GAINESVILLE, Ga.-- Cumberland Women's Golf brings home the hardware earning first place as a team at the Golden Tigers Spring Collegiate after two rounds of golf at the Chattahoochee Golf Club. Sophomore Emma Hermansson put together an impressive two-day performance, taking first place individually.

 

No. 13 ranked Cumberland finished the tournament with a 30-stroke gap between them and second-place Tennessee Wesleyan and a 48 stroke gap between them and third place Truett McConnell. The win marks Cumberland's third tournament win as a team this season. As a team, the Phoenix had three golfers finish in the top five individually.

 

Emma Hermansson led the Phoenix and the rest of the field with a tournament-low score of 73 in the second round. Hermansson shot a combined 148 (+4) over two rounds of competition to finish first and capture her first individual tournament victory as a member of the Phoenix.

 

Nathalie Nutu finished the tournament in third place after finishing the second round with a score of 77 to pair with a first-round 79. Nutu shot a combined 156 (+12) over two rounds of competition. 

 

Freshman Anna Kriger had a solid finish at the tournament as she ended with a 159 (+15) over two rounds of golf. Krieger shot an 80 in the first round and a 79 to close out the tournament in a tie for fifth place.

 

Fellow freshman Jasmine Sachdev finished the tournament in 13th overall after ending round one with an 84 and round two with an 82 to shoot a total of 166 (+22). Rounding out the Phoenix was Ida Furuheim as she finished in a tie for 35th after scores of 96 and 85 for a total score of 181 (+37).

 

Cumberland women's golf heads to Gulf Shores, Ala. to compete in the Carey Collegiate on Mar. 28-29 from Gulf Shores Golf Club.

 

 

1. Cumberland Univ. - 318 - 311 - 629 (+53)

2. Tennessee Wesleyan - 326 - 335 - 659 (+83)

3. Truett-McConnell - 337 - 340 - 677 (+101)

4. Reinhardt Univ. - 337 - 346 - 683 (+107)

5. Point Univ. - 346 - 346 - 692 (+116)

6. Breneau Univ. - 358 - 344 - 702 (+126)

 

1. Emma Hermansson - 75 - 73 - 148 (+4)

3. Nathalie Nutu - 79 - 77 - 156 (+12)

t5. Anna Krieger - 80 - 79 - 159 (+15)

13. Jasmine Sachdev - 84 - 82 - 166 (+22) 

39. Ida Furuheim - 96 - 85 - 181 (+37)