Women's Golf

Georgia Southern Wins First Sun Belt Women's Golf Championship in Program History

CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – (Final Results) Georgia Southern secured the first Sun Belt women’s golf championship in program history with a 54-hole total of 31-over par 895.  
 
The Eagles—who also held the 18-hole and 36-hole leads—fended off strong finishes from Coastal Carolina (+35, 899) and Arkansas State (+36, 900) at the par-72, 6,283-yard LPGA International Hills Course. 
 
Georgia Southern freshman Sarunchana Rattanasin carded a pair of even-par-or-better rounds to earn individual medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 4-over par 220. 
   
UTA junior Heidrun Hlynsdottir (+5, 221), Georgia Southern fifth-year Mia Kness (+5, 221), Arkansas State junior Olivia Schmidt (+6, 222), Coastal Carolina junior Sophia Carlsen (+6, 222) and Coastal Carolina senior Tiffany Arafi (+7, 223) joined Rattanasin on the All-Tournament Team. 
 
Texas State (+40, 904), Troy (+42, 906), Georgia State (+46, 910), South Alabama (+47, 911), Little Rock (+52, 916), UTA (+52, 916), App State (+53, 917) and ULM (+57, 921) rounded out the 11-team conference championship field. 

2022 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Golf Championship All-Tournament Team 
Sarunchana Rattanasin, Georgia Southern 
Heidrun Hlynsdottir, UTA
Mia Kness, Georgia Southern
Olivia Schmidt, Arkansas State
Sophia Carlsen, Coastal Carolina 
Tiffany Arafi, Coastal Carolina