Record Scores Help Ospreys Sweep Trophies at Kiawah Island Spring Classic

Tuesday, February 26

Kiawah Island, S.C.

8:45 a.m.

University of North Florida

Kiawah Island Classic

Record Scores Help Ospreys Sweep Trophies at Kiawah Island Spring Classic

2/26/2019 5:18:00 PM | Women's Golf

Sydney Shrader earns medalist honors | Team finishes as Co-Champs

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Kiawah Island Spring Classic
DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019
LOCATION: Kiawah Island Golf Resort/ Osprey Point Course (Kiawah Island, S.C.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 5,964 yards
UNF FINISH: 1st of 49 teams
TOP OSPREY: Sydney Shrader (1st | 72-68-67=207)

Final Results
Golfstat Leaderboard

The short story: Junior Sydney Shrader carded a career low 67 in the final round to claim the medalist title and lead the Ospreys to the team co-championship of the Kiawah Island Spring Classic on Tuesday. Shader set a program tournament scoring record with a 9-under 207 total, while pacing UNF to a team program record score (865).

FIRST TEE
- Sydney Shrader closed out the medalist title with a 5-under 67 on Tuesday, the second lowest single round score in program history
- Freshman Liss Davalos shot a final round 73 to cap off her career best performance, earning a T5 at 2-under 214
- A trio of Osprey linksters ended the tournament in a T45 with matching totals of 223 | Sophmore Mindy Herrick and senior Teresa Conroy posted scores of 74 on Tuesday while freshman Daniela Gonzalez rounded out the lineup with her final round 75
- As a team, UNF fired an even-par 288 to earn a share of the tournament title with Coastal Carolina at 1-over 865
- North Florida has opened its spring slate with back-to-back tournament championships

TEAM SCOREBOARD (## Golfstat Top 50 Rankings)
North Florida (865), Coastal Carolina (865), Tulsa (872), Delaware (874), USF (875), College of Charleston (877), Youngstown State (878), College of Charleston "B" (882), Jacksonville (885), High Point (888), USC Upstate (890), Stetson (896), UNC Greensboro (898), Georgia Southern (899), Jacksonville State (899), IUPUI (900), Bethune-Cookman (904), UT Arlington (904), Elon (905), Boston University (906), Western Carolina (908), Navy (913), Quinnipiac (915), Fairleigh Dickinson (916), SCAD- Savannah (916), Wyoming (918), UNC Asheville (920), Presbyterian (920), Indiana State (920), Charleston Southern (920), Omaha (924), South Dakota (924), Tennessee Tech (929), Butler (929), Lehigh (930), Towson (932), Richmond (933), Murray State (934), Bucknell (939), Sacred Heart (942), Longwood (945), William & Mary (946), Lipscomb (952), Dayton (966), Fairfield (990), North Alabama (991), Hofstra (993), Hampton (1032), Monmouth (1036)

UNF RESULTS

T1	North Florida	293	284	288	865 (+1)
1	Sydner Shrader	72	68	67	207 (-9)
T5	Liss Davalos	72	69	73	214 (-2)
T45	Daniela Gonzalez	74	74	75	223 (+7)
T45	Mindy Herrick	75	74	74	223 (+7)
T45	Teresa Conroy	76	73	74	223 (+7)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Shrader carded her fifth under-par round of the season and fifth career round in the 60s | Her 9-under total bested the previous program best by four shots (211 by Shrader at Pinehurst Challenge earlier this season)
- Davalos claimed her second straight Top 10 finish and first career Top 5 showing while also recording her first under-par tournament total
- All five Osprey golfers finished in the Top 50 amongst a field that included 254 individuals | The team field consisted of 49 teams, the largest collegiate women's tournament field in the country
- Ospreys led the field in Par 5 scoring, playing them in 16-under (4.75 avg) for the tournament | UNF also ranked second in Par 3 scoring (+8 / 3.12 avg)
- Shrader paced all players for Par 4 scoring, finishing at 6-under (3.79 avg)
- For the tournament, UNF notched 178 pars with Shrader and Gonzalez sharing team honors with 38 each
- North Florida finished with 42 combined birdies, led by 11 from Shrader

BERGLUND BLURB
"The players showed perseverance throughout the entire tournament. To get the win for the second week in a row is a testament to the type of team they are. They never give up and stay the course until the end. It challenges you mentally and physically to fight back after a first day seventh place start and then find a way to take the lead after day two and then stay strong in day three. I am extremely proud of where we are and what we are doing."

"Sydney Shrader played so consistent and was patient all week. She capitalized on some birdie opportunities and was solid all three days. She has elevated her game to the next level and it will be exciting to see the success she will continue to have." -- Head coach Joanne Berglund

UP NEXT
North Florida continues its stretch of three straight weeks of tournament play when they host the UNF Collegiate, Monday-Tuesday (Mar. 4-5) at Jacksonville Golf and Country Club.