PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Sophomore Reanna De La Cruz (Austin, Texas) picked up her third top 10 finish of the spring, highlighting a fifth-place showing by the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's golf team at the PGA Minority Collegiate Championships, which finished on Sunday at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
De La Cruz was just a single shot over par on Sunday, with birdies on the first and sixth making up for a double bogey on the second. Her only other blemish was a bogey on the fifth. That final day 37 put her 16 over through 54 holes and tied De La Cruz for eighth.
Freshmen Madison Lake and Abigail Willcoxon shared 20th with one other competitor. Lake carded a six-over 42 on the final day while Willcoxon did her one better with a five-over 41. For Willcoxon, this marks her third top 20 finish this season and the second for Lake.
The final event in the Javelina career of senior Brittany Rodriguez (Corpus Christi, Texas) came to a close with her in 27th, scoring a 53-over 269. Two spots back was teammate Bianca Silerio (Palmview, Texas), tied for 29th.
The third round proved to be Kingsville's best, with their 326 being 10 shots better than the team's second round total. Overall, the Javelinas finished 133-over.
The Bethune Cookman Wildcats captured the tournament championship for the seventh consecutive year. They've won this event 15 times since its inception in 1998. Their score of 39-over beat out the second-place squad, University of the Incarnate Word, by 27 shots. North Carolina A&T earned third place at +77
Mackenzie Butler led the way for the Wildcats with a mark of even, posting a 216 to win the individual title. She was followed by Linda Wang from St. John's, who was at two-over, and Yudika Rodriguez, also from Bethune Cookman, at +4.
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