TexAnn golf wins Lady Rattler Roundup by 27 strokes

SAN ANTONIO – Despite battling very windy conditions at the St. Mary’s Lady Rattler Roundup, the Tarleton TexAnns have won their fifth straight tournament of the season, this time by 27 strokes.

The TexAnns, who had a commanding 13-stroke lead after the first day of competition at Dominion Golf Club in San Antonio, increased their lead on day two to claim the victory over the 12-team field.

Tarleton shot a 638 (313-325) in the 36-hole event to defeat runner-up California State-Monterey Bay (326-339=665). St. Edward’s (332-337=669), Northeastern State (335-340=675) and Dallas Baptist (328-363-691) round out the top five.

Southwestern Oklahoma was the only other Lone Star Conference school in the tournament, and the Lady Bulldogs finished ninth (354-355=709).

The TexAnns also defeated NCAA Division I Texas-San Antonio, which shot a 699 (347-352) and finished eighth as a team.

Carla Cooper finished second in the tournament with a 155 (78-77), nine strokes out of the lead. Shraddhanjali Singh finished in third (77-82=159) and Andrea Lowe tied for fourth (80-82=162) for the TexAnns. Melanie Tham (78-85=163) tied for sixth and Maury Shock tied for 15th (85-84=169).

Tarleton will return to action March 3-4 at the St. Edward’s Invitational at Circle C Golf Club in Austin.