GAINESVILLE, Fla. | Daniela Palmeros fired a final-round 68 and ended the day with a three-round 217 and finished tied for 26th Sunday at the Gator Invitational hosted by Florida at the Mark Bostic Golf Course.

As a team, South Alabama finished 10th in the 14-team field after carding a three-round 891 (300-396-395). 

Florida (820) finished 20-under to take home team honors, while UF's Paula Francisco (200) held off fellow Gator teammate Siuue Wu (205) to capture individual medalist honors.

Head Coach Marcelo Huarte 
- On the tournament: "This was an elite event with some top-ranked teams, and it was a very valuable experience for us. We know we're capable of competing with these elite teams, but we also know we have to keep getting better."

- On the final round for Daniela Palmeros: "It was a great final round for Daniela (Palmeros). This is a very difficult golf course, and she made some big improvements after last week's event. It was a great bounce back performance that really shows her resilience."

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Gator Invitational (Florida)
Course: Mark Bostic Golf Course

TEAM SCORES
(1) Florida 271-275-274—820 (-20); (2) Virginia 275-284-279—838 (-2); (3) North Carolina 282-276-282—840 (E); (4) Miami (Fla.) 292-285-291—868 (+28); (5) Clemson 290-291-288—869 (+29); (6) Oklahoma 289-294-287—870 (+30); (t-7) South Florida 295-290-290—875 (+35); (t-7) Michigan 287-290-298—875 (+35); (9) Florida Gulf Coast 294-297-296—887 (+47); (10) South Alabama 300-296-295—891 (+51); (11) Campbell 298-302-296—896 (+56); (12) Georgia Southern 290-308-305—903 (+63); (13) Florida Atlantic 309-303-294—906 (+66); (14) Florida International 316-300-301—917 (+77)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
(1) Paula Francisco (Florida) 68-65-67—200 (-10); (t-2) Siuue Wu (Florida) 65-69-71—205 (-5); (t-2) Mira Berglund (Virginia) 69-72-64—205 (-5); (4) Jaclyn LaHa (Virginia) 67-71-68—206 (-4); (5) Elaine Widjaja* (Florida) 69-67-71—207 (-3); (6) Megan Propeck (Florida) 71-70-67—208 (-2); (t-7) Megan Streicher (North Carolina) 72-68-69—209 (-1); (t-7) Helen Yeung (North Carolina) 69-70-70—209 (-1); (t-9) Ing Iadpluem (North Carolina) 71-69-71—11 (+1); (t-9) Rebekah Gardner (Miami) 68-72-71—211 (+1); (t-9) Katelyn Huber (Florida) 67-71-73—211 (+1)

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
(t-26) Daniela Palmeros 75-74-68—217 (+7); (t-41) Anna Behnsen 75-71-77—223 (+13); (t-45) Mercedes Aldana 73-75-76—224 (+14); (t-59) Lilian Buehle 78-76-76—230 (+20); (t-65) Katelyn Foster 77-79-75—231 (+21)

UP NEXT
South Alabama will host the Magnolia Collegiate on March 16-17 at Magnolia Grove Golf Course. 

NOTES
•    South Alabama ranked fifth among the field in par 3 scoring (3.12), and was in the Top 10 in both birdies (24, t-10th) and pars (158, t-eighth) 
•    Palmeros recoded a team-best nine birdies at the Gator Invitational
•    The third-round 68 marked the third sub-70 round of Palmeros' career
•    The 68 was also one stroke shy of matching a career low for the freshman
•    Palmeros was tied for third among the field in par 3 scoring (2.80), and her nine birdies were tied for ninth-most

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