Gorlei, Razorbacks Third At LSU

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BATON ROUGE, La. – University of Arkansas sophomore Cara Gorlei posted a career–best 213 finishing third leading the No. 15 Razorbacks to a third–place team finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday.

Gorlei, a Cape Town, South Africa, native, carded rounds of 72–70–71—213 for her best finish of the season. She tied for sixth in the field with 11 birdies finishing with three in the final round. Gorlei birdied No. 14 in all three rounds and finished seven back of the No. 1 player in the country, Duke’s Leona Maguire, who won the event shooting 206.

Also finishing in the top–10 was sophomore Maria Fassi who tied for fifth overall with rounds of 74–71–72—217. It was Fassi’s best round since a 214 in October at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational. The Hidalgo, Mexico, native had five birdies in her final round finishing second against the field with 14 over 54 holes.

Junior Alana Uriell picked up her fourth top–11 finish tying for 11th with 73–77–69—219. Her final round 69 is the fifth–best score for the Carlsbad, California native this season. Uriell counted five birdies and one bogey on Sunday and tied for the lowest score of the day in the final round.

Kaylee Benton finished tied for 40th overall shooting 74–77–77—228 followed by Summar Roachell who tied for 52nd with rounds of 81–73–77—231. Jordy LaBarbera competed as an individual and tied for 66th with 81–80–75—236.

From Shauna Estes–Taylor
We saw some really good success this week. We fell short of our ultimate goal of winning the golf tournament but I really felt like we made a move in the right direction with getting people to trust the stuff they are working on. I was really proud to watch Alana get a good round under her belt before we head off to Georgia. Cara has just been working on a swing change and did an amazing job of trusting that all week. Overall we have some really good stuff to build on and I look forward to getting back and getting ready for Georgia. I’m excited to see the movement we are making as we head into the postseason.

Arkansas returns to action April 7–9 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Georgia, before beginning postseason play at the SEC Championship April 21–23 in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Razorback Lineup

PLACEPLAYERSCORETO PAR
3Cara Gorlei (3)72–70–71—213-3
T5Maria Fassi (2)74–71–72—2171
T11Alana Uriell (5)73–77–69—2193
T40Kaylee Benton (1)74–77–77—22812
T52Summar Roachell (4)81–73–77—23115
T66Jordy LaBarbera (Ind)81–80–75—23620

The Field

 TeamScoresTo Par
1No. 11 Duke285–286–283—854 -10 
2No. 19 Oklahoma State298–286–288—872 +8 
3No. 15 Arkansas293–291–289—873 +9 
T4No. 29 NC State290–298–292—880 +16 
T4Denver300–295–285—880 +16 
6Missouri300–304–292—896 +32 
T7No. 43 Clemson301–301–295—897 +33 
T7No. 37 SMU301–294–302—897 +33 
9UNC Wilmington301–301–300—902 +38 
10No. 49 Washington293–306–304—903 +39 
11Kansas294–310–301—905 +41 
12LSU306–299–304—909 +45 
13No. 50 Kentucky305–311–304—920 +56 
14 UTSA306–317–298—921 +57 
15Tulane 313–320–301—934 +70