HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- Senior Anna Morgan (+4) fired a 68 to tie for 16th Wednesday to lead the Furman (+46) women’s golf team in the final round of the 11th-annual Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at the par 71, 6,220 yard Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.  

Morgan, a native of Spartanburg, S.C., teed off on No. 10 and, other than a bogey on No. 11, played a flawless round.  After turning at 1-over, she birdied No. 1 to even the slate then reeled off three-straight birdies from No. 4 through No. 6 to surge up the leader board.  Morgan finished nine strokes behind 63rd-ranked Mathilde Claisse (-5) of South Carolina, who won individual medalist honors by one stroke with a three-day total of 69-69-70=208.

Freshman Faith Johnson (+11) shot a 75 with a birdie on No. 2 to finish in a tie for 53rd, while freshman Chloe Johnson (+19) carded a 1-over 72 with a birdie on No. 8 to tie for 79th.  Freshman Liza Lapeyre (+19) also tied for 79th after shooting a 77 with birdies on No. 1 and No. 3 on Wednesday.  Junior Caroline Crumrine (+21) finished in 82nd place.  She tallied a 77 with a birdie on No. 18 in the final round. 

The tournament included 16 teams ranked in the top 50 and ten teams who rank among the nation’s top 20.  No. 6 LSU (+4) shot 1-under on Wednesday to surge into the lead and beat host South Carolina, which ranks 4th nationally, by six strokes.  No. 15 Auburn (+14) was third, followed by second-ranked Wake Forest (+15) in fourth place and No. 8 Texas (+19) in fifth place.  Furman (+46) , the only non-Power 5 team in the field, finished 16th, ahead of No. 31 Arkansas (+52) and just a few strokes back of 23rd-ranked Kentucky (+42). 

Furman will compete at The Momentum Transportation UNF Collegiate presented by Gravity Diagnostics in Jacksonville, Fla., on Monday and Tuesday.

16 Furman 311 295 292 898 +46

T16 Anna Morgan (1) 74 75 68 217 +4

T53 Faith Johnson (3) 75 74 75 224 +11

T79 Chloe Johnson (2) 80 80 72 232 +19

T79 Liza Lapeyre (4) 82 73 77 232 +19

82 Caroline Crumrine (5) 84 73 77 234 +21