Melbourne, Fla. – The Coastal Carolina University women's golf team completed their final round at the Moon Golf Invitational with a 14-over, 299, to finish the tournament with a 28-over 892 and a 15th place finish.
 
It was a slow start that held the Chanticleers back in Tuesday's final round as they made the turn without a single birdie over the first nine holes. The second nine saw the Chants make a remarkable recovery recording 10 total birdies compared to only seven bogeys.
 
Heidrun Hlynsdottir had the second-best round of her CCU career with an even-par 72, also the best round of the day for the Chants. Her three-day total of seven-over 223 (77-74-72) was also the second-best score of her career as she lowered her score on each day of the three rounds. She finished the event tied for 61st.
 
Sophia Carlsen completed the best event of her career as she shot a three-over 75 on Tuesday to finish the event with a career-best three-over 219 (72-72-75), besting her previous career-best 224 by five strokes and finishing tied for 37th.
 
Freshman Nicole Abelar's round was the perfect example of how the team did in today's action. She came out of the blocks and was seven over after her first seven holes, but rebounded to go three-under on her final 11 holes to finish the day with a four-over 76. She finished the event with an eight-over 224 (76-72-76) to finish tied for 63rd.
 
Caitlin Evans-Brand and Tiffany Arafi joined Abelar's score of 76 with Evans-Brand finishing the event with an 11-over 227 (75-76-76) tied for 73rd while Arafi finished tied for 77th with a 12-over 228 (76-76-76).
 
Second-ranked South Carolina ran away with the event with a championship score of 24-under 840. LSU, ranked sixth, finished second with an 18-under 846. Rounding out the top five were fourth-ranked Virginia (-10, 854), Florida State (-8, 856), and eighth-ranked Auburn (-2, 862).
 
CCU will again be off to Florida for their next event, the Florida State Seminole Match-up set for Feb. 26-28. The Chants make the annual trip to Tallahassee for the event which is also a homecoming of sorts for CCU head coach Katie Quinney, who played her collegiate golf with the Seminoles.
 
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