ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Senior Alexandria Bare, freshman Parker Melting and junior Katy Flax all walked away with top-10 finishes on the individual leaderboard to lead the UNC Pembroke golf team to a runner-up finish at the Peach Belt Conference Championships for the second-straight year on Sunday.
 
Bare (+15) shot a 5-over-par 77 in all three rounds and finished fifth among the field of 30 – the fourth time this season that the two-time all-conference standout has concluded an event inside the top-5. Melting (+16) carded a 2-over-par 74 on Sunday to finish sixth, while Flax turned in a 6-over-par 78 in the final round to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. Freshman Amanda Hamrin (+22) shared 12^th place with two other players after shooting a 79 on Sunday, while junior Casey Burroughs (+31) walked away with a share of 22nd place.
 
The Black & Gold (+70) combined to post an impressive 308 in Sunday's final round, but finished 11-strokes off the pace of host-Flagker (+59) who captured the league crown for the third-straight season. Columbus State's Victoria Libaak (+9) edged out two other players by a single stroke to capture individual medalist honors.

Bare and Libaak joined Hannah Walker (Young Harris), Kim Jakobs (Flagler) and Pauline Tainton on the all-tournament team.

 

TEAM LEADERBOARD (WITH CURRENT GOLFSTAT.COM RANK)
Pos	Team	+/-	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	#22 Flagler	+59	316	304	303	923
2	#34 UNC Pembroke	+70	306	320	308	934
3	#37 Columbus State	+76	313	320	307	940
4	Young Harris	+81	322	318	305	945
5	North Georgia	+93	318	330	309	957
6	Lander	+126	322	337	331	990
UNCP PLAYERS (WINNER AT +9
Pos	Player	+/-	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
5	Alexandria Bare	+15	77	77	77	231
6	Parker Melting	+16	78	80	74	232
T7	Katy Flax	+17	74	81	78	233
T12	Amanda Hamrin	+22	77	82	79	238
T22	Casey Burroughs	+31	81	86	80	247