Gators Finish Second at Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate

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Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship

Gators Finish Second at Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate

Monday, February 20, 2017 | Women's Golf

Kelly Grassel paced Florida at the event as she tied for seventh at one-under par.

By: Will Pantages

Complete Results

NEW ORLEANS – After learning late Sunday that the three-round Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship would be shortened into a two-day tournament, the Gators' women's golf team played 36 holes on Monday and finished in second place at eight-over (874).

Following Florida's four-over (292) in round one on Sunday, UF climbed the leaderboard from a tie for fourth to runner-up in the second round on Monday morning with a two-under (286).

That tally was the third-lowest round any team posted throughout the event.

UF finished the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate with a 10-over (874) and held off Oklahoma State and Arizona by one stroke to finish second.

Individually, all five Gators finished inside the top-32 of the 17-team field.

Senior Kelly Grassel, who recorded a one-under (215), paced Florida at the event as she tied for seventh. Meanwhile, her classmate Maria Torres carded an even par (216) to finish ninth.

For the season, it was Grassel's fourth top-10 finish and Torres' third.

Junior Taylor Tomlinson, senior Karolina Vlckova and freshman Marta Perez all tied for 32^nd overall with scores of eight-over (224) for the championship.

Haley Moore from Arizona captured the individual title at six-under (210), while Stanford won the team title with a one-under, 863.

Head Coach Emily Glaser:
On Monday's performance:
"It was sort of an up and down day. I saw so many positives, as we really do the hard things well. However, we gave too many easy things away today that kept us from giving Stanford a run."

On the second place finish:
"The team isn't satisfied with second and I love that. I know that we are a great team. This group is really into the process of getting better every day and figuring out how we continue to do that."

On having a couple weeks off until Florida's home tournament:
"It will be nice to have some time to work at home before the Gator Invite and prepare for all the excitement and emotions that that week brings."

Final Florida Scores:
Team:

Place	Team	1	2	3	Final
1	Stanford	293	278	292	-1 (863)
2	Florida	292	286	296	+10 (874)
T3	Oklahoma State	292	291	292	+11 (875)
T3	Arizona	296	295	284	+11 (875)
5	Miami (FL)	287	296	294	+13 (877)
6	Clemson	295	289	304	+24 (888)
T7	Texas	291	294	304	+25 (889)
T7	Washington	301	298	290	+25 (889)
T9	UCF	296	295	300	+27 (891)
T9	Houston	292	300	299	+27 (891)
11	Oregon	298	298	300	+32 (896)
12	LSU	306	294	298	+34 (898)
13	Mississippi State	305	295	304	+40 (904)
14	Denver	290	305	310	+41 (905)
15	Tulane	298	307	307	+48 (912)
16	Virginia	307	311	298	+52 (916)
17	UTSA	305	308	315	+64 (928)

Players:

Place	Name	1	2	3	Final
T7	Kelly Grassel	71	69	75	-1 (215)
9	Maria Torres	71	72	73	E (216)
T32	Taylor Tomlinson	77	74	73	+8 (224)
T32	Karolina Vlckova	76	71	77	+8 (224)
T32	Marta Perez	74	75	75	+8 (224)

Follow the Gators: The Orange and Blue will return to Gainesville, Fla., for its lone home tournament, the SunTrust Gator Invitational on March 11-12.

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