Senior Isabelle Lendl earned the first outright win of her career on Tuesday at the Dale McNamara Invitational, bringing her scorecard for the tournament to a 210 (-6).
Lendl entered the final round with a two-stroke lead and shot even par for the day to finish atop the individual leaderboard.
“I am extremely proud of Isabelle,” coach Emily Bastel said.
“She was disappointed with the way she finished last week, but was determined to not let this one get away. She handled her nerves extremely well down the stretch.”
The No. 9 Gators closed out Tuesday’s final round at Broken Arrow, Okla., in second place, three strokes behind Arizona State.
Florida shot a 293 (+5) in the final round of play. The Gators concluded the tournament with a total score of 869 (+5) but could not muster enough shots late in the round to supplant ASU, who carded an 866 (+2).
“We had some opportunities to pass ASU today that we didn’t capitalize on,” Bastel said.
“But overall, I am pleased with the tournament and what we accomplished. We should take a lot of positives from this tournament and learn a lot as well.”
Sophomore Camilla Hedberg carded two birdies during her final round and capped Day 2 with a 76 (+4).
She finished par for the tournament with a score of 216 (E). Hedberg finished sixth individually, despite double bogeys on holes nine and 13.
After a dismal first two rounds, senior Mia Piccio finished the final day with the strongest performance of any Gator.
Piccio carded a 71 (-1) to give her a three-round score of 219 (+3).
Piccio birdied on three occasions after bogeying twice through four holes.
Sophomore Anna Young finished 29th on the individual leaderboards after shooting a modest 74 (+2) in the final round of play.
Her total from Day 3 marked her best round as a Gator. Young shot a 225 (+9), a nine-stroke improvement from last week’s Cougar Classic.
Freshman Ursa Orehek finished her final round with a 77 (+5), which brought her tournament total to 232 (+16).
She tied for 50th.
The Gators will take the course again on Oct. 12 for the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., as they look to claim their second victory of the season.
