Women's Golf Goes Wire-to-Wire in Securing Title at Palmetto Intercollegiate

Tuesday, October 26

Kiawah Island, S.C.

9:00 a.m.

University of North Florida

Palmetto Intercollegiate

Women's Golf Goes Wire-to-Wire in Securing Title at Palmetto Intercollegiate

10/26/2021 5:37:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Sophomore Christin Eisenbeiss finishes as individual runner-up

FIRST TEE — Led by a foursome of Top 25 individual finishers including medalist runner-up Christin Eisenbeiss, No. 83-ranked North Florida women's golf team went wire-to-wire for an 11-shot victory in the Palmetto Intercollegiate at Turtle Point Country Club.

COURSE REPORT
- Turtle Point CC (Kiawah Island, S.C.)
- Par 72 | 6,005 yards
- Tuesday, Oct. 26| 21 holes
- RESULTS: GolfStat Live Stats link

SCORECARD (Osprey lineup)
1 North Florida | 8-under 856 (278-281-297)
2 Christin Eisenbeiss | 7-under 209 (70-71-68)
6 Mindy Herrick | 3-under 213 (69-68-76)
T16 Daniela Gonzalez | 2-over 218 (69-71-78)
T19 Liss Davalos | 3-over 219 (73-71-75)
T37 Jessie Cai | 8-over 224 (70-75-79)

TEAM STANDINGS: 16 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / Final 2020-21)
#83 North Florida (856), #89 South Florida (867), #42 Sam Houston State (870), #65 College of Charleston (872), Xavier (879), #71 Kennesaw State (880), #56 Chattanooga (882), UNC Greensboro (884), Jacksonville State (886), Georgetown (887), East Carolina (895), Stetson (897), Youngstown State (901), Elon (912), Troy (918), Daytona State (949)

ROUND REFLECTIONS
- North Florida captured the 14th tournament title in program history | Team has won atleast one tournament in each of the past four seasons
- UNF set a program record for 54-hole score with its final 8-under 856 total, one shot lower than the 857 carded in March at the Spring Break Shootout
- Ospreys opening round 10-under 278 marked a program record low 18-hole score, eclipsing the previous best by two shots (280 shot earlier this year at Evie Odom Invitational)
- Sophomore Christin Eisenbeiss closed the tourney with a 4-under 68 on Tuesday in matching her career best finish of runner-up | She posted all three rounds under par for the event with her 7-under 209 total the third lowest tournament score in program history
- Fifth-year senior Mindy Herrick finished 6th, marking her program record 14th career Top 10 showing | Herrick boasted back-to-back rounds in the 60s for the first time in her career
- Seniors Daniela Gonzalez (T16) and Liss Davalos (T19) rounded out the Osprey's list of Top 20 performers | Marked their career 12th and 11th Top 25 finishes, respectively
- Sophomore Jessie Cai, playing on the UNF travel squad for the first time in her career, earned a T37 finish highlighted by her second career under-par round
- All five Ospreys carded atleast one round under-par during the tournament
- North Florida led the field in both Par 4 (+18, 4.12 avg) and Par 5 (-17, 4.72 avg) scoring while also listed second for Par 3 (+2, 3.03 avg) scoring
- Ospreys recorded the second most pars during the event, finishing with 189 led by Eisenbeiss' field-topping 43 pars
- UNF collected 41 birdies paced by 12 from Herrick
- Sam Houston State's Zulaikah Nasser claimed the medalist crown with a 10-under 206 total, one stroke ahead of Eisenbeiss

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
"Great group effort this week. It was exciting to see the team play to their ability and reach new heights together. We went in with a goal to finish the fall season on a high note and surpassed those expectations by breaking two school records and winning a team championship and individual runner-up. With a full spring schedule ahead of us, we are excited to see what else these young ladies will accomplish."
-- Head coach Joanne Berglund

UP NEXT
North Florida has concluded its fall tournament ledger and will now take time off from competition before returning to the links at the Paradise Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla. (Osprey Point GC) on Feb. 7-8, 2022.