Lady Vols golf team takes sixth in Starkville

Recapping Tennessee’s performance in fall golf tournament.

STARKVILLE — The University of Tennessee women’s golf team finished sixth at The Ally at Old Waverly Golf Club.

The three-day event concluded Wednesday and was hosted by Mississippi State.

Lady Vols’ junior Mikayla Bardwell took third in the individual standings, despite struggling on the tournament’s final day.

She shot 2-over 74 on Wednesday and finished 6-under for the tournament.

South Carolina won the event with a team score of 852. LSU was second (857) followed by Auburn (861), Ole Miss (863), Georgia (868), Tennessee (870), Florida (870), Alabama (874), Arkansas (879), Vanderbilt (879), Mississippi State (883), Kentucky (892), Texas A&M (894), Missouri (915) and Southern Miss (939).

Individuals for Tennessee: Bardwell (210,) Vanessa Gilley (214), Michaela Williams (219), Nicole Whitson (232) and Waverly Whitson (232).