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Women's Golf at The Atlantic Invitational

Watson Opens Spring With Seventh Place Finish At Atlantic Invite

2/13/2024 8:34:00 PM | Women's Golf

Anna Watson captured her 10th career top-10 showing

Complete Results (PDF) | Season Stats.

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University senior Anna Watson (Ashland, Ohio-Ashland) fired a 75 in the final round of the Atlantic Invitational Tuesday, Feb. 13, to claim a tie for seventh with a 222 (74-73-75). It is the 10th time in her career she has finished a tournament inside the top-10, most recently doing so at the Shirley Spork Invitational, Oct. 2-3, 2023.

Arkansas State won the event with an 862 (284-290-288) on the par 71, 6,005-yard Fountains Country Club setup, as Quinnipiac (897), Marshall (899), Keiser (909), and Illinois State (913) rounded out the top-five places.

How It Happened
Behind Watson, senior Natai Apichonlati (Bangkok, Thailand-The Regent's International School) tied for 24th with a 234 (77-77-80).  Freshman Gabriella Tapp (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon) posted rounds of 85, 78, and 74 to tie for 29th with a 237, while classmate Riley Kim (Aldie, Va./Lightridge) finished 31st with a 239 (75-88-76). Junior Alyssa DiMarcantonio (Maple, Ontario/Tommy Douglas Secondary School) rounded out the scoring, with a 246 (88-77-81).

Making her EMU debut, junior Grace Halcrow (Richmond Hill, Ontario/Bill Crothers Secondary/Simon Fraser/Glenville State) notched a 242 (83-80-79). Also playing as an individual, senior Paige Zolciak (Perrysburg, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy) was placed 40th with a two-day total of 257 (87-84-86).

Up Next
EMU makes its annual trek west to the Rio Verde Invitational, Feb. 23-25, in Rio Verde, Ariz.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.    Player    Scores

t-7.    Anna Watson    74-73-75=222
t-24.     Natai Apichonlati    77-77-80=234
t-29.     Gabriella Tapp     85-78-74=237
31.     Riley Kim    75-88-76=239
t-36.     Alyssa DiMarcantonio    88-77-81=246
*34.     Grace Halcrow    83-80-    79=242
40.    Paige Zolciak     87-84-86=257

* - playing as an individual
    
Team Scores:
Pl.    Team    Scores

1.    Arkansas State    284-290-288=862
2.    Quinnipiac    303-297-297=897
3.    Marshall    307-304-288=899
4.    Keiser     301-312-296=909
5.    Illinois State    307-297-309=913
6.    Eastern Michigan    311-305-305=921
7.    Lehigh    304-314-314=932
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