SUNSET, South Carolina – Sophomore Mallory Fobes and junior Phu Khine each finished in a tie for 24th place to lead UNCW at the Clemson Invitational following the final round at The Reserve at Lake Keowee on Sunday morning.
 
Led by Fobes and Khine, the Seahawks finished in 14th place after posting an 899 team score, including a 295 mark in the final round. No. 24 Kent State completed the wire-to-wire victory with an 852 team score, besting No. 20 Virginia Tech by 10 strokes.
 
Fobes closed out the tournament by carding a 1-over-par 73 in the final round after an even-par effort in Saturday's second round. Khine, meanwhile, authored a 2-under-par 70 in the closing round to finish at 4-over-par.
 
Senior Keri Kenkel posted back-to-back 2-over-par results to finish the tournament in 61st place at 12-over-par (80-74-74=228).
 
Coach Cindy Ho Says: "I am very proud of how the team competed the last two rounds and improved each day of the tournament. We had some excellent shot making on a very wet course after five inches of rain. We shot even par through the first storm delay [on Saturday] and the final three holes [today] after suspending play the day before. Phu and Mallory each earned another top-25 finish and Keri's strong finish in the final two rounds was key for us as well."
 
Up Next: The Seahawks look to defend their Colonial Athletic Association title when they compete at the CAA Championship in Greensboro, N.C., on Apr. 11-13.

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