DESTIN, Fla. – The Macalester College women's golf team faced several nationally ranked teams at the Golfweek October Classic in Florida, held Sunday through Tuesday at Sandestin Resort & Club. The Scots finished strong to place second out of 24 teams with a three-round score of +55 919, one stroke over the school record for a 54-hole tournament.

Macalester, ranked 29th in the latest Division III national rankings by Clippd, finished behind 11th-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor and ahead of No. 21 UC Santa Cruz in third, No. 12 Illinois Wesleyan in fourth, No. 13 Sewanee in fifth and No. 20 Huntingdon in sixth.

The Scots started the tournament in eighth place after shooting a first-round score of 320, then registered the lowest score of the second round (+8 296) to move up to third. Today, Macalester carded a score of 303 to pass UC-Santa Cruz and finish second.

First year Marley Zhang (Hebei, China/Shanghai Hongqiao International School) tied for eighth with a score of 77 72 78 - 227 (+11) to lead the Scots. Sophomore Yangyang Gu (Nantong, Jiansu, China/Shanghai Experimental School) and first year Eunice Lee (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines) were both one shot back of Zhang to tie for 10th, and sophomore Esther Shen (Barcelona, Spain/The Benjamin Franklin International School) tied for 27th to round out Macalester's top four. Junior Ava Austria (Portland, Ore./Catlin Gabel) also competed and tied for 66th.

The Scots, coached by Johnny Greene, will resume their schedule in the spring.

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