Final Results

THE RUNDOWN
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – JOHANY RIVERA collected the seventh individual tournament title of her collegiate career, leading No. 22 St. Edward's to a third-place finish Tuesday at the St. Mary's Rattler Invitational. Rivera shot an even par (73-71-144) at the Dominion Country Club to win by two strokes while SEU finished third at +41 (310-307-617) for the tournament.
 
Rivera led the tournament in both Par 3 and Par 5 scoring and tallied seven birdies on the way to her first win since the Mustang Intercollegiate April 10-11 in Goodyear, Ariz. ANA SOFIA BENAVIDES and SAMMY HUANG tied for 16^th place at 12-over par, and freshman CAROLINE STORM jumped 15 places from 52^nd to a tie for 37^th after improving her first-round score by seven strokes (84-77-161).
 
The Heartland Conference was well represented as SEU joined St. Mary's and Dallas Baptist as the top three team finishers in the 16-team field. The Hilltoppers (310-307-617) finished behind the hosts, St. Mary's (306-302-608) and the winners, Dallas Baptist (294-296-590). Rogers State and UAFS rounded out the Heartland's five teams in the tournament with 10^th and 11^th place teams, respectively.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
• JOHANY RIVERA won the first tournament of her senior season and the seventh of her career; she is two tournament wins away from tying the SEU career record for tournament victories (9, Emily Kvinta, 2005-10).
• Rivera shot two under and three under, respectively for Par 3 and Par 5 scoring, leading the 86-woman field in both categories.
• Rivera's 71 in round two was tied for her second-lowest round of the 2017-18 season.
• CAROLINE STORM's second-round 77 was tied for the second-lowest round of the season for her.
 
THEY SAID IT
SEU Head Coach Jenn McNeil on the team and Rivera's performance …
"I feel fortunate to have finished 3rd this week. It was truly a battle for us, so I'm glad we could manage a top-three finish. JoJo [Rivera] played great. She set a goal last week of winning this one. [I'm] pumped for her to have accomplished that goal."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
St. Edward's will play host to the St. Edward's Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Onion Creek Country Club. The 36-hole tournament will start at 8:30 a.m. each morning with a shotgun start.