Drury finishes 15th at Emerald Coast Classic

DESTIN, Fla.— The Drury Panthers finished 15^th and Shehna Akbary tied for 10^th at the Emerald Coast Classic hosted by Missouri-St. Louis at the Baytowne Golf Club in Destin, Florida, on Tuesday.
 
Drury shot finished 107-over-par with a team score of 959 in the 54-hole event. They were just shot back of Harding for 14^th in the 17-team field. Henderson State ranked fourth nationally, won the tournament at 28-over-par finishing 23 shots ahead of Montevallo. Arkansas-Fort Smith, at +52, came in third.
 
Drury’s Shehna Akbary moved up one spot on the leaderboard on Tuesday to finish tied for 10^th in the field of 89 players. The junior from Toronto, Ontario, ended the tournament at 11-over-par (224). She posted a 74 on Tuesday on the par-71 course.
 
Isabelle Thrall finished the tournament at 30-over-par to tie for 61^st. Abby Howard came in tied for 64^th at 32-over, and Grace Stafford tied for 75^th with a +37, 250. Jacie Pattengill posted +44 to finish 80^th. 
 
Gracen Blount from Henderson State took medalist honors, shooting an even-par 213 in the tournament and won by four shots.
 
Drury competes again March 20-21 at the Midwest Intercollegiate tournament hosted by Central Missouri in Warrensburg.
 
15          Drury                              319        321        319        959
T10        Shehna Akbary (1)          76          74          74          224, +11
T61        Isabelle Thrall (2)            78          86          79          243, +30
T64        Abby Howard (3)             84          78          83          245, +32
T75        Grace Stafford (5)           82          83          85          250, +37
80          Jacie Pattengill (4)           83          91          83          257, +44
 
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