CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Union women's golf finished 13th on Tuesday at The City With Spirit Fall Classic, a par-72 event hosted by Lee University at the Cleveland Country Club.

The three-round, 18-team event featured several ranked teams and much of the South and Southeast regions' stiffest competition.

Union finished with team scores of 317-317-320 to finish with a three-session total of 954 (+90). Wingate University won the event with a score of 882 (+8). The hosts lagged 22 strokes behind Wingate and claimed third.

Brooklyn Verdugo carded three straight rounds of four-over golf to crack the field's top 20 with a tournament score of 228 and pace Union for the second time in two tournaments this season.

Union's next-best round was the third of Abigail Fernandez, who shot six-over and moved up the leaderboard 13 spots over the final 18 holes. The sophomore finished in a tie for 40th with a tournament score of 237.

Camille Burnette finished at T-50 with consistent rounds of 79, 81, and 79 for an overall score of 239.

Other Union competitors included freshman Aubrey Payne (255, +39) and Cecily Berry (256, +40).

Wingate's Amely Bochaton (209, -7) was the best of the field's 93 players.

Montevallo (10th, +78), Lee [B] (14th, +113), Christian Brothers (16th, +141) and Trevecca Nazarene (17th, +155) also represented the Gulf South Conference in the event.

Union will next take to the course on Monday in the King University Invitational in Bristol, Tennessee.

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