DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — App State Women's Golf started and closed the 2022 Sun Belt Championship in strong fashion, as the Mountaineers had a noteworthy team score and individual round on the final day of the 54-hole event.
App State freshman
Mary-Sears Brown posted a 2-under 70 on Tuesday to give her the best final-round score in the entire field and allow her to finish in a tie for 18th place thanks to a 28-spot jump over the last 18 holes.
Brown led the way as the Mountaineers posted a final-round team score of 303 (15 over) — the fourth-best score of the day — during a 10th-place finish in the team standings, just one shot behind eighth place. They were in fifth after Day 1 thanks to a first-round 301, and only six teams had a combined total lower than 604 when adding up their two best rounds.
Brown matched App State's best-ever score in a Sun Belt Championship round and finished one shot behind the school record for the best single-round score of 69. She played her first 16 holes in 4 under and completed the round with five birdies, including four in a five-hole stretch leading up to her last two holes of the day.
Brown posted a 76-81-70—227 total to finish at 11 over for 54 holes, and
Sarah Hardin tied for 27th place with a 76-77-76—229 total of 13 over. She played her final 15 holes Tuesday at 2 over.
Hannah Wang, who was tied for seventh place after an opening-round 74, and
Layla Meric, who shot an opening-round 75, tied for 37th place with 17-over totals.
Kayla Ward tied for 47th place, highlighted by a team-best 76 in the second round. She birdied her first hole and made the turn with an even-par 36 that day.
Georgia Southern won the team title with a 31-over total, four shots ahead of second-place Coastal Carolina. They shot 14 over and 16 over, respectively, in the final round.
The individual title went to Georgia Southern's Sarunchana Rattanasin, who finished with a 4-over total to beat UT Arlington's Heidrun Hlynsdottir and Georgia Southern's Mia Kness by one stroke apiece.
