Results

HOOVER, Ala. – South Alabama women's golfer Greta Rietdorf earned medalist honors at the Hoover Invite Tuesday at the Hoover Country Club. 

Rietdorf (72-71-70) turned in an even par 72 in round one, followed by a 1-under par 71 in the second round Monday. She carded a 2-under par 70 in Tuesday's final round to capture medalist honors for the first time in her career.

South Alabama (300-286-295) finished tied with Southern Miss, who won the tournament, at 17-over par 881 but the Golden Eagles won the tiebreaker based off of the fifth-player score. The Jags shot 2-under par 286 in round two, and outshot USM by two strokes in the final round with a 295 but USA turned in a team score of 300 in round one while Southern Miss shot an opening-round 295.

NOTES
- South Alabama's runner-up finish marked its second in as many tournaments this season.
- The Jaguars led the tournament in par-five scoring with a 10-under par average of 4.87 strokes. Belmont finished with the second-best par-five scoring average at 1-over par 5.01.
- USA led the tournament in birdies with 47.
- Malia Uyeshiro led the field in birdies with 13 over three rounds. Rietdorf finished with 11 birdies, which ranked tied for third among the field. 
- Rietdorf carded consecutive birdies at the par-five third hole and par-four fourth hole in the final round, and shot 2-under par 34 on HCC's front nine holes. A birdie at the par-five 11th pushed her to 3-under par, but a bogey at the par-four 14th put her at even par 36 on the back nine to cap her 2-under par final round.
- Uyeshiro finished in third place with a 1-over par 217 after an even par 72 in round two and a 1-under par 71 in Tuesday's final round.
- Uyeshiro carded five birdies in the final round, but also finished with four bogeys to finish at 1-under par. 
- Carlota Garcia turned in an even par 72 in the second round.
- Laura Burch carded an eagle, one of five in the tournament, which came at the par-five third hole in Tuesday's final round.
- Cassidy Lambert shot a 1-under par 71 in round two. Lambert carded back-to-back birdies at the 8th and 9th holes to post a 1-under par 35 on the front nine, and finished even par on the back nine after a bogey at No. 15 and birdie at the par-three 17th.

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
1) Greta Rietdorf, 72-71-70—213 (-3);  3) Malia Uyeshiro, 74-72-71—217 (+1);  T10) Catharina Lohoff*, 74-73-75—222 (+6);  T16) Laura Burch, 77-73-77—227 (+11);  T16) Carlota Garcia, 78-72-77—227 (+11);  T31) Cassidy Lambert, 77-71-84—232 (+16)
* - denotes played as individual

QUOTES
Head Coach Matt Luther
- On Greta Rietdorf:
"She just hits it solid. She drove it well and hit her irons good. She didn't putt particularly well, but made some today. When you hit it as solid as she does a lot of courses set up for you."

- On Malia Uyeshiro:
"Malia is doing what a second-year player should do: she's learning, she hits it great, is getting better at everything, she's smart and very even keeled. She just put some things together. She still makes a couple of mistakes here and there, sort of still making a few freshman mistakes but she makes a ton of birdies. She's going to be dangerous as she gets older."

- On the team's finish:
"We played here two years ago, and we played a ton better (this week) than we did two years ago which is super encouraging. And we had some spurts of really good nine holes here and there, but then we'd give a few back. As this group learns how to close tournaments and how to not do that, then they're going to be pretty dangerous. But all in all, it was a great tournament and a great teachable moment. It feels like we got beat right at the end, but it's a great lesson in the value of one shot over three days."

- On the team's ability to score on par fives:
"The par fives, three of them are pretty quirky, and we definitely played them aggressively off the tee. I think that worked out well for us, obviously. We definitely played them more aggressively than other teams that we were playing with."

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