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Auburn falls to Georgia in SEC Women's Golf quarterfinals

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A tough fight came down to the final holes, but the 20th-ranked Auburn women’s golf team dropped a 3-2 match play decision to Georgia Saturday morning in the quarterfinal round of the 2018 SEC Championship.

In their first match play action of the season, the Tigers got a win from freshman Julie McCarthy, and senior Kelli Murphy was 2 up with 2 to play when the match was clinched.

“I thought they fought hard,” Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen said. “We got down, we lost some holes to pars.