Spartanburg, S.C. – Western Carolina women's golf surged four spots up the leaderboard during Tuesday's final round of the Terrier Intercollegiate, posting a season-best fourth-place finish with a 36-hole team score of 602.
 
WCU's top four scorers either matched or improved upon their opening-round totals, with three Catamounts climbing the individual standings. Junior Elsa Maren Steinarsdóttir paced Western Carolina with a 36-hole score of 5-over-par 149 to tie for 16th. Freshman Marissa Scaletta followed in a tie for 19th at 150 after carding back-to-back rounds of 75, while junior Annalee Caveney climbed seven spots into a tie for 22nd with a two-round total of 151.
 
Steinarsdóttir overcame three back-nine bogeys with a pair of birdies on the front nine to sit at 1-over for the day before a bogey on her penultimate hole left her at 2-over-par 74, one stroke better than Monday's opening-round score.
 
Scaletta played her first eight holes at even par after offsetting an opening bogey with a birdie. Two additional bogeys and 13 pars produced a second consecutive 75 and her second Top-20 finish of the season.
 
Caveney also posted one of the Catamounts' best improvements of the day, recording two birdies and four bogeys for a 2-over-par 74, three strokes better than her opening-round score.
 
Freshman Julia Capellini made the biggest move for Western Carolina, vaulting 21 spots in the final standings after firing a second-round 74. The eight-stroke improvement helped propel the Catamounts up the team leaderboard as the Apex, N.C., native finished tied for 36th overall at 156. Capellini recorded two birdies against four bogeys during Tuesday's round.
 
Freshman Julie Mathea Busch Braathen rounded out WCU's scoring lineup in a tie for 53rd overall, highlighting her final round with a birdie on the par-4 12th hole.
 
Competing as an individual, junior Emily Rosenschein shaved six strokes off her opening-round score, carding two birdies en route to a 5-over-par 77. She finished tied for 53rd with a 36-hole score of 160.
 
East Tennessee State gained five strokes on first-round co-leader UNCG during Tuesday's final round to capture the team championship. The Buccaneers finished at 588, three shots clear of UNCG (591), while Eastern Kentucky placed third at 597. Western Carolina finished fourth at 602, one stroke ahead of rival Appalachian State (603).

UNCG's Baker Hudson and Kasey McIlvaine shared medalist honors with Rio Nakama of Seminole State at even-par 144. Nakama used five birdies in a final-round 68 to vault 23 places up the leaderboard and into a share of first.
 
Western Carolina concludes the fall portion of its schedule next week at the Edisto Island Invitational, hosted by the College of Charleston at The Plantation Course at Edisto. The 54-hole event features 36 holes of continuous play on Monday, Oct. 19, followed by the final round on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
 
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4 – Western Carolina – 305 – 297 = 602 (+26)
T16 – Elsa Maren Steinarsdóttir – 75-74 = 149 (+5)
T19 – Marissa Scaletta – 75-75 = 150 (+6)
T22 – Annalee Caveney – 77-74 = 151 (+7)
T36 – Julia Capellini – 82-74 = 156 (+12)
T53 – Julie Mathea Busch Braathen – 78-82 = 160 (+16)
T53 – Emily Rosenschein (ind.) – 83-77 = 160 (+16)