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Rocket Women's Golf Places Sixth at Rio Verde Invitational

RIO VERDE – Toledo concluded its spring break in Arizona on Sunday with a sixth-place showing at the Rio Verde Invitational. The Rockets carded a team score of 307 today to finish the tournament at 31-over par 607. The event was shortened to 36 holes after Friday's opening round was washed out.

UT finished just 10 strokes behind tournament champion Northern Arizona (288-309-597) in a closely-grouped leaderboard. Xavier finished second at 24-over par 600.

Freshman Sathika Ruenreong paced the Rockets with her fifth straight Top 10 finish, tying for eighth place at five-over par 149 (73-76). Sophomore Jennifer Elsholz matched Ruenreong today with a four-over 76 to tie for 17^th place at 151 (75-76), while freshman Manisa Isavas tied for 32^nd place at 10-over par 154 (74-80).

Sophomore Becky Martin (78-79=157) and senior Allison Schultz (82-76=158) rounded out the Rocket lineup tied for 53^rd and 62^nd place, respectively.

Sophomore Stephanie St-Jean, who competed as an individual, carded the Rockets' best round of the day with a one-over par 73 and finish tied for 13^th place at 150 (77-73).

NAU's Savana Bezdicek captured medalist honors with an even-par 144 (71-73).

Toledo returns to action next week with a trip to Ocala, FL for the Ocala Invitational on Sunday-Tuesday, March 17-19.