SALISBURY, N.C. � The Newberry College women�s golf team finished in fourth place after the final day of play at the Rendleman Invitational at the Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, N.C. on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians shot 326 in day two to go with a 323 on Monday. Newberry finished 11 strokes behind conference foe Wingate University, 13 behind Pfeiffer University, and 16 behind tournament champion Belmont Abbey College.
Individually, senior Ashley Ratcliff (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and freshman Franziska Blum (Schweinfurt, Germany) tied for fourth. Ratcliff followed a day one 75 with a 76 on Tuesday and Blum notched a 75 in her second round.
Sophomore Sarah Grigor (Oakville, Ontario) tied for 44th place after improving her day one score by two strokes. Grigor�s second round 87 gave her a total of 176.
Freshman Kathryn Puryear ( turned some heads in day two with her best performance of the season. Puryear�s (Cayce, S.C.) 88 was a 12-stroke improvement over her day one score. Senior Lindsay Gifford (Luray, S.C.) complete her two rounds with a total of 178.
Pfeiffer�s Brittany Beltran was the individual winner with a three-under par, 141 total stroke performance.
Rendleman Invitational
Salisbury, N.C.
Par: 72
Yardage: 5983
1. Belmont Abbey College 320 313 633
2. Pfeiffer University 313 323 636
3. Wingate Unversity 327 311 638
4. Newberry College 323 326 649
5. Catawba College 330 333 663
6. Tusculum College 334 337 671
Queens University 332 339 671
8. Lenoir-Rhyne College 339 334 673
9. Lincoln Memorial University 336 341 677
10. Anderson Unversity 339 339 678
11. UNC-Pembroke 347 355 702
12. Presbyterian College 363 343 706
13. St. Andrews Presbyterian 364 397 761
Newberry Individual Finishes
T4. Franziska Blum 76 75 151
T4. Ashley Ratcliff 75 76 151
T44. Sarah Grigor 89 87 176
T47. Lindsay Gifford 83 95 178
62. Kathryn Puryear 100 88 188
