HATTIESBURG, Miss. | South Alabama women's golf a 54-hole 865 (292-279-294) to finish one-over par and 12 strokes in front of second-place Southern Miss (877) Tuesday afternoon at the Judson hosted by the Golden Eagles at the Hattiesburg Country Club.

Mercedes Aldana fired a six-under 210 (70-69-71) to finish in second and Lilian Buehle carded a three-round 215 (71-70-74) to lead the Jaguars.

Playing as individuals, true freshman Shiloh Gilbert shot a 218, which included rounds of 76, 72 and 70 to finish in a tie for fifth at two over, while McKenna Murphy tied for seventh just one stroke back at 219 (75-70-74).

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): The Judson (Southern Miss)
Course: Hattiesburg Country Club

TEAM SCORES
(1) South Alabama 292-279-294—865 (+1); (2) Southern Miss 294-294-289—877 (+13); (3) Tulane 297-286-303—886 (+22); (4) Northern Colorado 301-301-294—896 (+32); (5) Samford 308-297-303—908 (+44); (6) West Florida 309-305-299—913 (+49); (7) East Texas A&M 302-311-303—916 (+52); (8) North Alabama 313-302-302—917 (+53); (9) Belmont 310-303-309—922 (+58); (10) Lamar 310-308-304—923 (+59); (11) Jackson State 317-307-314—938 (+74); (t-12) Alabama State 308-309-324—941 (+77); (t-12) UAB 316-314-311—941 (+77)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
(1) Louise Cuyvers (Southern Miss) 67-69-68—204 (-12); (2) Mercedes Aldana (South Alabama) 70-69-71—210 (-6); (3) Lilian Buehle (South Alabama) 71-70-74—215 (-1); (4) Liv Salonek (Northern Colorado) 70-76-71—217 (+1); (t-5) Sophia Macias (Tulane) 72-70-76—218 (+2); (t-5) Shiloh Gilbert (South Alabama)* 76-72-70—218 (+2); (t-7) Savannah Van Gaalen (Southern Miss) 74-73-72—219 (+3); (t-7) McKenna Murphy (South Alabama)* 75-70-74—219 (+3); (t-7) Sloane Biddle (Belmont) 76-70-73—219 (+3); (t-10) Gabi Nicastro (Samford) 80-72-70—222 (+6); (t-10) Sophia Chen (Tulane) 78-68-76—222 (+6); (t-10) Marie Baertz (East Texas A&M) 76-72-74—222 (+6)
* –  Individual 

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
Team
(2) Mercedes Aldana 70-69-71—210 (-5); (3) Lilian Buehle 71-70-74—215 (-1); (17) Rebekka Stutley 80-68-76—224 (+8); (t-18) Daniela Palmeros 77-75-73—225 (+9); (t-34) Léa Giron 74-72-85—231 (+15)

Individuals
(t-5) Shiloh Gilbert 76-72-70—218 (+2); (t-7) McKenna Murphy 75-70-74—219 (+3); (t-30) Ana Malcolm Poch 77-78-75—230 (+14); (t-30) Katelyn Foster 78-74-76—230 (+14)

UP NEXT
South Alabama will next compete at Arizona Thunderbird Intercollegiate (Feb. 8-9) hosted by Arizona at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz., to open the spring portion of its schedule.

NOTES
•    The tournament victory marked the 26th team title in program history and the third under Huarte with the last coming last spring at the Magnolia Collegiate
•    After paring the first 10 holes of the opening round, Aldana birdied five of the next six and finished with a two-under 70, her sixth round under par this fall
•    For the second tournament in a row, South Alabama led after the opening round as it held a two-stroke lead over Southern Miss
•    In the second round, Gilbert posted her second eagle of the fall on the par 5,529-yard No. 3 hole, the third eagle by a Jag this season
•    Murphy also fired a career-low, two-under 70 in the second round as she had six birdies
•    Stutley's second-round 68 was one shy of matching her career low and her seven birdies were the most of any Jag in the round
•    As a group, the Jaguars had 21 birdies, while the four individuals also had 15 birdies and an eagle in the round
•    South Alabama's second-round, nine-under 279 was a new program record for the round, surpassing the previous mark of 281 set in the second round of the Pat Bradley Invitational (9/30/24)
•    Buehle and individual medalist Louise Cuyvers (Southern Miss) led the field in Par 3 scoring, averaging 2.92
•    Aldana ranked in the Top 10 in Par 3 (t-third, 3.00), Par 4 (second, 3.87) and Par 5 scoring (t-seventh, 4.83), and the junior also finished second in birdies with 15
•    The Jaguars led the field in both Par 3 (3.10) and Par 5 (4.98), tying with Southern Miss and Samford in the later category, while also ranking second in Par 4 scoring (4.13)
•    South Alabama's 46 birdies were a season high and most among the 13-team field
•    Gilbert was tied for second in Par 5 scoring at 4.58 strokes as she was five-under 

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