MORGANTON, N.C. – A day after freshman Sarunchana Rattanasin tied her own school record with a 66, sophomore Abby Newton posted the mark again in the third round, and the Georgia Southern women's golf team won the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate Tuesday at Mimosa Hills Golf and Country Club.

The Eagles shot a 2-under 286 for the lowest round of the day to record their first win of the season, topping USC Upstate by five strokes, and fourth top-2 finish. It's the third team victory in school history as the program began in 2015.

Rattanasin shot 66-71-71= 208 (-8) to earn medalist honors for the first time in her collegiate career, and Newton, who rolled in nine birdies today, placed third for the best finish of her career. 

Mia Kness made six birdies and shot a 2-under 70 to finish eighth, and sparked by a second-round 73 yesterday afternoon, Madison Heideman tied for 24th.

Rattanasin made three birdies on each side and played bogey free golf for her 66 in yesterday's first round, while Kness and Heideman each shot 73 to lead the Eagles in the second round. Heideman made four birdies and played the front side 2-under, while Kness birdied three of four holes on the front and made eagle on the 465-yard, par-5 12th hole. Newton birdied the first three holes on each side today and shot 32 on the back nine.

Georgia Southern led the field with 53 birdies and ranked first in par-4 and par-5 scoring.

Results
Team – 295-291-286=872 (+8), 1
Sarunchana Rattanasin – 66-71-71=208 (-8), 1
Abby Newton – 73-74-66=213 (-3), 3
Mia Kness – 77-73-70=220 (+4), 8
Madison Heideman – 79-73-79=231 (+15), T24
Alexandra Stevenson – 79-78-82=239 (+23), T37
Kaysie Harrelson* – 91-79-80=250 (+34), T56
*Played as an individual

Quotables from Coach Mimi Burke
"I am so proud of the whole team and how they battled today to pull off a great win. Each and every one of them handled themselves professionally and made it look easy. It's really special to me that my first win as a head coach and our first win as a team was my homecoming to App State's tournament. We will enjoy the next day celebrating as it doesn't come often, but in saying that, we still have a lot of work to do. In our first two rounds, we left a ton of shots out there. We are going to clean a few things up and get in gear for Sun Belt next weekend. Hail Southern!"

Up Next
The Eagles will compete in the Sun Belt Championships April 17-19 at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida.