HUNTSVILLE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's golf team placed fifth at the Bearkat Invitational on Tuesday after the tournament was reduced to two rounds at Elkins Lake Golf Course.
 
"I am really proud of Benz and Marie, both finishing in the top 10 individually! We had moments of brilliance as a team, but we are working to find a little more consistency in our lineup to bring our team score in under 300 and truly be competing for titles," said coach Lise Malherbe.
 
The Lions' Benz Far-Arun (Bangkok, Thailand) and Marie Baertz (Luxembourg) carded top 10 finishes with Far-Arun finishing just two strokes back of the individual crown, which was won by Texas A&M's Bianca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, who competed individually, with a score of 142 (71-71).
 
Sam Houston won the team tournament on their home course by 22 strokes.
 
Far-Arun carded a score of 144, shooting matching scores of 72 in both rounds. Baertz shot a 74 on Tuesday and tied for sixth with a score of 145 (74-71), while Carly Whittington (Kinder, La.) tied for 31^st with a score of 156 (78-78), Fahsai Inmee (Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand) placed 46^th with a score of 165 (82-83), and Jordan Dusckas (Flower Mound Marcus) took 47^th with a score of 167 (82-85).
 
Malherbe concluded, "after yesterday's long rain delay, we lost momentum as a team. Today, we finished better, but still gave some shots away in the beginning. I am excited to use the next two weeks to work hard to finish off our fall season with three tournaments in a row."
 
UP NEXT
The Lions next compete on October 16-17 at the Lady Red Wolves Classic, hosted by Arkansas State.
 

Pos	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Sam Houston	288	288	576
2	Stetson	300	298	598
3	UT Arlington	301	305	606
4	Tarleton	309	298	607
5	A&M-COMMERCE	306	304	610
6	A&M-Corpus Christi	308	309	617
7	Stephen F. Austin	315	306	621
8	Lamar	314	316	630
9	McLennan CC	326	327	653
10	Texas Southern	335	330	665

 

5	A&M-COMMERCE	306	304	610
T3	Benz Far-Arun	72	72	144
T6	Marie Baertz	74	71	145
T31	Carly Whittington	78	78	156
46	Fahsai Inmee	82	83	165
47	Jordan Dusckas	82	85	167