DADE CITY, Fla. – Sophomore Sarah Edwards (Jay, Fla./Jay) tied for fourth and redshirt senior Ailsa Clark (Navarre, Fla./Navarre) tied for 13^th as the FGCU women's golf team took fourth overall at the Spring Break Shootout at the Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club following Tuesday's final round. The Eagles posted a 296 on the day giving them a three-day total of 879.
 
No. 42 North Florida won the overall team title with a 54-hole total of 857, while Seminole State College was second with a score of 863. Western Kentucky, which co-hosted the event alongside FGCU, took third (870).
 
"We didn't have our 'A' game today, but we definitely hung in there and were able to maintain our place in the field," said head coach Sarah Trew. "I'm proud of Sarah and Ailsa for their individual top-15 finishes. Natalia also stepped up big for us today with her play. We have a couple of weeks before our next event to work on cleaning up a few things."
 
Edwards earned her second top-five finish of the season to go alongside her winning the Mid-American Challenge earlier this spring. She shot 74 on Tuesday giving her a three-round total of 215. She added three more birdies to her Monday total giving her 11 for the 54 holes.
 
Clark's three-round score of 219 marked her second lowest of the season after she also shot 74 on Tuesday.
 
The biggest mover of the day was senior Natalia Nassar (Bucaramanga, Colombia/Colegio Panamericano) who carded a 71 to match her season low. That gave her a three-round total of 221 to tie her for 21^st overall.
 
Junior Josephine Bertelsen (Vejle, Denmark/Campus Vejle/Western Texas College) slipped to 51^st after shooting an 84 on Tuesday, while junior Sophia Warren (Lakewood Ranch, Fla./Seminole State College) finished 66^th (236) after scoring 77 in the final round.
 
Redshirt sophomore Haley Yerxa (Ottawa, Ontario/Hillcrest), who played as an individual, tied for 26^th with a 54-hole total of 222.
 
The field featured four top-100 teams in the GolfStat.com Weekly rankings with No. 42 North Florida leading the pack. FGCU checked in at No. 74, while Western Kentucky (No. 80) and Akron (No. 91) rounded out the top ranked programs.
 
The Eagles will be off until taking part in the Brickyard Collegiate hosted by Mercer on April 5-6 in Macon, Ga. The 2021 ASUN Championship will be held April 18-20 at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Ga.
 
 FGCU Lineup:
T4 - Sarah Edwards – 70-71-74 – 215
T13 - Ailsa Clark – 75-70-74 – 219
T21 - Natalia Nassar – 76-74-71 – 221
T26 - Haley Yerxa (individual) – 76-72-74 – 222  
T51 - JoJo Bertelsen – 76-71-84 – 231
66 - Sophia Warren – 80-79-77 – 236
 
Spring Break Shootout Field
1 - #42 North Florida – 284-286-287 – 857
2 - Seminole State – 283-288-292 – 863
3 - #80 Western Kentucky – 289-281-300 – 870
4 - #74 FGCU – 297-286-296 – 879
5 - #111 Troy – 298-293-289 – 880
6 - #165 Ball State – 301-286-295 – 882
7 - Daytona State – 302-289-296 – 887
8 - #140 Georgia State – 297-296-299 – 892
9 - #161 Oakland – 303-291-303 – 897
10 - #154 Morehead State – 299-304-300 – 903
11 - #150 Toledo – 298-303-305 – 906
12 - #192 Loyola – 297-308-305 – 910
13 - #91 Akron – 311-302-307 – 920
14 - #167 Bowling Green – 309-306-311 – 926
15 - #171 Ohio – 315-303-312 – 930
 
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