LAKEWOOD, Wash. – A final round score of 297 moved the South Dakota women's golf team up two spots on the final day to finish in sixth place at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational. Senior Laerke Jensen recorded her first top 10 finish of the fall season placing eighth to lead USD.
 
Jensen improved her score by one stroke each round to record a total score of 222 (75-74-73). Jensen was one stroke from tying her season-low of 221 earlier this fall and her lowest round of the season. Not far behind was sophomore Danica Badura in 17^th place carding scores of 74-79-72 for a total of 225. Badura tied her season-low 54-hole score of 225 and recorded a new season-low round of 72 set in the final round.
 
Sophomore Akari Hayashi finished the two-day event placing 28^th with a total score of 228 (77-75-76). Hayashi set a new season-low 54-hole score of 228 besting her previous one by three strokes. Freshman Paige Hoffman fired off a 73 in the opening round on Monday to record a new low round while recording a new 54-hole score of 230.
 
Rounding out the scoring for the Yotes was Jalea Culliver placing 77^th after recording rounds of 79-82-78 for a total score of 239.
 
Inside the Scorecard

• Four Yotes set new season lows in a single round as well as a new low 54-hole score.
• 297 is a season best score for the Yotes as a team beating the 302 they carded in the second round at the Johnie Imes Invite.
• The Yotes have had a top 10 finisher in two of their three tournaments and a golfer in the top 20 in each tournament thus far.

UP Next
The Yotes travel to the Ptarmigan Ram Classic on Monday and Tuesday in Fort Collins, Colorado, before closing out their fall season at the Grandover Fall Classic on Nov. 1-2. In Greensboro, North Carolina.