The No. 3 Auburn Women's Golf team finished in 12th place at the Bryan National Collegiate after a third-round score of 300.
The team's tournament total was 36-over-par, 900 at the last competition of the regular season.
"If you look at the leader board, it doesn't look like we played that great," said coach Kim Evans. "I thought we showed improvement every day which made it a great tournament."
The strongest performances of the weekend came from freshman Carlie Yadloczky and sophomore Haley Wilson.
"They played well by making goals each day and working hard to achieve them," Evans said.
Yadloczky said she became sick, possibly from dehydration, on the first day.
However, by day two, she was once again healthy and focused.
"I had a couple bad shots the last couple of holes," Yadloczky said. "I think I did well by hitting most of the fairways and green."
Yadloczky found herself in a 3-over round until the final two holes, but returned with back-to-back birdies to end at 1-over and finish in eighth place.
"I am going to play the best I can in next week's SEC Tournament and hope that it gets me in the top 10 again," Yadloczky said.
Wilson said she was also pleased with her solid and consistent performance throughout the three days.
Her score was the second highest of the Tigers.
"I worked on staying patient and focusing on the shot at hand," Wilson said. "I tried to not get ahead of myself and stay in the moment."
Wilson posted a 1-over, 73 in the final round of the tournament. After starting the weekend with a 76, she tallied a second-round of 74 before dropping her score again to close out the weekend with a 223 (+7) tournament total.
"We had a good week as a team," Wilson said. "Everyone contributed with solid performances."
Sophomore Patricia Sanz scored a 4-over-par, 76 the final day, earning her the third best score for the Tigers.
Sanz also lowered her score in three-consecutive rounds, finishing with a 17-over, 233 mark.
The native of Madrid, Spain, finished in a tie for 67th.
Of the 18 participating teams, Florida State claimed first place with a 9-over-par, 873.
Co-host Wake Forest followed with an 874 (+10).
Ohio State, Vanderbilt and Duke completed the top-five with 22-over-par, 886s.
Wake Forest's Cheyenne Woods landed in the top-spot with a 5-under, 211 weekend performance. Tennessee's Nathalie Mansson (-3), Virginia's Brittany Altomare (-2), Duke's Lindy Duncan (-2) and Florida State's Macarena Silva (-1) rounded out the top five, respectively.
The Tigers will return to the green April 16-18 to defend their conference title at the SEC Tournament. The tournament will take place at the North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa.
Yadloczky and Wilson said they are confident their team's hard work will pay off in the next few weeks.
"Our goal remains to get prepared for each tournament as it comes," Evans said.
The Bryan National Collegiate took place at the par-72, 6,323-yard Players Course at the Bryan Park Golf and Enrichment Center as North Carolina-Greensboro and Wake Forest co-hosted the event.
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