BOCA RATON, Fla. (2/11/20) – Shooting a school-record low round of 284 in the third round Tuesday, the Arkansas State women's golf team won the FAU Winter Warm-Up at Osprey Point Golf Club.
"What a great feeling to snag the first win of the spring with a huge come from behind win," said A-State head coach M.J. Desbiens Shaw. "This team has put in so much hard work and are extremely deserving of this win. Coach (Rachel) Pollock and I couldn't be prouder and more excited for this team."
The Red Wolves earn their second tournament title of the season and have two tournament wins in a single-season for the first time since the 2011-12 campaign. A-State finished with a three-round total of 878, the second-lowest total of the season that gives this team the top three low three-round scores in program history.  A-State trailed two-round leader Seton Hall by 10 strokes entering Tuesday. Seton Hall wound up second (881) while Yale (889), Dartmouth (895) and host FAU (897) rounded out the top five.
Four players finished inside the top-10 to lead the Red Wolves to their first team crown outside of its home tournament since the 2015-16 season at the Blue Raider Invitational. Grayson Gladden picked up her second top-five finish of the season as she placed fourth at +1 (217), one stroke shy of her best three round total. She totaled a final round -2 (70) tied for the lowest round of her A-State career.
Freshman Elise Schultz tied for fifth at +3 (219), a season-best low three-round total by nine strokes. Schultz finished the third round with an E (72). Sophomore Olivia Schmidt and junior Maria Jose Atristain Vega tied for eighth with a total of 221 (+5). The pair each shot 71 (-1) in the final round. Freshman Sydni Leung climbed six spots in the final standings with a final round 74 (+2) as she finished with a total of 232 (+16) to tie for 49th.
A-State returns to action February 21-23 at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational in Rio Verde, Ariz.