The No. 3 LSU women’s golf team now has two first-place finishes after winning the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. this weekend.
The Lady Tigers established themselves in the first round, finishing in a tie for second place with a combined 4-under par 284 team score. Freshman Madelene Sagstrom posted a 4-under-par 68 to put her in a three-way tie for first place.
Sagstrom posted a 2-under-par 70 in the second round, dropping her to third place overall and putting the team in a tie for first with No. 4 Alabama. Senior Tessa Teachman and sophomore Lindsay Gahm added to the Lady Tigers’ score in the second round, with each posting 1-under-par 71s.
The third round belonged to the Lady Tigers, as they combined for a team total of 1-under-par. LSU finished the tournament with an 8-under-par 856.  Sagstrom again led the pack in the third round as she fired a 1-under-par 71, giving her a 7-under-par 209 total for the tournament and putting her in a tie for fifth place.
The Lady Tigers had two other players also place in the top 20, with Teachman tying for 11th place with a 2-under-par 214 and sophomore Austin Ernst tying for 15th place with a 1-over-par 217.
Alabama finished the tournament in second place after posting 18 bogies and four double bogeys in the third round, dropping the team score to 4-under-par 860.   
LSU coach Karen Bahnsen said LSU’s combined 12 birdies in the third round were crucial to its first-place finish. Bahnsen also said the players’ competitive attitude and strong will contributed to the victory.
“They have a lot of heart,” Bahnsen said. “They fought all the way to the end and made the birdies when they needed