NORFOLK, Va. | Mercedes Aldana fired a program record 65 in the final round and South Alabama set a new 54-hole program mark with a three-round 839 Saturday to finish third at the Sixth Annual Evie Odom Invitational hosted by Old Dominion and held at the Princess Anne Country Club.

The 65 by Aldana, who also carded a then career-best 67 in the opening round, eclipsed Cassidy Lambert's previous mark (66) which was set at the 2025 Pinetree Intercollegiate in the second round of the event. The Buenos Aires, Argentina, native closed strong as she was four-under over her final nine holes. For the tournament, Aldana finished tied for ninth with a three-round, two-under par 208, which also matched a career best for the junior.

Rebekka Stutley (70-67-70—207 (-3) and Lilian Buehle (67-69-71—207 (-3) tied for fifth to lead the club over the two-day event. 

Stutley's 54-hole total also set a new career-best for the junior, eclipsing her previous mark by nine strokes – 216, at Golf Iconic Classic (10/13-15/25).  Buehle also set a new 54-hole low, besting her previous mark of 211, set last season at the Sun Belt Conference Championship (4/20-22/26).

On Saturday, South Alabama fired a two-over par 282, which matched South Carolina for the best round by any of the 14 teams in the field, and also set a new program record for a third-round score, surpassing the previous mark of 283 set at the Lady Red Wolves Classic (10/12/21).

North Florida captured the team title with an 8-under par 832, five strokes ahead of runner up South Carolina with a 3-under par 837. The individual co-medalists of the tournament were UNF's Kaitlyn Schroeder and Old Dominion's Puneet Bajwa, who both carded 7-under par 203s.

Head Coach Marcelo Huarte 
- On the team's play:
"I'm incredibly proud of this team. We intentionally put them in difficult situations at home to prepare them for the challenges of tournament play, and they've responded by buying in, embracing the challenge, and trusting the process.

"We know the work isn't done, and that's what makes this group special. We're going to run our race, continue leaning into the hard things, and trust the work we put in.:

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Sixth Annual Evie Odom Invitational (Old Dominion)
Course: Princess Anne Country Club

TEAM SCORES
(1) North Florida 275-270-287—832 (-8); (2) South Carolina 281-274-282—837 (-3); (3) South Alabama 274-283-282—839 (-1); (4) Penn State 281-271-292—844 (+4); (5) Georgetown 287-276-293—856 (+16); (6) Georgia 293-278-288—859 (+19); (7) Coastal Carolina 284-282-294—860 (+20);  (8) Louisville 287-278-301—866 (+26); (9) Old Dominion 289-280-299—868 (+28); (10) Sacramento State 288-295-288—871 (+31); (11) Bowling Green 293-294-299—886 (+46); (12) Lehigh 299-294-300—893 (+53); (t-13) Belmont 298-294-310—902 (+62); (t-13) William & Mary 303-291-310—902 (+62)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
(t-1) Puneet Bajwa (Old Dominion) 68-65-70—203 (-7); (t-1) Kaitlyn Schroeder (North Florida) 67-66-70—203 (-7); (3) Sunny Wang (Georgetown) 70-66-69—205 (-5); (4) Maylis Lamoure* (South Carolina) 69-65-72—206 (-4); (t-5) Amelia Harris (South Carolina) 70-69-68—207 (-3); (t-5) Rebekka Stutley (South Alabama) 70-67-70—207 (-3); (t-5) Lilian Buehle (South Alabama) 67-69-71—207 (-3); (t-5) Vairana Heck (South Carolina) 68-66-73—207 (-3); (t-9) Mercedes Aldana (South Alabama) 67-76-65—208 (-2); (t-9) Alicia Olsson (South Carolina) 72-68-68—208 (-2); (t-9) Anna-Katherina Brehm (Coastal Carolina) 72-67-69—208 (-2); (t-9) Brianna Castaldi (North Florida) 68-69-71—208 (-2); (t-9) Sloane Biddle (Belmont) 70-65-73—208 (-2)

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
(t-5) Lilian Buehle 67-69-71—207 (-3); (t-5) Rebekka Stutley 70-67-70—207 (-3); (t-10) Mercedes Aldana 67-76-65—208 (-2); (t-39) Daniela Palmeros 70-74-76—220 (+10); (69) Katelyn Foster 78-73-79—230 (+20)

(58) Léa Giron* 76-71-78—225 (+15)
* - Individual 

UP NEXT
South Alabama will close out its fall campaign in two weeks when it competes at the Judson hosted by Southern Miss (Oct. 26-27) at the Hattiesburg Country Club in Hattiesburg, Miss.

NOTES
•    The event was originally scheduled to be a three-day tournament, but was altered to a two-day format due to weather
•    Stutley's opening round 70 matched a then career low for a single round and was her lowest round since doing so Oct. 14, 2025 in the second round at the Golf Iconic Classic
•    Buehle's first-round, three-under 67 marked a new career low for the sophomore and was the fourth time in her career in which she has went under 70 in a round
•    Buehle followed up her 67 with a second-round 69, bringing her career total to five sub-70 rounds, which are tied for fourth most in program history
•    Aldana also carded a new career-best in the opening round of play, firing a three-under, 67 of her own as she bogeyed just one hole
•    South Alabama's first-round 274 set a new program record for both the opening round of play at a tournament and for any single round, eclipsing the previous mark of 277 set at the USA Intercollegiate (9/3/22)
•    The Jaguars held a one-stroke lead over North Florida (275) after the opening 18 holes of play
•    Stutley fired South Alabama's third 67 of the day in the second round as she birdied four-straight holes (3-6) on the front nine, and finished with five in the round
•    The 67 by Stutley in the second round was a new career low and also marked the third lowest 18-hole total by a Jaguar in the second round all-time
•    Palmeros recorded her first career eagle on the par five, 470-yard sixth hole in the third round 
•    South Alabama led the field in par-four scoring (3.98) and was two-under on the holes for the tournament, the only team under par
•    The Jags finished third in the field in birdies (44) and were led individually by Stutley and Aldana, who had 12 each, which were tied for fourth-most at the tournament
•    Stutley led the field in Par 4 scoring at 3.75 as she was minus-six 
•    Aldana was also two-under on her Par 4s as she averaged 3.92 strokes, while Buehle was one-under at 3.96 strokes
•    Buehle and Aldana were tied for second in Par 3 scoring at 2.94 as they were both one-under

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