Chattanooga finishes ninth at Web.com Intercollegiate

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Chattanooga finished ninth Tuesday in the Web.com Intercollegiate at Marsh Landing Country Club. Jordan Britt and Emily McLennan each tallied top-10 finishes as the squad shot 308 to end the event at 885.

Britt posted her fifth top-five of 2013-14, shooting a career-low 4-under-par 212 to finish fourth. She bested her previous best of 217 set in October at the Starmount Fall Classic. McLennan wound up tied for eighth at even-par 216. That is also her top 54-hole total.

The team’s 885 was just a single stroke out of sixth, where a three-way tie knotted Minnesota, Louisville and Missouri. Maryland was another shot ahead in fifth, while 17th-ranked UCF stood in fourth at 882. Florida State ran away with the title at 851, with East Carolina in second at 875.

FSU’s Matilda Castren won medalist honors at minus-12 (204). She topped teammate Alex Milan and Maryland’s Juliet Vongphoumy by four as the duo scored 8-under 208s.

Britt and McLennan shot 75 and 77, respectively, in Tuesday’s final 18. The trio of Isabella Loza, Agathe Sauzon and Porsche Campbell each carded 78s.

Chattanooga begins championship season this Sunday at the Southern Conference Championship. The four-time defending champ plays 18 holes per day from Sunday through Tuesday at Moss Creek Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C.