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THE RUNDOWN
HOUSTON, Texas – St. Edward's dropped its score seven strokes from round one to round two, but the Hilltoppers' women's golf team finished eighth Tuesday at the NCAA DII National Preview at the Bay Oaks Country Club.

SEU entered Tuesday in a tie for seventh place after shooting a 306 Monday in the opening round, but 13 out of the 14 participating teams improved their second-round score and SEU's 299 Tuesday resulted in a drop to eighth place.

JOHANY RIVERA climbed from a tie for 25th place Monday to tie for seventh place; she shot a one-under 71 Tuesday to follow her 76 from round one, and the senior finished at three-over par for the tournament.

Nova Southeastern shot a tournament-low 285 Tuesday to leapfrog to victory over St. Mary's. STM carried a seven-stroke lead Monday but finished in third after shooting a 302 Tuesday.

HIGHLIGHTS
•    JOHANY RIVERA jumped 18 spots individually to tie for seventh place (76-71-147).
•    ANA SOFIA BENAVIDES was SEU's next finisher with a two-round total of 151 (75-76) and a tie for 26th place.

TOP QUOTES
SEU Head Coach Jennifer McNeil on the final hole Tuesday that caused SEU to drop …
"I'm very disappointed with how we played our last hole today; Six over in one hole, and we dropped four spots. It's not the way I wanted to end our tournament. Tough lesson to learn today and gives me a focal point for practicing for our next tournament. Overall our scores were very good, and we are very close to putting it all together. We have a very talented team. We just need to put it all together now."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers will compete at the Dallas Baptist University Golf Classic Oct. 9-10 at the Golf Club of Dallas.