SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle women's golf closed out the fall portion of the 2016-17 season with a 13th-place showing at the Flagler Fall Slam at the Marsh Creek Country Club in Saint Augustine. The Blue and Gold shot 319 on Tuesday, a five-stroke improvement over Monday's 324, to post a 36-hole total score of 643.
 
Megan Pollenz led the way again with a 74, which is her collegiate-best 18-hole score, for a two-round total of 153. Her performance on Tuesday vaulted her 16 spots up the individual leaderboard into a tie for 16th place. Lauren Thielen shot a 79 to finish with a 160 (81-79), while Marlena Weatherly was two strokes back with an 81 for a total of 162 (81-81). Camila Sierra showed a 10-stroke improvement with an 85 to card a 36-hole score of 180 (95-85). Kelly Harris shot an 86 on Tuesday but due to a scorecard error she was disqualified.
 
Playing as individuals, Natalie Brooks shot an 83 for a total of 165 (82-83) and Abbey Trinca recorded an 91 for a total score of 180 (89-91).
 
"Solid tournament from our Eagles," Head Coach Maria Lopez said. "This was an extremely challenging course and I'm very proud of our young players for the work they put in, and it showed on the scorecard. We improved on last year's scores by 13 strokes. We gained a lot of maturity and perseverance this week. We're on the right track and I am so excited for the spring season!"
 
Barry won the tournament with a 286 on Tuesday to finish 17 strokes ahead of Flagler with a 587 (301-286). The Saints shot a 303 on Tuesday for a total of 604 (301-303) followed by Seminole State (303-302=605) in third place.
 
Barry's Tilda Larsson won the individual tournament with a 144 (74-70), followed by Tusculum's Ciara Rattana (70-75=145) and Flagler's Lara Ardler (72-74=146).
 
The Eagles will kick off the spring portion of the season with some players participating in The South Atlantic Women's Amateur Championship, also known as the SALLY, on January 11. The full team will play its first tournament right back in Saint Augustine at the Flagler Invitational, which begins Feb. 5.