed out on the playoff, shooting a final round 71 that left her one shot behind the co-leaders.
Host Florida Southern, ranked #2 in the country finished in fourth place with a score of 935. The Moccasins played well in the middle round of the tournament with a 303, but they had scores of 316 in the other two rounds. They had to count a pair of 81’s on Tuesday, while Heather Burgner led the team with a 75.
Burgner was the Mocs’ top finisher with a score of 78-75-75 = 228. She tied for seventh place, five strokes behind the playoff participants. M.J. Audette was the only Moccasin to shoot in the 70’s on Tuesday and finished in 14th place with a final score of 234.
Up next for several of the teams in the SSC Tournament will be the NCAA Division II South Regional, May 3-5 at Howey-In-The-Hills.
 FINAL RESULTS          2009 Women's SSC Championship
                        Lake Region Yacht & CC  Winter Haven,FL
** Playoff Winner       Dates: 04/20 - 04/21    (Today:04-21-2009)
                                  Par:       72              Â
                                  Yardage: 6037              Â
     Fin.  School                  ScoresÂ
        1  Rollins College         298 300 304   902      +38
        2  Nova Southeastern U.    304 312 293   909      +45
        3  Lynn University         300 307 312   919      +55
        4  Florida Southern        316 303 316   935      +71
        5  Barry University        309 311 317   937      +73
        6  St. Leo University      332 327 332   991     +127
        7  Eckerd College          337 349 338  1024     +160
        8  Florida Inst of Tech    342 342 343  1027     +163
 FINAL RESULTS          2009 Women's SSC Championship
                        Lake Region Yacht & CC  Winter Haven,FL
** Playoff Winner       Dates: 04/20 - 04/21    (Today:04-21-2009)
                                  Par:       72              Â
                                  Yardage: 6037              Â
  Fin.  Name                  School      ScoresÂ
  ** 1  Joanna Coe            Rollins      73  75  75   223  +7
     2  Maria Garcia Austt    Nova SE      77  77  69   223  +7
         Brianna Seo           Rollins      73  74  76   223  +7
     4  Sandra Changkija      Nova SE      75  78  71   224  +8
     5  Daniela Vargas        Rollins      73  76  76   225  +9
     6  Taylor Collins        Nova SE      76  77  74   227 +11
     7  Heather Burgner       Fl. South.   78  75  75   228 +12
         Katy McNicoll         Lynn         73  77  78   228 +12
     9  Megan Mangone         Lynn         75  77  77   229 +13
    10  Maha Haddioui         Lynn         77  74  80   231 +15
         Donia Scarello        Lynn         75  79  77   231 +15
    12  Daniela Iacobelli     FL Tech      78  73  81   232 +16
         Johanna Soderstrom    Barry (Fl)   75  74  83   232 +16
    14  M.J. Audette          Fl. South.   79  76  79   234 +18
    15  Laura Fourdraine      Rollins      79  80  77   236 +20
         Isadora Stapff        Barry (Fl)   81  78  77   236 +20
         Nicole Whitmore       Nova SE      76  81  79   236 +20
         Cecilia Kleinert      Rollins      80  75  81   236 +20
    19  Anna Haglind          Barry (Fl)   78  78  81   237 +21
         Lizzi Over            Barry (Fl)   76  81  80   237 +21
         Kim Ulander           Fl. South.   80  76  81   237 +21
    22  Nicole Lasasso        Eckerd       76  80  84   240 +24
         Morgan Duetsch        Eckerd       82  78  80   240 +24
         Fredrika Hakansson    Nova SE      79  80  81   240 +24
    25  Anna Riss             St. Leo      82  76  83   241 +25
    26  Marianne Andersson    Fl. South.   79  82  81   242 +26
    27  Goeun Lee             St. Leo      83  79  82   244 +28
    28  Silvie Dittertova     Fl. South.   83  76  86   245 +29
    29  Anne Fourdraine       Barry (Fl)   80  87  79   246 +30
    30  Tricia Maloney        St. Leo      83  82  82   247 +31
    31  Rebecca Mangone       Lynn         83  85  84   252 +36
    32  Stacey O'Hara         FL Tech      84  87  85   256 +40
    33  Natalie Kohler        FL Tech      85  92  82   259 +43
         Kristina Carvalho     St. Leo      84  90  85   259 +43
    35  Jessica Potter        Eckerd       90  97  82   269 +53
    36  Meghan Costello       St. Leo      90  93  89   272 +56
    37  Georgia Gordon        Eckerd       89  95  92   276 +60
    38  Courtney Treubert     FL Tech      95  90  95   280 +64
    39  Leah Colombo          Eckerd       96  96  92   284 +68
    40  Allison Metzer        FL Tech      97  95  96   288 +72
     Fin.  School                  ScoresÂ
        1  Rollins College         298 300 304   902
     ** 1   Joanna Coe              73  75  75   223
     T 2   Brianna Seo             73  74  76   223
        5   Daniela Vargas          73  76  76   225
     T 15   Laura Fourdraine        79  80  77   236
     T 15   Cecilia Kleinert        80  75  81   236
        2  Nova Southeastern U.    304 312 293   909
     T 2   Maria Garcia Austt      77  77  69   223
        4   Sandra Changkija        75  78  71   224
        6   Taylor Collins          76  77  74   227
     T 15   Nicole Whitmore         76  81  79   236
     T 22   Fredrika Hakansson      79  80  81   240
        3  Lynn University         300 307 312   919
     T 7   Katy McNicoll           73  77  78   228
        9   Megan Mangone           75  77  77   229
     T 10   Maha Haddioui           77  74  80   231
     T 10   Donia Scarello          75  79  77   231
       31   Rebecca Mangone         83  85  84   252
        4  Florida Southern        316 303 316   935
     T 7   Heather Burgner         78  75  75   228
       14   M.J. Audette            79  76  79   234
     T 19   Kim Ulander             80  76  81   237
       26   Marianne Andersson      79  82  81   242
       28   Silvie Dittertova       83  76  86   245
        5  Barry University        309 311 317   937
     T 12   Johanna Soderstrom      75  74  83   232
     T 15   Isadora Stapff          81  78  77   236
     T 19   Anna Haglind            78  78  81   237
     T 19   Lizzi Over              76  81  80   237
       29   Anne Fourdraine         80  87  79   246
        6  St. Leo University      332 327 332   991
       25   Anna Riss               82  76  83   241
       27   Goeun Lee               83  79  82   244
       30   Tricia Maloney          83  82  82   247
     T 33   Kristina Carvalho       84  90  85   259
       36   Meghan Costello         90  93  89   272
        7  Eckerd College          337 349 338  1024
     T 22   Nicole Lasasso          76  80  84   240
     T 22   Morgan Duetsch          82  78  80   240
       35   Jessica Potter          90  97  82   269
       37   Georgia Gordon          89  95  92   276
       39   Leah Colombo            96  96  92   284
        8  Florida Inst of Tech    342 342 343  1027
     T 12   Daniela Iacobelli       78  73  81   232
       32   Stacey O'Hara           84  87  85   256
     T 33   Natalie Kohler          85  92  82   259
       38   Courtney Treubert       95  90  95   280
       40   Allison Metzer          97  95  96   288
