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Lina Settelmayer - SoCon
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Women's Golf Carroll Rich, Assistant Director of Media Relations

Women's Golf Places Sixth at 2021 SoCon Championships

Marks best finish for Terriers since 2015

Women's Golf Carroll Rich, Assistant Director of Media Relations

Women's Golf Places Sixth at 2021 SoCon Championships

Marks best finish for Terriers since 2015

Senior Lina Settelmayer (above) finished tied for 20th as Wofford's top finisher.
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – The Wofford women's golf team (+52) notched its best Southern Conference Championships finish since 2015 on Tuesday afternoon, jumping up a spot through the final round to place sixth at the Oak Point Golf Course. Senior Lina Settelmayer (+12) led the way, tied for 20th, as Wofford's top finisher.
 
The finish marks Wofford's best since placing fourth in the 2015 SoCon Championships with a score of 891 (+27). Since then, the Terriers have finished in seventh place for the past four consecutive years (2020, canc. due to COVID-19).
 
ETSU (+12) won the conference title by just one stroke over Furman (+13), as Mercer (+20), Chattanooga (+33) and Samford (+35) followed in third, fourth and fifth, respectively. The Paladins claimed the individual medalist and individual runner-up, respectively, in Sarah-Eve Rheaume (-4) and Madison Moosa (-3).  
 
The Terriers finished with a score of 298 on Tuesday for a total of 916 for the tournament, finishing five strokes better than UNCG (+57), while scoring wins over Western Carolina (+62) and The Citadel (+96).
 
Settelmayer (+12) finished with a total of 228 for the tournament, recording two birdies on holes No. 8 and No. 12 to conclude Tuesday's round with a 3-over-par 75 – slotting her with a top-20 finish to lead the Terriers in her final tournament sporting the old gold and black.
 
Overall, Wofford saw three top-25 finishers, as junior Becca Earl (+13) and sophomore Nicole Amos (+13) both finished tied for 22nd. Amos used five birdies in the final round to secure the team round-low with a 73 for a total score of 229, while Earl also tallied five birdies to conclude with a 2-over-par 74.
 
Additionally, Amos (9) and Earl (8) both led Wofford for the most birdies, as Earl also finished tied for fourth among the field in par-4s (+3).
 
Sophomore Lindsey Hollis (+15) finished tied for 27th after recording a 77 to finish with a total score of 231, while junior Speedy Kent (+24) used a 76 to finish tied for 38th with a score of 240.
 
Becca Earl finishes the season as the team's leader with a 76.59 stroke average through 17 rounds played this spring. Lina Settelmayer follows with a 77.20 average through 15 rounds, as Lindsey Hollis (77.55, 11 rounds) and Nicole Amos (77.59, 17 rounds) round out Wofford's top five competitors on the year.
 
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Players Mentioned

Nicole Amos

Nicole Amos

Sophomore
Becca Earl

Becca Earl

Junior
Lindsey Hollis

Lindsey Hollis

Sophomore
Speedy Kent

Speedy Kent

Junior
Lina Settelmayer

Lina Settelmayer

Senior

Players Mentioned

Nicole Amos

Nicole Amos

Sophomore
Becca Earl

Becca Earl

Junior
Lindsey Hollis

Lindsey Hollis

Sophomore
Speedy Kent

Speedy Kent

Junior
Lina Settelmayer

Lina Settelmayer

Senior