JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – University of South Alabama women's golfer Siti Shaari earned a top-five finish at the First Coast Classic Feb.14-15 at Deerwood Country Club. 

Shaari (74-71-76) turned in a 221 over three rounds to earn her third top-10 finish of the season. South Alabama finished fourth with a three-round total of 922.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): First Coast Classic (Hosted by Western Kentucky)
Dates: Feb. 14-15 (Monday – Tuesday)
Format: 54 holes (36/18)
Course: Deerwood Country Club (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Yardage:  6,002 yards
Par:  72
 
TEAM SCORES
1) Eastern Kentucky, 304-289-304—897 (+33);  2) Arkansas State, 311-296-301—908 (+44);  3) Western Kentucky, 306-286-320—912 (+48);  4) South Alabama, 307-304-311—922 (+58);  5) Florida Gulf Coast, 314-309-301—924 (+60);  6) Troy, 310-310-315—935 (+71);  T7) Stetson, 315-307-318—940 (+76);  T7) Georgia State, 317-309-314—940 (+76);  9) Daytona State College, 311-327-324—962 (+98);  10) High Point, 340-308-316—964 (+100);  11) Marshall, 329-315-324—968 (+104)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) Olivia Schmidt, ASU, 68-69-71—208 (-8);  2) Ragga Kristindottir, EKU, 72-69-74—215 (-1);  3) Haley Yerxa, FGCU, 77-72-71—220 (+4);  4) Siti Shaari, USA, 74-71-76—221 (+5);  T5) Olivia Reed, WKU, 72-70-83—225 (+9);  T5) Vilma Efraimsson, EKU, 73-75-77—225 (+9);  T5) Rachel Rich, WKU, 75-74-76—225 (+9)

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
4) Siti Shaari, 74-71-76—221 (+5);  T8) Cassidy Lambert*, 76-81-71—228 (+12);  T13) Malia Uyeshiro, 77-74-80—231 (+15);  T19) Catharina Lohoff, 80-82-73—235 (+19);  T38) Carlota Garcia, 79-77-84—240 (+24);  T43) Belinda May, 77-85-82—244 (+28)
* - Competed as individual

TEE SHOTS
- Lambert recorded a career-low 1-under par 71 in the final round, and posted a career-low 228 over three rounds.
- Lambert's finish of T-8th marked a career-best finish.
- Lohoff carded a 1-over par 73 in the final round in her first tournament as a Jaguar.
- Uyeshiro earned a career-best finish (T-13th) with a three-round total of 231.
- Shaari led the tournament with 37 pars. She ranked tied for seventh in the event in par five scoring, playing par fives at a 2-under par average of 4.83 strokes.
- May and Lambert tied for the most birdies (9) on the team in the tournament. Shaari carded seven birdies over three rounds.

QUOTES
Head Coach Matt Luther 
- On the tournament:
"It's the winter time in Florida, and the golf course has enough room for where you're supposed to hit it and there's penalties if you hit it where you're not supposed to – you get exposed. I like going there early (in the spring), because it is truth serum. And we know what we need to do."

- On the positives from the tournament:
"Cassidy (Lambert) has been struggling coming out of the winter, but she obviously can play and is figuring it out. She is a big piece of the puzzle for us. I saw a lot of good shots out of Malia (Uyeshiro), and our mid-year addition Catharina (Lohoff) played a good round and is starting to get her feet under her."

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