TUNICA, Miss. - The Southwestern University
women made it three straight conference titles at the 2009 SCAC
Golf Championships which concluded on Sunday at Tunica National
Golf Course.
The Pirates cruised to a 72-shot win, the second-largest margin of
victory in SCAC women's championships history.
Southwestern's Marisa Mauldin, a senior from Utopia,
Texas, fired a a three-day total of 233 to win her third
consecutive SCAC Women's Golfer of the Year honor.
Mauldin becomes the second player in league history to accomplish
the individual three-peat, following Sarah Gates of DePauw
University who finished atop the leaderboard at the 2004, 2005 and
2006 championships.
Joining Mauldin on the 2009 All-SCAC team from Southwestern
were teammates Emily Bartholet, Cody Wallace and Kristen
Davenport.
The conference championship is the fifth overall for Southwestern,
tying DePauw for the most by a women's program in league history.
| 2009 Women's Golf Final Team Standings | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| 1. Southwestern | 328 | 321 | 320 | 969 |
| 2. DePauw | 353 | 338 | 350 | 1041 |
| 3. Centre | 355 | 356 | 348 | 1059 |
| 4. Rhodes | 374 | 356 | 348 | 1078 |
| 5. Trinity | 380 | 344 | 364 | 1088 |
| 6. Oglethorpe | 386 | 387 | 380 | 1153 |
| 7. Hendrix | 429 | 450 | 429 | 1308 |
| 8. Sewanee | 557 | 521 | 508 | 1586 |
| 2009 Women's Golf All-SCAC Team | ||||
| First Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| 1. Marisa Mauldin, Southwestern | 77 | 75 | 81 | 233 |
| 2. Emily Bartholet, Southwestern | 77 | 84 | 76 | 237 |
| T3. Stephanie Mingos, Rhodes | 83 | 86 | 80 | 249 |
| T3. Cody Wallace, Southwestern | 88 | 81 | 80 | 249 |
| 5. Kristen Davenport, Southwestern | 86 | 81 | 83 | 250 |
| Second Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| T6. Emily Bachert, Centre | 84 | 82 | 86 | 252 |
| T6. Monica Mercado, Trinity | 90 | 83 | 79 | 252 |
| 8. Nikki Garza, DePauw | 87 | 80 | 86 | 253 |
| T9. Taylor Beaty, DePauw | 88 | 82 | 84 | 254 |
| T9. Katie Dale, Oglethorpe | 85 | 84 | 85 | 254 |
| T9. Elizabeth Lafferty, Oglethorpe | 87 | 85 | 82 | 254 |