A repeat of the 2011 season-opening victory at the Cougar Classic was not to be as the Lady Tigers finished 18th out of 24 teams at the Yeamans Hall Club in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday.

The inexperienced Lady Tigers posted a three-round 38-over score of 902. Last year’s individual tournament winner Austin Ernst is no longer with the program, leaving only sophomore Madelene Sagstrom and junior Lindsay Gahm from the team that won the tournament last season.

“This is a starting point,” said LSU coach Karen Bahnsen. “Not the starting point we wanted, but I think we can learn from it.”

Sagstrom finished tied for 43rd to be the highest placing individual for the Lady Tigers. She was 1-under par through two rounds after shooting a team-low 3-under 69 in the second round.

But she shot a 6-over 78 in the final round, her day derailed by a triple bogey seven on the par-4 17th hole.

“I know she is disappointed and frustrated with today’s round, but I saw a lot of good things from her this weekend,” Bahnsen said. “She is going to be fine going forward.”

In her first tournament at LSU, freshman Nadine Dreher contributed to LSU’s scoring effort with rounds of 78, 74 and 78 to finish the tournament in a tie for 91st with fellow newcomer Ali Lucas.

“We expected [Dreher] to come in and make an impact right away,” Bahnsen said. “She played well even though she had a triple bogey today.”

Lucas, a junior transfer from Louisiana-Monroe, shot 76 and 74 respectively in the first two rounds before posting an 8-over 80 in the final round.

Florida ran away with the team championship, finishing 12-under to win the tournament by six strokes over second-place Duke.

Gator sophomore Camilla Hedberg won the individual championship for Florida, shooting 13-under for the three rounds to win by four strokes over Duke senior Lindy Duncan.

The Lady Tigers do not play again until Oct. 5 for the NCAA Fall Preview in Athens, Ga.