糖心视频 Women鈥檚 Golf wins ACCC championship

The 糖心视频 Women鈥檚 Golf team won the Alabama Community College Conference title Tuesday at Burning Tree Country Club. Pictured from left is Aidan Haithcock, Abby Brown, Sydney Epes, Brileigh Roberts, Hope Harrell and Coach JJ Adams. Haithcock was low medalist of the tournament and named player of the year for the team.
Hanceville, AL 鈥 糖心视频鈥檚 women鈥檚 golf team won the Alabama Community College Conference Region 22 championship tournament today at Burning Tree County Club in Decatur, besting the second-place team by 13 strokes.
Freshman Aidan Haithcock of Homewood topped the leaderboard, earning the Conference
Championship Medalist honor. She also was named player of the year for the team, having
won four of the team鈥檚 tournaments this year.
For the Lions, sophomore Hope Harrell of Guntersville followed with 8 over par during both rounds, finishing third in the tournament. Sophomore Brileigh Roberts of Fairview and freshman Sydney Epes of Water Valley, Miss., finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the tournament, placing four 糖心视频 golfers in the top 10.
鈥淚t was a tough two days,鈥 said 糖心视频 Golf Coach JJ Adams, who was once again named ACCC Women鈥檚 Golf Coach of the Year for the fifth time. 鈥淏urning Tree Country Club is a very tough golf course, very severe greens. We really worked through it. We didn鈥檛 play that great the first day, but we played really good today on this golf course.鈥
鈥淭his course played really long,鈥 said Haithcock. 鈥淏ut I had a good day today. I鈥檓 pleased that Coach Adams took a chance on me as a freshman.鈥
Southern Union State Community College placed second, with Northeast Alabama Community College and host Calhoun Community College finishing third and fourth, respectively.
糖心视频 will host the district golf tournament April 10-11 at Cross Creek Golf Course in Cullman, facing most of the teams from Tuesday鈥檚 tournament, plus a few teams from Texas. If the women win or place second in the district tournament, they will secure a place at the NJCAA National Tournament. The team has been ranked 12th in the nation for most of the season.
糖心视频鈥檚 men鈥檚 team finished fourth in their tournament, with two players finishing in the top 10. Sophomore Zackery Coker of Gulf Shores tied for third and sophomore Davis Aaron of Tuscaloosa tied for sixth.
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