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MESA, Ariz. - After shooting a third-round 300 on Sunday, the University of Cincinnati women's golf team finished play at the Clover Cup in 12th place out of 17 total teams.
// SCORING TEAM
Following a tough day on the links Saturday at Longbow Golf Club in the tournament's second round, the Bearcats put their struggles behind them and turned in a solid performance in the third and final round on Sunday. Using a 21-stroke improvement, UC moved up a spot in the team standings with a total score of 924 (+60) for the tournament to place 12th. Each of the Bearcats' scoring team members improved their play from Saturday to Sunday by at least three strokes, highlighted by junior Tara Liebert's (Mason, Ohio/Mason) eight-stroke improvement with an even-par final-round 72. Junior Valentina Herrera (Bogotá, Colombia) continued on Sunday as UC's pacesetter with a plus-three round of 75, while sophomore Christina Gloor (Mattstetten, Switzerland/ESC La Neuveville) also carded a third-round 75.
39 Valentina Herrera - 74+78+75=227 (+11)
T-49 Christina Gloor - 76+81+75=232 (+16)
T-55 Tara Liebert - 81+80+72=233 (+17)
T-61 Ashley Cassidy - 73+83+79=235 (+19)
T-73 Stefanie Mitchell - 80+82+78=240 (+24)
// INDIVIDUAL
T-73 Sofia Langenius - 78+85+77=240 (+24)
// TEAM RESULTS
1. SMU 285 292 281 858 -6
2. TCU 284 292 290 866 +2
3. Oklahoma 290 291 292 873 +9
4. Notre Dame 299 290 285 874 +10
5. FIU 296 297 285 878 +14
6. UNCW 291 293 299 883 +19
7. South Florida 288 303 298 889 +25
8. Nebraska 301 309 299 909 +45
9. Penn State 301 305 304 910 +46
10. Central Arkansas 308 300 307 915 +51
11. Tulsa 299 309 313 921 +57
12. Cincinnati 303 321 300 924 +60
13. Ole Miss 305 306 314 925 +61
14. Columbia 317 315 311 943 +79
15. IUPUI 319 322 303 944 +80
16. UNCG 324 307 324 955 +91
17. Central Michigan 332 313 323 968 +104
// COACH CARL ON THE BEARCATS
"I'm proud of the team for its fight to the finish," said head coach Janet Carl. "The team had six birdies in the last three holes to help us move ahead of our SEC rivals Ole Miss. We tried hard to move past fellow The American team, Tulsa, but fell short by three shots. Collectively, it was a great bounce back round and gives us some great momentum going into our long spring break week which includes two tournaments."
// UP NEXT
UC will return to action March 20-22 at the MSU Spring Citrus Challenge in Lake Mary, Florida.