MACON, Ga. – After an up-and-down 36 holes on Monday, the FGCU women's golf team turned in their best score with a 301 on Tuesday afternoon to finish the Brickyard Collegiate in seventh place overall with a two-day score of 926. The score marked the fourth lowest of the final round and moved the Eagles up two spots from their ninth place standing after Monday's action.
 
A trio of Eagles finished among the top-20 individually for the tournament as sophomore Sarah Edwards (Jay, Fla./Jay) tied for 20^th, senior Natalia Nassar (Bucaramanga, Colombia/Colegio Panamericano) tied for 22^nd, and junior Laura Edmonds (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Cypress Bay) tied for 26^th. Redshirt senior Ailsa Clark (Navarre, Fla./Navarre) finished tied for 31^st as all four scorers finished within a three-stroke spread.
 
"We played much more consistent today," said head coach Sarah Trew. "I am proud of the team for showing resilience. We have about a week to clean things up before we compete for an ASUN title."
 
UCF won the overall team title with a 54-hole score of 892. The Green and Blue were just six strokes behind No. 41 North Florida.
 
Edwards led FGCU with a two-day total of 230, followed by Nassar's score of 231. Edmonds, who shot a par 72 on Tuesday, finished with a 232, while Clark was a stroke behind. Haley Yerxa finished tied for 73^rd (254), while Sophia Warren, playing as an individual, tied for 71^st (253).
 
Edmonds' 72 on Tuesday tied as the fifth lowest score of the third round and was the best of any Eagle during the two-day tournament. After going into the turn at plus two, she tallied two of her four birdies on the day on the back nine and stayed par-or-better on her final 10 holes of the afternoon.
 
Nassar also had her best round on Monday with four birdies as well to finish with 75. She posted back-to-back birdies on No. 9 and No. 10 to get to even. After going three over on the next six holes, she birdied No. 17 before picking up a bogey to close out the day at three over.
 
Clark shot 76 to tie her best round of the tournament highlighted by a clean back nine performance and 11 consecutive holes at par. Edwards recorded a score of 78 after running into some trouble on No. 7. She started the day with six straight pars before a triple bogey sent her into the turn plus four.
 
Redshirt sophomore Haley Yerxa (Ottawa, Ontario/Hillcrest) had her best round with a score of 82 as did junior Sophia Warren (Lakewood Ranch, Fla./Seminole State College), who played as an individual, at 81 for the day.
 
FGCU entered the competition ranked No. 87 in this week's GolfStat.com team rankings. The 14-team field is led by No. 31 UCF followed by No. 42 North Florida. Overall, including the Green and Blue, 10 programs are ranked in the top 100 including host Mercer, South Florida, Furman, Kennesaw State, and Chattanooga.
 
Following Monday and Tuesday's action, The Eagles will then have nearly two weeks to prepare for the 2021 ASUN Championship which will be hosted from April 18-20 at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Ga.
 
FGCU Lineup:
T20 - Sarah Edwards – 74-78-78 – 230
T22 - Natalia Nassar – 77-79-75 – 231
T26 - Laura Edmonds – 76-84-72 – 232
T31 - Ailsa Clark – 76-81-76 – 233
T71 - Sophia Warren (Individual) – 83-89-81 – 253
T73 - Haley Yerxa – 87-85-82 – 254
 
Brickyard Collegiate Field:
1 - #31 UCF – 298-295-299 – 892
2 - #59 Mercer – 307-292-311 – 910
T3 - #61 Furman – 306-301-309 – 916
T3 - #68 Kennesaw State – 304-301-311 – 916
5 - #112 Memphis – 311-307 -299 – 917
6 - #42 North Florida – 310-312-298 – 920 
7 - #87 FGCU – 303-322-301 –926
8 - #86 Chattanooga – 319-298-312 – 929
9 - #95 Florida Atlantic – 305-314-312 – 931
10 - #58 South Florida – 315-314-307 –936
11 - #105 Troy – 320-310-307 – 937
12 - #94 Middle Tennessee – 322-311-319 – 952
13 - #135 UAB – 314-323-316 – 955
14 - Daytona State – 322-327-320 – 969
 
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