#23 Tennessee Secures Win At Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 23 Tennessee ladies’s golf crew secured a victory at dwelling Tuesday on the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate at Cherokee Country Club. 

The match win, which is the primary of the Diana Cantu period, got here after a stellar remaining spherical by which the Lady Vols shot 11-under, which was the bottom round-three rating. UT shot 13-under total and received the occasion by 9 strokes over Oregon State. 

Additionally, that was the Lady Vols’ first match victory since 2019. 

Senior Manassanan Chotikabhukkana led the Big Orange after with a third-place displaying after taking pictures 4-under by way of 54 holes. Chotikabhukkana was clutch in rounds two and three, carding a 67 and 70 to climb the leaderboard. The Thailand native now has 10 profession finishes and two podium finishes. 

The freshman duo of Madison Messimer and Thitikarn Thapasit is shortly shaping as much as be a powerful one. The true freshmen concluded the match tying for ninth place at 2-under total. Messimer shot a 68 in spherical one and remaining spherical 71 to safe the top-10 placement. Thapasit got here up huge for the Big Orange within the remaining spherical with a 66. 

Redshirt senior Lauren Nguyen, who was competing individually, impressed in her Lady Vol debut to additionally tie for ninth. Her lowest spherical came about on Monday when she notched a 68. 

Junior Martina Lopez Lanchares tied for twenty second after bouncing again within the remaining spherical with a 69 that included an eagle on gap 15. 

The remaining member of UT’s lineup, Sophie Christopher, positioned twenty seventh. The Germantown, Tennessee, native performed a key half within the round-three crew rating after firing a final-round 68. 

UP NEXT: Tennessee will head to Palo Alto, California, for the Stanford Intercollegiate, which runs from Oct. 17 to Oct. 19. 

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1. Tennessee, -13

2. Oregon State, -4

T3. Chattanooga, +6

T3. Western Kentucky, +6

T3. Penn State, +6

6. TCU ,+7

7. Charlotte, +14

8. Mercer, +20

9. South Alabama, +23

10. Memphis, +27

11. FIU, +30

12. Middle Tennessee, +36

13. Campbell, +37

14. Jacksonville State, +39

15. East Tennessee State, +47

Individual Scores

T3. Manassanan Chotikabhukkana, 72-67-70–209 (-4)

T9. Madison Messimer, 68-72-71–211 (-2) 

T9. Thitikarn Thapasit, 70-75-66–211 (-2) 

T9. Lauren Nguyen, 71-68-72–211 (-2) 

T22. Martina Lopez-Lanchares, 70-77-69–216 (+3) 

T27. Sophie Christopher, 77-72-68–217 (+4)