Women’s Golf Finishes 12th in Battle at the Beach

Sunday, November 4

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Battle at the Beach

Women’s Golf Finishes 12th in Battle at the Beach

11/4/2018 8:28:00 PM | Women's Golf

Battle at the Beach Day Three Results and Statistics

Erica Chiang led team and tied for 29th place individually at 8-over 221

THE RUNDOWN
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico – Baylor women's golf finished in 12^th place in the Battle at the Beach after shooting 18-over-par 302 in Sunday's final round. The Bears shot 57-over 909 across 54 holes to finish in front of five teams in the 17-team fioeld.

Baylor (+57) placed in front of New Mexico (+64), UAB (+65), Iowa (+66), Denver (+67) and Tulsa (+73). The Bears finished behind Auburn (-7), TCU (+10), Texas (+13), Clemson (+14), Vanderbilt (+17), Oklahoma (+20), Mississippi State (+27), Missouri (+27), Virginia (+41), Houston (+48) and Tulane (+54).

BU's best finishes came from a pair of players competing as individuals. Erica Chiang led the way in her Division I debut, carding a final round of 3-over 74 to finish tied for 29^th place at 8-over 221. Amelia McKee tied for 42^nd place at 11-over 224 after shooting 4-over 75 in the final round, and Jordan Shackelford, who was also competing as an individual, shot 5-over 76 to tie for 63^rd place at 17-over 230.

Fiona Liddell recorded the best finish among the five players in the Bears' lineup, shooting 5-over 76 in the final round to take 47^th place at 12-over 225. Diane Baillieux tied for 53^rd place at 15-over 228 after a final round of 3-over 74, while Maria Vesga shot 4-over 75 on Sunday to tie for 71^st place at 19-over 232. Gurleen Kaur and Laila Hrindova carded matching final rounds of 6-over 77, with Kaur finishing tied for 60^th place at 16-over 229 and Hrindova tied for 83^rd place at 24-over 237.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor finished 11^th in the 17-team field in par-5 scoring at 7-over 5.12, tied for 12^th in par-3 scoring at 23-over 3.31 and 14^th in par-4 scoring at 56-over 4.42.
Baylor posted the 13^th-most pars with 145 and the 14^th-most birdies with 27.
Erica Chiang led the team and tied for 15^th in the 92-player field in par-4 scoring at 4-over 4.15. Chiang also tied for 21^st in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.92.
Diane Baillieux tied for 12^th in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.83.
Chiang tied for eighth in the field with 37 pars across 54 holes.
Jordan Shackelford led the team and tied for 22^nd overall with eight birdies.
Baillieux tied for the best par-5 scoring average in the final round at 3-under 4.25.

STAT OF THE DAY
2-under – Baylor's three players competing as individuals combined to shoot 2-under on the front-9 in the final round. Amelia McKee made birdies on Nos. 5, 6 and 8 to shoot 2-under, while Jordan Shackelford birdied Nos. 4 and 7 to shoot 1-under and Erica Chiang birdied No. 7 to card 1-over.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has completed its fall season and has a three month break before returning to action on Feb. 3 at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. BU posted a combined 36-24 head-to-head record across four tournaments in the fall season, recording a season-best third place finish at the Betsy Rawls Invitational. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.