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Women's golf finishes seventh at Wildcat Invite

In Lexington, Kentucky, the Virginia's women's golf team finished in seventh place, after shooting a 326 (+38) in the final round, at the Wildcat Fall Invitational. With an overall total of 926, Vanderbilt took home the championship title, followed by Mississippi St. with 941 strokes. Freshman Sally Shonk led Virginia overall, shooting a 236 (+20), finishing tied for 13th overall.

Two other Cavaliers finished in the top 25 for the tournament with freshman Rachel Smith shooting a 80 (+8) in the final round on Sunday to finish 19th overall while freshman Leah Wigger shot a 239 (+23) overall to finish tied for 24th.

Over the three-day tournament, Virginia combined to shoot a 964 (+100) overall to finish in seventh out of 18 teams. UNC-Wilmington and Kentucky finished third and fourth, respectively. Miami and East Carolina finished tied for fifth, both finishing the tournament +95 strokes above par.

Virginia will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. on Oct 19-21 to compete in the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate.

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