DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. | South Alabama women's golf's Carlota Garcia tied for sixth and earned all-tournament honors Tuesday afternoon at the Sun Belt Conference Championship held at LPGA International - Hills Course.  Garcia registered a three-round four-over par 224 (73-76-71). Garcia climbed 11 spots on the final day carding a one-under 71 and recorded three birdies.  

As a team, the Jaguar women entered the final day of tournament action in fifth-place, but dropped a spot to place sixth after firing a three-round 904 (+40) with a 302 in the third and final round.

Tournament Information
Event (host): Sun Belt Conference Championship
Dates: April 16 – April 18 (Sunday-Tuesday)
Course: LPGA International - Hills Course - Par 72 - 6134 Yards

Team Scores
(1) ULM – 291-293-296-880 (+16); (2) Texas State – 286-301-293-880 (+16); (3) Arkansas State – 296-296-296-888 (+24); (4) Georgia Southern – 292-302-306-900 (+36); (5) Southern Miss – 301-309-292-902 (+38); (6) South Alabama – 300-302-302-904 (+40); (7) Old Dominion – 297-308-303-908 (+44); (8) James Madison – 305-298-306-909 (+45); (9) Georgia State – 298-305-307-910 (+46); (10) Troy – 300-303-310-913 (+49); (11) Marshall – 307-314-316-937 (+73); (12) Coastal Carolina – 310-312-322-944 (+80);  (13) Appalachian State – 314-323-327-964 (+100)

Individual Leaders
(1) Leah Onosato (Old Dominion) 68-73-73-214 (-2); (2) Chantal Dueringer (ULM) 71-71-74-216 (E); (t-3) Momoka Ando (Southern Miss) 70-76-71-217 (+1); (t-3) Junia Gabasa (Texas State) 70-74-73-217 (+1); (5) Elise Schultz (Arkansas State) 70-77-71-218 (+2); (t-6) Yvonne Chamness (Texas State) 76-74-70-220 (+4); (t-6) Carlota Garcia (South Alabama) 73-76-71-220 (+4); (t-6) Alessia Mengoni (ULM) 73-76-71-220 (+4); (t-6) Olivia Schmidt (Arkansas State) 73-69-78-220 (+4); (t-10) Matilda Svahn (Texas State) 74-74-73-221 (+5); (t-10) Johanna Sjursen (ULM) 75-71-75-221 (+5)

South Alabama Scores
(t-6) Carlota Garcia – 73-76-71-220 (+4), (t-16) Cassidy Lambert – 78-70-76-224 (+8), (t-28) Greta Rietdorf – 73-75-81-229 (+9), (t-36) Malia Uyeshiro – 76-81-75-232 (+16), (55) Laura Burch – 87-83-80-250 (+34)

Notes
•    South Alabama moved up two spots on day two of the tournament to fifth, before finishing sixth on Tuesday
•    The three-round 220 for Garcia tied for her second-lowest tournament performance this season (The Judson, 10/31 – 11/1)
•    Garcia's third-round one-under par 71 also tied for her second-lowest round of the year
•    Top 10 finish for Garcia earned her all-tournament honors, and with that finish she has finished inside the top 20 in seven of her nine events during the 2022-23 season
•    Lambert fired a two-under par (70) in Monday's second round, birding holes two and seven, to move into a tie for eighth
•    Her second-round 70 was also a new single-round low for the sophomore, and her 6th-place finish was the fifth top-20 of the season  

All-Tournament Team
Leah Onosato, Old Dominion
Chantal Dueringer, ULM
Momoka Ando, Southern Miss
Junia Gabasa, Texas State
Elise Schultz, Arkansas State
Yvonne Chamness, Texas State
Carlota Garcia, South Alabama
Alessia Mengoni, ULM
Olivia Schmidt, Arkansas State

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