Women’s Golf Drops Pair of Matches to Wrap Up Regular Season

Monday, April 9

Beaumont, Texas (Beaumont C.C.)

All Day

Stephen F. Austin

Lamar Cardinal Match Play Challenge

Photo by: Jeff Kellum | Lamar Athletics

Women’s Golf Drops Pair of Matches to Wrap Up Regular Season

4/9/2018 6:43:00 PM | Women's Golf

Ladyjacks fall 4-1 to both South Alabama and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Lamar Cardinal Match Play Challenge

By: Luke Bolanos | Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – In its final tune-up for next week's 2018 Southland Conference Women's Golf Championship, the Stephen F. Austin women's golf team took on the four-team Lamar Cardinal Match Play Challenge Monday at the Beaumont Country Club in Beaumont, Texas. After a near two-week break from competition, the Ladyjacks wrapped up the regular season with a pair of matches against South Alabama and fellow Southland member Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

However, things did not go the way of SFA Monday as the Ladyjacks dropped their morning match to the Jaguars 4-1 and suffered the same result against the Islanders in the afternoon's consolation match of the event. The one-day, 36-hole challenge played on a par-71, 5,942-yard course saw just two SFA golfers earn wins across the two matches.

In the Ladyjacks' contest with South Alabama to begin the day, redshirt junior Erica Lautensack (Arlington, Texas) defeated the Jaguars' Siti Shaari 4 and 3 at the top spot. It would be the lone point SFA would win in the match as sophomore Alexandra Batista (Trophy Club, Texas) was handed a 5 and 3 loss to South Alabama's Julie Hovland and redshirt junior Jamee Jorgensen (Boerne, Texas) fell to the Jaguars' Madison Connell by the same count. Sophomore Paola Cortes (Allen, Texas) was edged 1 up by Mackenzie Peyton of South Alabama, while the Jaguars' Caroline Berge topped freshman Alexis Szewczyk (McKinney, Texas) 4 and 3.

With the two winning teams from the morning's matches taking on each other for the event's championship, the two losing teams battled in the consolation match. Lamar claimed a narrow 3-2 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi during the morning's first round, before South Alabama claimed the event title with a 3-2 win over the host Cardinals.

Batista was the Ladyjacks' lone victor in their consolation matchup with the Islanders, ousting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Brooklyn Sutton in a tightly contested 1 up round. At the top spot, Lautensack was bested 4 and 3 by the Islanders' Autumn Bynum while the two teams' No. 3 golfers ended their bout with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Daniela Bergman 1 up on Jorgensen. The Islanders' Olivia Lowe handed Cortes a 7 and 5 loss as Julia Dereniwsky of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi finished 3 and 2 over Szewczyk.

Up Next…
SFA will have one week to prepare for the 2018 Southland Championship hosted at the Woodforest Golf Club in Montgomery, Texas, Monday-Wednesday, April 16-18.

Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack golf throughout the spring.

Full Results

First Round
South Alabama 4, SFA 1
1: Erica Lautensack (SFA) def. Siti Shaari, 4 and 3
2: Julie Hovland (USA) def. Alexandra Batista, 5 and 3
3: Madison Connell (USA) def. Jamee Jorgensen, 5 and 3
4: Mackenzie Peyton (USA) def. Paola Cortes-Ortiz, 1 up
5: Caroline Berge (USA) def. Alexis Szewczyk, 4 and 3

Lamar University 3, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2
1: Elodie Chapelet (LU) def. Autumn Bynum, 2 and 1
2: Eva Martinez (LU) def. Brooklyn Sutton, 20 holes
3: Olivia Le Roux (LU) def. Daniela Bergmann, 2 and 1
4: Olivia Lowe (AMCC) def. Felicia Sauceda, 7 and 6
5: Julia Dereniwsky (AMCC) def. Brooke Duzan, 3 and 1

Championship
South Alabama 3, Lamar University 2
1: Elodie Chapelet (LU) def. Siti Shaari, 4 and 3
2: Eva Martinez (LU) def. Julie Hovland, 1 up
3: Madison Connell (USA) def. Olivia Le Roux, 3 and 2
4: MacKenzie Peyton (USA) def. Felicia Sauceda, 3 and 2
5: Caroline Berge (USA) def. Brooke Duzan, 1 up

Consolation
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4, SFA 1
1: Autumn Bynum (AMCC) def. Erica Lautensack, 4 and 3
2: Alexandra Batista (SFA) def. Brooklyn Sutton, 1 up
3: Daniela Bergman (AMCC) def. Jamee Jorgensen 1 up
4: Olivia Lowe (AMCC) def. Paola Cortes-Ortiz, 7 and 5
5: Julia Dereniwsky (AMCC) def. Alexis Szewczyk, 3 and 2

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