POINT CLEAR, Ala. – The Georgia Southern women's golf team finished second at the Sun Belt Women's Golf Championship on Thursday at Lakewood Golf Club. The Eagles fell in the final championship round of match play to Southern Miss as the Golden Eagles won 3-1-1. 

Southern Miss secured the Sun Belt Championship claiming matches 1, 2, 5, to secure its first Sun Belt Championnship. Louise Cuyvers took a 2&1 win over Mary Miller before Taylor Trible outlasted Regina Plascencia 3&2. Sun Belt indivudal champion, Momoka Ando, sealed the deal for the Golden Eagles with a 2&1 win over Drive Tunwannarux. 

LoraLie Cowart earned her second win of the day with a 3&2 win over Alma Betoret de Salazar and Louise Reau finished tied with Elena Melich. 

Georgia Southern took the semifinals match up over ULM 3-2 to advance to the championship. 

Cowart shot par on the 17th hole as ULM's Daniela Campillo bogeyed to take a 1UP lead heading into the final hole as she would go on to seal the deciding semifinal match with a win over ULM, 3-2. Plascencia led the entire match to earn the Eagles' first point with a 4&2 win. 

Tunwannarux clinched the second point for the Eagles with a 4&3 victory. The sophomore led the entire match taking four of the first eight holes. She held a steady 3UP lead throughout the match before winning the 15th hole to go up four holes. 

The Eagles claimed its second win over ULM in match play at the Sun Belt Conference Championship after winning the semifinals last season. 

Georgia Southern has finished  top-four in eight of its nine Sun Belt Conference Championship appearances. 

Next Up 
Georgia Southern, which came into the week ranked #33 by Clippd, will await for an NCAA at-large bid to the NCAA Championship. The selection show will air on Wednesday, April 23, at 1 p.m.