HILTON HEAD, S.C. - The University of Dayton women's golf team finished in sixth place at the Low Country Intercollegiate Sunday, paced by junior Emma Sparling led the Flyers with her first-career top-10 result finishing in a tie for ninth place. The three-day event hosted by Wofford was competed on the South course at Moss Creek Golf Club and played at par 72 and 6,009 yards.

High Point claimed top team honors with a score of 310-306-297=913 (+49) and the Panthers' Anna Howerton earned medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 74-74-71=219 (+3), four strokes ahead of second place. Dayton finished in sixth place out of the 13-team field with a score of 319-328-313=960 (+96).

DAYTON RESULTS
t-9th  Emma Sparling  79-80-73=232 (+16)
t-32nd  Jenna Harter  79-86-79=244 (+28)
t-32nd  Megan Yoder  81-82-81=244 (+28)
t-37th  Ally Madden  80-81-84=245 (+29)
t-41st  Lilly Middleton  82-85-80=247 (+31)

KEY STATS
t-9th - Sparling's first career top-10 finish
3.33 - as a team, Dayton averaged a score of 3.33 on par-three holes, third best among the field
3.17 - senior Jenna Harter averaged a score of 3.17 on par-three holes equaling the sixth-lowest average
34 - Sparling carded a total of 34 parred holes, second most among 73 participants

COACH'S QUOTE
"We love coming to Hilton Head any chance we get," commented head coach Ellie Cronin following today's final round. "This course is challenging and it showed us some weaknesses. We were in a good spot after the first day and, after a rough second round, I'm really happy with how we learned to make better decisions in our course management. Extremely proud of and happy for Emma on her first top-10 finish!"

UP NEXT
Dayton will return to action April 7-8 at the Colonel Classic. The two-day tournament hosted by Eastern Kentucky will be held at The University Club at Arlington in Richmond, Ky.

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