Aubane Statiotis won the individual title at the Currahee D2 Elite Invitational on Oct. 26 in Toccoa, Ga., leading the Eckerd College women’s golf team to a fourth-place finish. Statiotis led the 70-player field with a 2-under 214 over three rounds. She finished one stroke ahead of Anderson’s Olivia Roberts.
Eckerd finished fourth among 13 teams with a three-round total of 898, or 34 over par. The team finished one stroke behind third-place Tampa. The tournament concluded Eckerd’s fall season.
Statiotis finishes under par
Statiotis opened the tournament with a 5-under 67 to take the early lead. She followed with a 4-over 76 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71. Her 2-under total made her the only player in the field to finish multiple strokes under par.
Statiotis’ opening-round 67 is tied for the third-lowest single-round score in Eckerd program history. The round gave her an early advantage in the individual race. She then recovered from the second-round 76 with an under-par closing round to secure the championship.
Padieu leads the rest of Eckerd’s lineup
Camille Padieu recorded Eckerd’s second-best individual finish, tying for 20th at 10-over 226. She opened with a 79, followed with a 75 and closed with an even-par 72. Padieu climbed 16 spots on the leaderboard with her final-round performance.
Sophie Foulds tied for 29th at 12-over 228 after rounds of 75, 77 and 76. Diane Becassis tied for 32nd at 14-over 230 and recorded an even-par 72 in the second round. Katrin Hlynsdottir tied for 56th at 26-over 242.
Sarah Binaghi competed as an individual and tied for 67th at 32-over 248. Her result added another listed finish for Eckerd at the 13-team event. Statiotis’ title remained the tournament’s top individual result for the team.
FSB Take
Statiotis’ title gave Eckerd the individual winner at its final event of the fall season. Her 214 total and program-history-tying 67 supplied the clearest individual markers from the tournament. Eckerd’s 898 placed the team one stroke outside the top three, making the team total the key measure of how close the result was to a higher finish.
Source: Original report