WGOLF Preview: Eagles Play in Buccaneer Classic Oct. 18-19 - Georgia Southern University Athletics

Tournament Name: Buccaneer Classic
Dates: Oct. 18-19
Host: Charleston Southern
Course: Oak Point Golf Course - Par 72, 6,100 yds.
Location: Kiawah Island, S.C.
Participating Teams (11): Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Southern, Houston Baptist, Limestone, Presbyterian, Radford, The Citadel, USC Upstate, Western Carolina, Wofford and Winthrop

Georgia Southern Lineup (scoring average)
Sarunchana Rattanasin (6 rds, 71.50)
Emma Bell (3 rds, 71.00)
Abby Newton (6 rds, 72.17)
Alexandra Stevenson (6 rds, 74.50)
Mia Kness (6 rds, 74.83)

Individual
Madison Heideman (6 rds, 76.17)

Georgia Southern returns to action at the Buccaneer Classic at Oak Point Golf Club on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The teams will play 36 holes Monday and 18 Tuesday.

Georgia Southern is coming off a second-place finish at the Edisto Island Invitational Oct. 12. Three Eagles placed in the top-10, and Georgia Southern shot two of the lowest rounds in school history.

The Eagles shot a school-record 284 in the second round and then topped it with a 4-under-par 280 on their final 18. That mark is also the lowest score relative to par in school history and was tied for the lowest team round of the event.

Sarunchana Rattanasin (-2) matched the second-lowest round of the tournament with a 68 in the third round and took fourth. Emma Bell (E), who made her season debut at the event, tied for fifth, and Abby Newton (+2) tied for eighth. Alexandra Stevenson (+5) finished tied for 17th.

Bell is the lineup for the 15th time in her career, and Newton makes her 11th start in the lineup for the Eagles. Stevenson, Kness and Rattanasin will be playing in their third tournaments for Georgia Southern, and Madison Heideman will play as an individual for the third consecutive event.

Following the tournament, the Eagles are scheduled to cap the fall at the Mercer Invitational Nov. 8-9, at Brickyard Golf Club in Macon.

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Players Mentioned

Emma Bell

Madison Heideman

Mia Kness

Abby Newton

Sarunchana Rattanasin

Alex Stevenson

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