COLUMBIA, Mo. – Redshirt sophomore Julia Hall and sophomore Emma Sabbagh each finished with career-best 54-hole totals on the final day of the Johnie Imes Invitational hosted by Missouri on Wednesday afternoon at the Club at Old Hawthorne.
 
Sabbagh's one-under 71 was the first under-par round of the fall for South Dakota and was the best round by any Coyote women's golfer since Lexi Petersen's 69 on April 8, 2019, at the Kansas City Intercollegiate. Her round was also a new career-low mark for the Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, native, topping her previous best of 74 in the second round of the Payne Stewart Memorial earlier this fall.
 
Host Missouri took home team medalist honors, shooting an 868 to outpace Oral Roberts by seven strokes. Oral Roberts' Sarah Bell claimed the individual title by one stroke over Laura Edmonds of FGCU.
 
As a team, South Dakota finished 15th overall in the event, saving their top round for the final day and carding a three-day total of 944 (312-323-309). Julia Hall took home the top individual finish for the Coyotes, tying for 22nd with a three-round total of 225 (77-72-76), the best 54-hole outing of the redshirt sophomore's career.
 
Sabbagh's strong final day propelled her into a tie for 28th in the 78-player field as she also tallied a new career-low of 226 (77-78-71). Her 71 on Wednesday was the eighth-best individual third round in the field and pushed her 19 spots up the leaderboard after being tied for 47th through 36 holes.
 
Laerke Jensen held down the third spot on South Dakota's card, firing a final-round 79 and ending with a three-day total of 242 (80-83-79). Jalea Culliver (256) and Olivia Roper (261) rounded out the final two spots for the Coyotes.
 
With the Johnie Imes Invitational in the books, South Dakota will return to action next Monday through Wednesday at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M., in its penultimate tournament of the fall campaign.