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MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama women's golfer Siti Shaari earned a top-five finish at the USA Intercollegiate at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove Crossings Course.

Shaari carded a 3-under par 69 in Saturday's opening round, followed by a 2-over par 74 in the second round on Sunday. She turned in a 1-under par 71 in the final round of the tournament on Monday finish in a two-way tie for fifth place with a three-round, 2-under par total of 214.

South Alabama finished in 13th place with a first-round team total of 292 in the opening round, and consecutive team scores of 303 in the second and final rounds for a three-round total of 898.

The Jaguars will return to action Sept. 23-25 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge at Red Sky Golf Club's Fazio Course in Vail, Colo.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): 2019 USA Intercollegiate (South Alabama)
Dates: September 14-16 (Saturday-Monday)
Format: 54 holes (18/18/18)  
Course: RTJ Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove - Crossings Course (par 72, 6,157 yds)
 
TEAM SCORES
1) UAB, 285-285-296¬¬—868 (+4);  2) North Florida, 288-292-289—869 (+5);  T3) Houston Baptist, 289-291-293—873 (+9);  T3) Western Kentucky, 291-291-291—873 (+9);  5) Troy, 291-290-294—875 (+11); 6) Arkansas State, 293-289-299—881 (+17); 7) Murray State, 294-297-291—882 (+18);  8) Grand Canyon, 297-298-292—887 (+23); 9) Georgia State, 294-297-297—888 (+24); 10) ULM, 298-301-294—893 (+29); 11) Incarnate Word, 307-298-290—895 (+31); 12) Samford, 305-294-297—896 (+32); 13) South Alabama, 292-303-303—898 (+34); T14) Lamar, 306-298-301—905 (+41); T14) Little Rock, 292-302-304—905 (+41); 16) Bethune-Cookman, 307-307-301—915 (+51)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) Tia Teiniketo, UAB, 67-68-69—204 (-12); 2) Sarah Arnold, Western Kentucky, 68-69-71—208 (-8); 3) Jahaanvie Walia, ULM, 69-73-69—211 (-5); 4) Sydney Shrader, North Florida, 72-70-71—213 (-3); T5) Siti Shaari, South Alabama, 69-74-71—214 (-2); T5) Sara Zrnikova, Houston Baptist, 69-72-73—214 (-2); T7) Sara McKevitt, North Florida, 72-70-73—215 (-1); T7) Anna Claire Little**, Troy, 68-74-73—215 (-1); T7) Ana Picchi, Murray State, 73-71-71—215 (-1); T10) Siripatsorn Patchana, Grand Canyon, 71-70-75—216 (E); T10) Grayson Gladden, Arkansas State, 70-72-74—216 (E)

**Competing as an individual

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T5) Siri Shaari, 69-74-71—214 (-2); T13) Julie Hovland, 70-75-74—219 (+3); T70) Caroline Berge, 76-78-77—231 (+15); T79) Belinda May, 77-76-82—235 (+19); T82) Nele Mattner, 77-79-81—237 (+21); T89) Carlota Garcia, 80-89-73—242 (+26)

TEE SHOTS
- Julie Hovland ranked third in the tournament in par four scoring with an average of 3.87 strokes per par four, and played par fours in the tournament at 4-under par. Siti Shaari ranked sixth in the tournament in par four scoring at 3.93 per par four, and played par fours at 2-under par for the tournament.
- Hovland finished tied for eighth in most pars in the tournament with 39, while Shaari finished with 38.
- Shaari ranked tied for 10th in par five scoring with an average of 4.83 strokes per par four, and played the par five holes at 2-under par for the tournament.
- UAB's Tia Teiniketo earned individual medalist honors with a three-round, 12-under par total of 204. Teiniketo led the tournament in scoring average on par four holes at 3.77, and played the par fours in the tournament at 7-under par.
- UAB won the tournament with a three-round team total of 868.

QUOTES
Head Coach Matt Luther 
On the opening tournament of the season:
"We saw some positive things over the course of three rounds, as well as some things we can work on in preparation for next week. We're not where we want to be yet, but it is the opening tournament of the season and something to build on as we move forward. I am proud of our effort, and can't wait to get back to work. We had a great field of teams with good players, and credit UAB for winning the tournament with three solid rounds of golf."

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