WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Lynn Fighting Knights women's golf team staged an impressive rally in the final round of the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational, battling back to secure a second-place finish in the nine-team field hosted by Rollins at the Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes.
 
After opening the tournament at +19, the Fighting Knights responded with a +14 team round in the final round to climb the leaderboard and close the event with a two-round total of +33, finishing runner-up behind Barry (+20) while edging several nationally ranked Sunshine State Conference programs.
 
Junior Amelia Ruiz Topali led the Blue and White with a tie for fifth place finish at +7, while Emilia Koskinen also cracked the top 10 with a tie for eighth at +8.
 
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational
Tournament Standing: 2nd (+33)
Team Winner: Barry (+20)
Individual Winner: Tereza Zavrelova (Barry, +1)
Course Details: Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes | 6,157 Yards | Par 72 | Longwood, Fla.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Ruiz Topali paced Lynn with a T-5 finish at +7, turning in rounds of +5 and +2 while also tying for the best par-3 scoring average (3.00) in the field
- Koskinen secured a T-8 finish at +8, highlighted by five birdies, tied for the fourth-most in the tournament
- Leelou Girault posted a T-12 finish at +9, finishing among the leaders on par-5 scoring (-2) for the event
- Vanessa Ramirez also finished T-12 at +9, recording 27 pars, tied for the most among all competitors
- Scarlet Weidig rounded out Lynn's lineup with a 30th-place finish at +13
- As a team, the Fighting Knights excelled statistically, ranking first in par-4 scoring (4.31) and second in total birdies (17) during the tournament.
 
UP NEXT:
The Lynn Fighting Knights women's golf team will close out the regular season by hosting the Lynn Invitational at Boca Woods Country Club on Mar. 30-31.