Lee finishes eight at NCAA Division III Championships

HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. – LeTourneau University's Leslie Lee shot a final round 8-over-par 81 to finish the NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships eighth Friday at the Mission Golf and Tennis Resort.

 

The junior golfer began the final round on the back nine and started with a birdie before bogeying 11 and finishing the three holes with a par on 12 to remain even for the day.  She parred 13, but had back-to-back bogeys to fall to 2 over for the round. Lee ended the back nine with two straight pars and a bogey to go to 3 over for the day and sat in seventh as she headed to the final nine holes of the tournament six back of the leader.

 

Lee, who finished the tournament with 34 pars and eight birdies, began the final nine holes on the front side and parred back-to-back holes before bogeying No. 3 to fall to 4 over for the day, but remained in seventh. On the next three holes, Lee parred 4, but double-bogeyed 5, before sinking a par on 6 to go to 6 over. Lee completed the round with a par, sandwiched in between a pair of bogeys to end the day at 8-over-par 81 and finished her very first NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship at 29-over-par 321.

 

Jessica Urban (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) won the tournament with a 313 as Paige Caldwell (Methodist University) took second with a 314.

 

Alana Swain (Methodist University) and Natalie Matuszak (St. Mary's College), who opened the day in the top spot, finished tied for third with 315s. Stephanie Mingos (Rhodes College) and Katie Schenfeld (Gustavus Adolphus) was tied for fifth with 316s, while Emily Bachert (Centre College) took seventh with a 319.

 

Lee garnered two top awards during the four-day tournament as she received All-American Honorable Mention and All-Region honors.