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Carolinas Team Earns Fifth Straight Win Over Virginias
WILMINGTON, N.C. –– The 24-golfer Carolinas team posted a wire-to-wire 26-point victory (67-41) over their Virginias counterparts to win the 58th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches, which concluded today at Porter’s Neck Country Club.
Carolinas, owners of a 15-point lead entering the final day of the event, won closing day modified four-ball matches by 11 points (23½-12½). Carolinas notched eight wins in 12 encounters on day three. In the format, three points are available per match; a point is scored for winning the outward half, the inward nine and the overall match.
Carolinas received six shutouts and the accompanying three points from the following tandems: Lea Anne Brown (Mount Pleasant, S.C.)-Anne Washington (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Hayley Hammond (Mooresville, N.C.)-Mallory Hetzel (Waynesville, N.C.), Amanda D’Ostroph (Whispering Pines, N.C.)-Savannah Hallman (Mount Pleasant, S.C.), Patty Moore (Charlotte, N.C.)-Karen Ferree (Hilton Head, S.C.), Kathryn Miranda (Lexington, S.C.)-Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.) and Karli Heimbecker (Sanford, N.C.)-Emily Stinson (Charlotte, N.C.).
Virginias posted a trio of 3-0 blankings from the combinations of northern Virginians Kristine Rohrbaugh (Reston, Va.)-Lauren Greenlief (Oakton, Va.) as well as Alexandra Austin (Burke, Va.)-Hannah Pierce (King George, Va.)
Carolinas also received a win and two and a half points from the team of Susan Beaupied (Raleigh, N.C.)-Leigh Coulter (Hopkins, S.C.) and a victory and two points from Ashley Thompson (Clyde, N.C.)-Julie Streng (Greensboro, N.C.). Virginians Cindy Morris (Portsmouth, Va.)-Susan Podolsky (Alexandria, Va.) registered a win and two points.
WILMINGTON, N.C. –– Results from final day modified four-ball match play competition at the 58th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches at Porter’s Neck Country Club on Wednesday, July 16.
Cindy Morris (Portsmouth, Va.)- Susan Podolsky (Alexandria, Va.) def. Kim Briele (New Bern, N.C.)-Chrissie Spidell (Greenville, S.C.), 2-1
Susan Beaupied (Raleigh, N.C.)-Leigh Coulter (Hopkins, S.C.) def. Mimi Hoffman (Springfield, Va.)- Lindsay Wortham (Richmond, Va.), 2½-½
Lea Anne Brown (Mount Pleasan t, S.C.)-Anne Washington (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) def. Joanne Kitusky (Glen Allen, Va.)-Cyndi Carlson (Chesapeake, Va.), 3-0
Kristine Rohrbaugh (Reston, Va.)-Lauren Greenlief (Oakton, Va.) def. Lea Venable (Simpsonville, S.C.)-Cecilia Fournil (Columbia, S.C.), 3-0
Hayley Hammond (Mooresville, N.C.)-Mallory Hetzel (Waynesville, N.C.) def. Paige Reese (South Hill, Va.)-Lauren Eklund (Charlottesville, Va.), 3-0
Jessica Merrill (Reston, Va.)-Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield, Va.) def. Rachel Moore (Lexington, S.C.)-Rachel Jones (Asheboro, N.C.), 3-0
Amanda D’Ostroph (Whispering Pines, N.C.)-Savannah Hallman (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) def. Abby Portyrata, Va. (North Chesterfield, Va.)-Elizabeth Cheng (Virginia Beach, Va.), 3-0
Patty Moore (Charlotte, N.C.)-Karen Ferree (Hilton Head, S.C.) def. Boodie McGurn (Richmond, Va.)-Shelley Savage (Alexandria, Va.), 3-0
Alexandra Austin (Burke, Va.)-Hannah Pierce (King George, Va.) def. Catherine Shealy (Columbia, S.C.)-Mary Katherine Donovan (Hampstead, N.C.), 3-0
Kathryn Miranda (Lexington, S.C.)-Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.) def. Sydney Snodgrass, (Harrisville, W.Va.)-Hunter Ross (Manakin-Sabot, Va.), 3-0
Ashley Thompson (Clyde, N.C.)-Julie Streng (Greensboro, N.C.) def. Kayleigh Reed (Virginia Beach, Va.)-Kay Tyler (Springfield, Va.), 2-1
Karli Heimbecker (Sanford, N.C.)-Emily Stinson (Charlotte, N.C.) def. Allisyn Terry (Leesburg, Va.)-Patti Maroney (Glen Dale, W.Va.), 3-0
Carolinas won final day modified four-ball match play competition, 23½-12½
Carolinas wins the 58th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches, 67-41. This is their fifth straight win.
This annual team match competition is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association in conjunction with the Virginia and West Virginia State Golf Association. For more information visit www.carolinasgolf.org.