HOOVER, Ala. | Katharina Schroll fired a two-over par 218 to record her first Top 10 finish of the fall on Tuesday as she ended the UAB Hoover Invite held at the Hoover Country Club in a four-way tie for ninth.

Anna Behnsen (74-71-79—224 (+8)) and Mercedes Aldana 76-77-72—225 (+9) both posted Top-30 finishes for South, tying for 22nd and 26th, respectively.

South Alabama (298-293-305—896) had a strong showing on day one of the event, firing its best round at five-over in the second round on Monday with a 293 to sit in a tie for fourth with Stetson, but the Jags fell back two positions to place sixth at the 14-team event.

Alabama took home team honors with a three-round, seven-over par 871as the Crimson Tide placed a pair of players inside the Top 10 and four inside the Top 15. Samford's Gabi Nicastro (68-70-73—211) finished at five-under to capture individual medalist honors, two shots better than ULM's Daniela Campillo (69-73-71—213).

Head Coach Marcelo Huarte 
- On South Alabama's play this week at the UAB Hoover Invite:
"Although we didn't finish the way we would've liked, there's a lot of positives to take away from this week. We had some spurts of really good golf, but made far too many mistakes. We'll address some of our weaknesses from this past week and prepare for the next event."

- On the play of Katharina Schroll:
"I'm proud of Katharina. She got off to a bad start in the first round and was able to fight her way back into the top 5 going into the final round. She had a bogey free second round and played solid throughout the entire event."

Tournament Information
Event (host): UAB Hoover Invite (UAB)
Dates: September 16 – September 17 (Monday-Tuesday)
Course: Hoover Country Club

Team Scores
(1) Alabama 296-286-289—871 (+7), (2) ULM 284-294-302—880 (+16), (3) Southern Miss 305-288-289—882 (+18), (4) Georgia 299-291-296—886 (+22), (5) North Alabama 300-294-301—895 (+31); (6) South Alabama 298-293-305—895 (+32), (7) Stetson 295-296-310—901 (+37). (8) Samford 299-305-305—909 (+45), (9) UAB 311-299-305—915 (+51), (10) Tennessee Tech 309-297-311—917 (+53), (11) Kennesaw State 309-300-310—919 (+55), (12) Loyola-Chicago 307-312-319—938 (+74), (13) West Georgia 320-300-319—939 (+75), (14) Palm Beach State 332-327-336—995 (+131)

Individual Leaders
(1) Gabi Nicastro (Samford) 68-70-73—211 (-5), (2) Daniela Campillo (ULM) 69-73-71—213 (-3), (3) Chantel El Chaib* (Georgia) 72-71-71—214 (-2), (4) Momoka Ando (Southern Miss) 77-73-66—216 (E), (t-5) Isabella Van Der Biest (Alabama) 77-68-72—217 (+1), (t-5) Brooke Wagner (UAB) 72-71-74—217 (+1),  (t-5) Kennedy Carroll (Alabama) 72-74-71—217 (+1), (t-5) Morgan Smith (Georgia) 71-72-74—217 (+1), (t-9) Katharina Schroll (South Alabama) 73-70-75—218 (+2), (t-9) Katie Song (Georgia) 79-68-71—218 (+2), (t-9) Isaki Sakashita (Stetson) 74-67-77—218 (+2), (t-9) Chloe Griffith (Tennessee Tech) 74-72-72—218 (+2)

South Alabama Scores
(t-9) Katharina Schroll 73-70-75—218 (+2), (t-22) Anna Behnsen 74-71-79—224 (+8), (t-26) Mercedes Aldana 76-77-72—225 (+9), (t-38) Malia Uyeshiro 75-75-79—229 (+13), (t-76) Laura Burch 79-83-79—241 (+25)

(t-42) Flavia Tamburlini* 73-78-81—232 (+16)
(Playing as an individual)

Up Next
South Alabama will return to action in a couple of weeks when the Jags compete at the 47th Annual FIU Pat Bradley Invitational (September 30-October 1) in Doral, Fla., at Trump National Doral.

Notes
•    Schroll has now finished inside the Top 15 in each of her first two events as a Jaguar
•    As a team, the Jaguars have been under par eight times through the first tournaments, and were either at par or under just four times last season
•    Tamburlini's eagle on hole No. 9 marked the second eagle by a Jaguar this season
•    The eagle by Tamburlini was the only one in the first round and one of six in the tournament to do so

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