RESULTS

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Behind a career-low performance from freshman Johanna Nevalainen, the No. 9 ranked West Florida women's golf team finished in third place in the Argonaut Invitational at Marcus Pointe Golf Club Tuesday.
 
UWF entered the day in fourth place but fired a 16-over-par 304 – the second-lowest round of the tournament – the secure third place with a 930 in the final regular-season event of the year.
 
Nevalainen opened her career-best round with eight-consecutive pars. She then birdied four of the next seven to get to 2-under-par before slipping to eighth with a double bogey and bogey down the stretch. Her 77-80-73—230 total was her best as an Argonaut and her first career top-10. The 73 was the low round of the day and third-lowest in the tourney.
 
Paloma Vaccaro and Elin Olsson also collected top-20 finishes. Vaccaro tied for 13th at 76-78-79—233 and Olsson was a shot back in 17th with a trio of 78s for a 234.
 
Daisy-May Kenny turned in her fourth-lowest round of the year with a 76 en route to a 238 and tie for 33rd.
 
Lily Kent had one of the highlights of the day as she recorded the third hole-in-one of the tournament on the eighth hole – her third hole of the round – en route to a season-best 77 and 248 total.
 
Kayla Smith competed as an individual for UWF and tied for 70th at 78-89-83—250.
 
Second ranked Rollins completed a wire-to-wire victory, using a 309 on Tuesday for a 916 total, nine strokes ahead of runner-up and 23rd-ranked Lee with a 925. No. 6 Nova Southeastern was fourth at 307-321-306—934 and No. 1 Florida Tech was fifth at 306-312-317—935.
 
Shannon McKew of Florida Southern recorded her first career individual title when she won a 2-hole playoff by draining a 40-foot putt on No. 11. McKew had a 75-75-76—226 to join Bernadette Little of Lee (73-77-76) and Hally Leadbetter of Rollins (77-74-75) in the extra holes.
  
UWF will play in the Gulf South Conference Tournament on April 17-19 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The men's team will play the Fighting Joe Course, and the women will play the Schoolmaster Course.