Concord Places Fifth at MEC Championship, Bush, Lugo Named All-MEC Honorable Mention

Results

ROANOKE, W.Va. – The Concord University women's golf team put together its best round of the Mountain East Conference Tournament and held on for a fifth-place finish Tuesday at the Arnold Palmer Course at Stonewall Resort.

The Mountain Lions shot a team round of 358 as it finished with a total of 1135 (385, 392, 358). CU recorded the fourth-lowest team round Tuesday. Charleston was the team champion as it defeated Glenville State by 12 strokes, 980-992. Elaina Seeley of Glenville State went wire-to-wire as the individual champion.

Sophomore Kendra Lugo was the biggest mover in the entire field as she went from tied for 19^th Monday to finish in a tie for 13^th after a 78. She finished with a total of 263 (91, 94, 78). Lugo punctuated her round with birdies on the 10^th and 18^th hole as she birdied the 10^th hole in two of the three rounds Freshman Riley Bush placed 15^th with a total of 265 (95, 89, 81). Bush, like Lugo, birdied the 10^th hole for the second time in three rounds Tuesday.

Bush and Lugo both earned All-MEC Honorable Mention. Lugo repeated as All-MEC Honorable Mention as the duo extended the CU women's golf program's streak to 10 straight years with at least one all-conference performer.  

Junior Sara Matos Tamargo continued her steady play with a 98 Tuesday after carding 97s in the first two rounds. Tamargo finished 27^th at 292. Junior Alexandria Denny was 32^nd (102, 112, 101).

Seeley was the MEC Player of the Year while Charleston's Julia Cebula was the MEC Freshman of the Year.

All-MEC First Team
Elaina Seeley, Glenville State
Mari Filippa Larsen, Charleston
Lucia Martin, Charleston
Mackenzie Czapla, Glenville State
Sawyer Hobbs, Wheeling
Julia Cebula, Charleston

All-MEC Second Team
Marina Saviceva-Noti, Davis & Elkins
Tilly Jones, Davis & Elkins
Moa Lindgren, Glenville State
Silvana Giraldo, Charleston
Emerson Simons, Fairmont State
Alice Anderson, Charleston 

All-MEC Honorable Mention
Maddie Potts, Glenville State
Kendra Lugo, Concord
Riley Bush, Concord
Candela Lopez Prino, Fairmont State
Sydney Baird, WV Wesleyan
Dorthea Evebo, Wheeling

All MEC Women's Golf Championship All-Tournament Team
Elaina Seeley, Glenville State 
Mari Filippa Larsen, Charleston
Lucia Martin, Charleston
Mackenzie Czapla, Glenville State
Sawyer Hobbs, Wheeling