HATTIESBURG, Miss. (October 27, 2026) – The University of North Alabama women's golf team completed its time at The Judson hosted by Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Miss. on Tuesday, finishing eighth place with a final score of 917 (+53).
Heading into the final day, the Lions were in a heated battle behind West Florida, East Texas A&M and Belmont for positioning. UNA posted the second-lowest last round of this group to pass Belmont for eighth place overall.
In addition to Belmont, UNA retained its lead over Lamar by six strokes, as well as Jackson State, UAB and Alabama State. South Alabama was the overall winner with a final stroke score of 865 (+1).
Fifth-year senior Kerigan Klauber was the steady constant atop the leaderboard for North Alabama this week, carding a 76 in the first and final rounds to sandwich a 75. Her finish of +11 put her in a tie for 22nd.
Fellow senior Ava Schwartz had her breakout moment of the fall with an even par in the final round, putting four birdies on the card with just two bogeys and one double to go with 10 pars. Her birdies came on a par-three, a par-four and two par-fives. She finished +12 overall to tie for 25th.
Freshman Celia Martinez Garcia finished in a tie for 34th with a 79 in the final round and a +15 overall, followed by junior Olivia Whittle in a tie for 46th after shooting her best round of the tournament Tuesday at 75 to end at +18. Freshman Ella Busby rounded things out at +28.
Southern Miss golfer Louise Cuyvers won the tournament on her home course at -12.
UNA will close the fall season next week at the Samford Intercollegiate from Nov. 1-2 in Birmingham, Ala. After this tournament, UNA will go on break until March 1-2 with the annual Huntsville.org Intercollegiate.
"In the second and third round, we played some decent team golf," said UNA head coach Neil Self. "The first round was prohibitive. We look forward to closing out the season in Birmingham."
For final results, click here.
For more information on North Alabama Athletics, visit www.roarlions.com and follow UNA Athletics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
