Augusta, GA
Marine Legentil Overcomes Blindness In One Eye to Compete On the Golf Course – Augusta University
Augusta, Ga- When the Augusta women’s golf team hosts the Valspar Augusta Invitational this weekend, they’ll do so with a golfer who’s passion for the sport is above and beyond most others. Marine Legentil came to Augusta University wanting to play Division One golf. She spent two years at Columbus State and was familiar with the team and program. The timing was right and now she’s in the lineup on a regular basis with the Jaguars.
What separates Legentil from others, she was born blind in her left eye. In a sport that requires tremendous hand-eye coordination, Legentil has found a way to excel. But it didn’t happened without some battles.
“I’ve kind of struggled with depth perception, which can be a little tricky sometimes,” said Legentil with a laugh. “For example, something I always laugh at with my teammates and my coach is that if I’m 20 yards off the green, I’ll pull out my range finder because I literally can not tell how far it is.”
Since she hasn’t known anything else, it’s no big deal to her and has accepted it. Another struggle she has at times, is one every golfer has had, following where the ball goes.
“It can be a little scary because when I don’t know where it is, I’m not sure if I’m in trouble or not,” said Legentil.
You certainly can’t tell by watching her that she is blind in one eye, and very rarely will her competitors realize it when they are on the golf course. She doesn’t shy away from it, but she just goes about playing her game.
Legentil followed in her brother’s footsteps when she took up the sport.
“I was seven years old and I started because my brother played golf. He started thanks to my grandmother, and was obsessed with it and I decided I’m going to try too,” she said.
She readily admits she didn’t like the game early on since she would swing and miss the ball and was frustrated by it.
“As it turns out, I kept going to practice with him and I was never able to stop playing,” Legentil said.
Originally from France, Legentil also spent ten years in South Africa with her parents so she was able to pick up English quickly and was comfortable coming to the United States. She knows how big golf is in Augusta and said this was the right move.
Her game has struggled a bit this year and said part of that was playing places she wasn’t that familiar with. Now it is trending in the right direction.
“I think now in the spring, I’m starting to settle in a bit more and hopefully get some low scores by the end of the season,” Legetin said.
She is really looking forward to the Valspar Augusta Invitational.
“I’m really excited,” she said. “I love Forest Hills Golf Club. In my previous two years, I played the Peach Belt Conference tournament on this course so I’ve played it in tournaments before and I feel really good about it. Also the fact that we’ll have a lot of people supporting us and knowing that we’re home is going to feel really good.”
Augusta, GA
Abercrombie Becomes a Leader On and Off the Court – Augusta University
Augusta, Ga. – A year ago when Quinasia Abercrombie was a freshman, she let her work on the court do the talking as she became one of the top players in the Peach Belt Conference. Abercrombie didn’t have to be a vocal leader since the Jaguars had several upper classmen that handled that role. This year, her sophomore season, Abercrombie is still one of the best players around, but now has become the vocal leader of the team, something that didn’t come naturally.
“I’m just leading my team by voice now, not just leading by example,” Abercrombie said. “Since I don’t really talk, I think they (my teammates) were really surprised, but they’re listening.”
She leads the Augusta women in several offensive categories and has proven to be a major asset to the program.
From Greenville, S.C., Abercrombie was an all-state high school player. She gives part of that credit to her siblings, one older brother and three younger brothers. She had to scratch and claw on the basketball court with them and she’s the first to give them credit for helping make her the player she is today. Abercrombie went as fas as saying she enjoys playing against guys since they’ll push her hard to become better, and she likes the competition.
Now, she’s also being pushed by coach Celeste Stewart. So much so, it’s taking Abercrombie out of her comfort zone. But it’s all for the betterment of her.
“She’s put me in multiple, uncomfortable situations, like talking, being more verbal, and just putting me in positions I wouldn’t normally put myself in,” added Abercrombie.
With the Peach Belt Conference tournament up next for the Jaguars, Abercrombie thinks this team can find another gear and make a run. While she has elevated her game, she knows her teammates can do the same.
Even going forward as a player, Abercrombie knows there’s plenty of room for improvement. One of the most notable for her, her ball handling skills.
“I know I like to pick up my dribble a lot and give it to my point guards,” said Abercrombie. “But I know I can bring it down the court, I just need to work on my ball handling and just being confident handling the ball.”
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Augusta, GA
Peach Belt tournament: Augusta misses out for the first time in Metress era
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The 2025-2026 Peach Belt Conference brackets are set, and there is plenty of shakeup this year.
Starting with the women’s bracket, Augusta University secured the #4 overall seed and will face #5 seed Middle Georgia in round one.
USCA’s women’s team did not fair as well, finishing in last place of this season’s standings.
On the men’s side, USCA’s men’s team secured the eighth and final spot in the conference tournament.
In a shocking turn of events, AU’s men’s team did not qualify for the tournament.
This marks the first time the program has missed the PBC tournament since Dip Metress took over the program in 2004.
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Augusta Falls to Georgia Southwestern in Final Game of the Series – Augusta University
Augusta, Ga. – Augusta managed just five hits and one run and fell to Georgia Southwestern 12-1 Sunday as the Hurricanes win two of the three games of the series. The Jaguars are now 7-2 in Peach Belt Conference play and 11-8 overall. The Canes improve to 7-2 in conference play and 12-7 overall.
Georgia Southwestern scored runs in all but one inning including four runs in the first two innings and plated five runs in the fifth, highlighted by a grand slam.
The only Augusta run would come in the fourth inning. Landon Leonard would reach on an error and would come around when Kent Moon reached on a fielder’s choice that would plate Leonard.
Leonard, Moon, Davis Newman, Harris Bachelder and Jakob Cowart would collect the hits for the Jaguars.
Augusta will next be in action on Friday when the open up a three game series with Lander at Jaguar Field. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:00 p.m.
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