MIAMI – Mercer's Lauren Lightfritz carded an even-par 72 over the final round as the freshman finished tied for 18th at 4-over-par at the Hurricane Invitational on Wednesday.

As a team, Mercer dropped to 13th overall after the Bears struggled in the final round.

MERCER SCORECARD
T-13. Mercer 300 297 307 +40 904
T-18. Lauren Lightfritz 78 70 72 +4 220
T-48. Marin Hanna 72 75 79 +10 226
T-55. Tiffany Minji Kang 76 75 78 +13 229
T-65. Hannah Mae Deems 76 77 80 +17 233
T-70. Terese Romeo 76 80 78 +18 234

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
The Bears tied for 13th with Virginia Tech in a talented field while beating Iowa State by two strokes. Mercer fell three strokes shy of Minnesota and South Florida, who tied for 11th. Northwestern won the team title at 5-under-par.

NEXT TOURNAMENT
Mercer heads back towards the coast and to Florida for the UNF Collegiate on March 6-7.