Women's Golf Takes 5th at Peggy Kirk Bell

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. -- Barry University women's golf team finished fifth at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational Tuesday after shooting a final round 308 for a 925 54-hole total in the 11-team, three-round tournament hosted by Rollins College.

The Buccaneers were 61-over on the 6,089-yard Tuscawilla Country Club course. Nova Southeastern won the event with a 22-over 886. Lynn was second at 56-over 920, and Rollins and St. Edward's tied for third at 921. It was Nova's fifth straight title in the tournament. The Sharks' 886 established a new event record, eclipsing their old mark by 12 strokes set in 2009.

Barry's Taylor Babcock continued her stronger spring quest, finishing tied for sixth after shooting back-to-back 74s in the final two rounds. A senior from Oregon, Babcock finished at 11-over 227, tied with Nova Southeastern's Lilliana Cammisa.

NSU's Linnea Johansson shot 1-under 71-72-72 -- 215 to win the tournament by seven strokes over teammate Daniela Ortiz. Nova's Abbey Gittings was third, a stroke behind Ortiz, as the Sharks trio finished at the top of the leaderboard.

Barry's Nicky Ferre tied for 10th, shooting 3-over 75 in the final round for a 229 two-day total. Maria Paola Fiorio and Francesca Perini tied for 23rd at 235. Daniela Murray tied for 33rd at 240.

Barry will compete in the Southwest Minnesota State Spring Invite Mar. 14-15 at the LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach.

Peggy Kirk Bell InvitationalTuscawilla Country ClubWinter Springs, FLDates: 3/4-5/2013
Par 72, 6089 yards

Fin.  Top 20 teams                     Scores         Total    Par 
   1  Nova Southeastern..............  295  295  296    886    +22
   2  Lynn University................  308  299  313    920    +56
t  3  Rollins College................  314  306  301    921    +57
t  3  St. Edward's Univ..............  306  303  312    921    +57
   5 Barry University............... 316 301 308 925 +61
   6  Florida Southern College.......  310  301  317    928    +64
   7  Univ. of West Florida..........  324  303  315    942    +78
   8  Florida Tech...................  310  318  324    952    +88
   9  Carson-Newman College..........  327  332  323    982   +118
  10  Saint Leo Univ.................  336  320  336    992   +128
  11  Florida Southern 'B'...........  321  340  341   1002   +138

Fin. Top 20 Players Team Scores Total Par 
   1  Linnea Johansson..... Nova Southeastern..............   71   72   72    215     -1
   2  Daniela Ortiz........ Nova Southeastern..............   74   72   76    222     +6
   3  Abbey Gittings....... Nova Southeastern..............   75   72   76    223     +7
t  4  Ellen Chambers....... Lynn University................   74   76   75    225     +9
t  4  Ryanne Haddow........ St. Edward's Univ..............   73   73   79    225     +9
t 6 Taylor Babcock....... Barry University............... 79 74 74 227 +11
t  6  Lilliana Cammisa..... Nova Southeastern..............   75   80   72    227    +11
t  8  Rachel Polson........ Florida Tech...................   74   77   77    228    +12
t  8  Clara Teixeira....... Rollins College................   80   76   72    228    +12
t 10  Jessica Bradley...... Lynn University................   77   77   75    229    +13
t 10 Nicole Ferre......... Barry University............... 79 75 75 229 +13
t 10  Amy Hodgkinson....... Florida Southern College.......   76   76   77    229    +13
t 10  Megan Kiley.......... Florida Southern College.......   77   73   79    229    +13
t 10  Lauren Petty......... Saint Leo Univ.................   80   72   77    229    +13
t 10  Momo Sakuragi........ Rollins College................   77   74   78    229    +13
t 10  Kayla Sciupider...... Rollins College................   77   76   76    229    +13
t 17  Aimee Paterson....... Univ. of West Florida..........   81   74   76    231    +15
t 17  Wallis Spears........ St. Edward's Univ..............   78   74   79    231    +15
t 19  Melisa Gonzalez...... St. Edward's Univ..............   78   78   77    233    +17
t 19  Haley Haught......... St. Edward's Univ..............   77   79   77    233    +17
t 19  Rachel Lewis......... Nova Southeastern..............   78   79   76    233    +17
 

Nova Southeastern wins fifth straight Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational title
NSU shoots tournament record 886, to eclipse its old mark of 898 set in 2009
NSU's Linnea Johansson takes home indiviudual medalist honors