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JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. – Nadine White shot a 5-under-par 67 to tie her collegiate career low round and finished in a tie for seventh on the individual leader board following Tuesday's final round of the Briar's Creek Invitational women's golf tournament.
In a field that included eight teams ranked among Golfstat's top 50, No.-54 Campbell (302-290-289—881) finished in a tie for 10th place with Wisconsin (302-290-289—881) in the 18-team event. Eighth-ranked Florida (293-280-285—858) earned the team title at 6-under par, 11 strokes ahead of runner-up Indiana (291-285-293—869).
The Camels finished in front of three Big Ten Conference schools, including No.-30 Michigan State, and a pair of ACC members (Virginia Tech and Boston College).
White equaled the school record for most strokes below par in a single round (5) set by Michelle Koh at the 2010 Palmetto Intercollegiate and equaled eight times. Her score of 9-under 135 over the last two rounds was the lowest consecutive round total turned in by a Camel player since Tahnia Ravnjak shot 69-66 over the final two rounds of the 2013 Golfweek Program Challenge on a par-71 layout.
Her 67 tied for the second-lowest score in school history behind Koh and Tahnia Ravnjak, both of whom shot 66 on par-71 courses.
On Tuesday, the lone blemish on White's scorecard was a bogey on the par-four 12th; her third hole of the day. From there on in she made five birdies and 10 pars to finish the even at 3-under 213 (78-68-67). She was one of only 10 players in the 93-golfer field to finish in red numbers on the par-72, 6036-yard Golf Club at Briar's Creek layout.
Frida Gustafsson Spang of East Carolina won the individual title at 8-under 208 (73-67-68), one stroke ahead of Morgane Metraux of Florida State (71-68-70—209) and Lauren Stephenson from Clemson (69-68-72—209).
In posting her fourth top-10 finish of the season, White played the par-3 holes at 1-under, was 2-over on the par four layouts and 4-under on the par-fives. Her first collegiate ace came in Monday afternoon's second round on the par-three, 141-yard 15th hole. The junior from Brisbane, Australia had 12 birdies over the 54-hole event, 11 over the last two rounds.
After finishing Monday morning's opening round at 6-over 78, White had five birdies and an ace to highlight her second 18 holes. Her hole-in-one came on the par-three, 141-yard 15th hole. The junior from Brisbane, Australia finished her day with 21 pars plus six birdies and played the par-three holes even.
Ravnjak, a senior from Cordeaux Heights, Australia, closed with a 1-under-par 71 to finish in a tie for 38th (77-74-71—222). She made five birdies Tuesday and eagled the par-four 11th hole. Sophomore Annelie Sjoholm (74-74-76—224) and junior Louise Latorre (74-75-75—224) tied for 49th place.
Sjoholm made 36 pars over 54 holes and played the par-3 holes even, tied for seventh in the field. Latorre was also even on the par-threes and played the par-5 holes at 6-under, tied for third in the event. Sophomore Ayelen Irizar tied for 66th (77-74-77—228) after finishing 3-under on the par-five holes.
As a team, Campbell led the field in eagles (3) and was second in par-3 (+3) and par-5 (-15) scoring. CU players combined for 162 pars over three rounds, tied for sixth.
The Camels return to action Apr. 4-5 in the Web.com Intercollegiate at Marsh Landing CC in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
2016 Briar's Creek Invitational
The Golf Club at Briar's Creek / Johns Island, S.C.
Par 72, 6036 Yards / Mar. 21-22, 2016
Final Team Results: 1. Florida 293-280-285—858, 2. Indiana 291-285-293—869, 3. Clemson 294-288-288—870, 4. East Carolina 295-287-289—871, T5. Florida State 291-286-295-872, T5. Kent State 300-288-284—872, 7. Louisville 289-295-290—874, 8. Texas Tech 302-295-279—876, 9. Coastal Carolina 295-293-289—877, T10. Campbell 302-290-289—881, T10. Wisconsin 302-290-289—881, 12. Long Beach State 290-307-291—888, 13. Penn State 299-293-298—890, 14. College of Charleston 300-290-307—897, T14. Michigan State 294-301-302—897, 16. Virginia Tech 302-298-298—898, 17. Maryland 306-303-294—903, 18. Boston College 304-301-308—913.
Final Individual Leaders: 1. Frida Gustafsson Spang (ECU) 73-67-68—208, T2. Morgane Metraux (Florida State) 71-68-70—209, T2. Lauren Stephenson (Clemson) 69-68-72—209, 4. Camille Chevalier (Indiana) 74-68-69—211, T5. Taylor Kim (Kent State) 71-71-70—212, T5. Samantha Wagner (Florida) 70-70-72—212.
Campbell Individuals: T7. Nadine White 78-68-67—213, T38. Tahnia Ravnjak 77-74-71—222, T49. Annelie Sjoholm 74-74-76—224, T49. Louise Latorre 74-75-75—224, T66. Ayelen Irizar 77-74-77—228.