Humacao, P.R. – Sophomore Elsa Maren Steinarsdôttir slipped into a tie for sixth place in Thursday's final round at the Puerto Rico Iguana Invitational as the Catamounts closed play in eighth at the par-72, 6,161-yard Flamboyan Course at the Palmas Del Mar Golf Club.
 
Steinarsdôttir countered five bogeys with one birdie over the final 18 holes, finishing the tournament with a team-best eight birdies, tied for 12th in the field. She was also tied for sixth in par-4 scoring (+2, 4.07). The Akranes, Iceland, product posted a final-round score of 4-over par 76, shooting 5-over par 221 for the event.
 
Senior Sadler Miller slipped into a tie for 31st after matching her first-round score of 78 over the final 18 holes, firing a three-round total of 234. Graduate transfer EC Niebauer and sophomore Annalee Caveney finished tied for 37th overall with matching scores of 234. Rounding out the lineup was sophomore transfer Emily Rosenschein in 45th overall at 267.
 
Niebauer finished tied for the best par-3 scoring at 1-under par (2.92) on the shortest layouts, while Caveney was third in the field with 37 pars over the 54-hole event.
 
Georgia State edged Central Arkansas for the team title by three strokes, 877-to-880, to claim the tournament title. Arkansas State (884) finished third, pulling in front of host Ball State (885) by a stroke, with Little Rock (902) rounding out the top five. Tulane (910) was sixth, with Tarleton State (913) and WCU (920) rounding out the field.
 
Alethea Paige Gaccion of Central Arkansas and Georgia State's TK Kongthong finished regulation tied atop the leaderboard with matching scores of 2-under par 214. Gaccion won the individual hardware, though, with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff coming on No. 18.
 
Western Carolina returns stateside and immediately back to action, competing in the Low Country Intercollegiate, hosted by Wofford at The Golf Club at Indigo Run in Hilton Head Island, S.C., March 9-10. The 54-hole tournament will be played over two days beginning on Monday.
 
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8 – Western Carolina – 313 – 298 – 309 = 920 (+56)
T6 – Elsa Maren Steinarsdôttir – 74-71-76 = 221 (+5)
T31 – Sadler Miller – 78-75-78 = 231 (+15)
T37 – EC Niebauer – 83-73-78 = 234 (+18)
T37 – Annalee Caveney – 78-79-77 = 234 (+18)
45 – Emily Rosenschein – 90-83-94 = 267 (+51)