The LSU women’s golf team finished in a tie for seventh at the SEC Championships on Sunday at Greystone Country Club in Hoover, Ala.  

The Lady Tigers tied No. 5 Arkansas with a three-round score of 59-over 923. They finished 24 shots behind No. 2 Alabama, who won the tournament at 35-over. 

“It didn’t quite go the way we wanted it to,” said LSU coach Karen Bahnsen. “We need to keep building from this and use this as a learning experience.” 

LSU led the tournament by one stroke after the first round of the tournament, posting a round of 15-over 303, but shot 23-over and 21-over in the second and third rounds, respectively, to drop down the leaderboard. 

“Some weeks aren’t your week,” Bahnsen said. “We are going to get there. They’ve done some really good things this semester and we aren’t done yet.” 

Bahnsen said the experience will help them prepare for the NCAA Regional tournament May 9, regardless of what region they end up in. 

Junior Lindsay Gahm finished in a tie for 11th overall with a score of 13-over 229 for the week. She shot 2-over 74 in the first round, 6-over in the second round and 5-over in the final round.

Alabama junior Stephanie Meadow won the tournament by nine strokes after finishing the week at even-par.