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Fresh off advancing through the first stage of LPGA Q-School, Florida’s Sandra Gal led the Gators to victory Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Championship.

Florida, No. 6 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, shot a final-round 288 to finish at 13-over 865, five shots ahead of No. 16 Purdue. The Boilermakers also shot a final-round 288. Arkansas was third at 26 over par.

Gal, No. 23 in the individual rankings, beat Auburn freshman Cydney Clanton in a playoff for the individual title. The two finished regulation at 3-under 210 after Clanton shot a final-round 68 and Gal shot 70. The 20th-ranked Clanton was 4 under par on her final four holes with two birdies and an eagle.

“It was a strange playoff because (Cydney) Clanton hit her ball in a tree and we couldn’t find it,” Gal said. “She hit her ball out of bounds on her next shot and I was able to get a birdie.”

This was Gal’s third individual title. She has won the past two playings of Florida’s home tournament – the Gator Invitational. Gal finished T-5 at LPGA Q-School Oct. 6 to advance to the final stage.

Caroline Hedwall (68) and NCAA champion Stacy Lewis (71) finished T-3 at 2-under 211. Hedwall, a member of Europe’s victorious Junior Solheim Cup team, represented the Swedish Junior National team in this tournament.

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Final scores with relation to par from the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Championship, played Oct. 12-14 at the par-71, 5,932-yard Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn. (Note: x-won playoff; y-played as individual):

TEAMS
1. Florida	289-288-288--865	+	13
2. Purdue	291-291-288--870	+	18
3. Arkansas	285-297-296--878	+	26
4. Auburn	292-296-291--879	+	27
5. Kent St.	296-297-288--881	+	29
6. Tennessee	288-306-289--883	+	31
7. Denver	293-292-300--885	+	33
8. Virginia	294-294-298--886	+	34
9. Louisiana St.	295-299-294--888	+	36
10. Alabama	288-301-300--889	+	37
11. Michigan St.	292-301-302--895	+	43
11. Ohio St.	298-295-302--895	+	43
13. North Carolina	305-299-293--897	+	45
14. Swedish Jr. Nationals	304-298-297--899	+	47
15. Furman	300-301-300--901	+	49
16. Southern Methodist	302-296-310--908	+	56
17. Central Florida	306-301-305--912	+	60
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INDIVIDUALS
1. x-Sandra Gal, Florida	69-71-70--210		-3
1. Cydney Clanton, Auburn	72-70-68--210		-3
3. Caroline Hedwall, Swedish Jr.	71-72-68--211		-2
3. Stacy Lewis, Arkansas	69-71-71--211		-2
5. Diana Cantu, Tennessee	71-73-70--214	+	1
5. Kathleen Ekey, Alabama	68-70-76--214	+	1
5. Blair Lamb, Furman	72-71-71--214	+	1
8. Maria Hernandez, Purdue	71-72-72--215	+	2
8. Lene Krog, Virginia	71-71-73--215	+	2
10. Kirby Dreher, Kent St.	72-75-69--216	+	3
10. Megan McChrystal, LSU	72-73-71--216	+	3
10. Whitney Myers, Florida	73-70-73--216	+	3
13. Christel Boeljon, Purdue	73-73-72--218	+	5
14. Tiffany Avern-Taplin, Ohio St.	71-74-74--219	+	6
15. Junthima Gulyanamitta, Purdue	69-73-78--220	+	7
15. Emma Jandel, Ohio St.	76-72-72--220	+	7
15. Lacey Jones, SMU	72-73-75--220	+	7
15. Lucy Nunn, Arkansas	69-78-73--220	+	7
15. Marci Turner, Tennessee	70-78-72--220	+	7
15. Jessica Yadloczky, Florida	75-74-71--220	+	7
21. y-Jennifer Cassidy, Ohio St.	78-71-72--221	+	8
21. Lauren Hunt, UNC	76-73-72--221	+	8
21. Katie Kempter, Denver	75-73-73--221	+	8
21. Laura Kueny, Mich. St.	69-73-79--221	+	8
21. Calle Nielson, Virginia	71-77-73--221	+	8
21. Abigale Schepperle, Auburn	71-79-71--221	+	8
27. Tara Delaney, Kent St.	73-73-76--222	+	9
27. Martina Gavier, Kent St.	77-74-71--222	+	9
27. Ornella Jouven, Florida	75-73-74--222	+	9
27. Lindy LaBauve, LSU	71-75-76--222	+	9
27. Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Purdue	78-73-71--222	+	9
27. Stephanie Sherlock, Denver	72-71-79--222	+	9
27. Nicole Smith, Tennessee	74-79-69--222	+	9
34. Laura Caniff, UNC	77-73-73--223	+	10
34. Sara Hurwitch, UCF	77-73-73--223	+	10
34. Alexis Rather, LSU	75-76-72--223	+	10
37. Stefanie Kenoyer, Furman	75-73-76--224	+	11
37. Candace Schepperle, Auburn	73-74-77--224	+	11
37. Margaret Shirley, Auburn	76-73-75--224	+	11
37. Sarah Sturm, Alabama	71-78-75--224	+	11
37. Kate Thomas, UNC	73-77-74--224	+	11
37. Mayule Tomimbang, UCF	74-73-77--224	+	11
43. Helena Blomberg, Alabama	72-79-74--225	+	12
43. Sara Brown, Mich. St.	74-77-74--225	+	12
43. Kira Meixner, Kent St.	74-79-72--225	+	12
43. Kelli Shean, Arkansas	72-76-77--225	+	12
47. Chelsea Benton, Denver	79-71-76--226	+	13
47. Sara Djos, Denver	76-78-72--226	+	13
47. Ellie Givens, Denver	70-77-79--226	+	13
47. Kristin Ingram, Arkansas	75-76-75--226	+	13
47. Aimee Neff, Mich. St.	75-77-74--226	+	13
47. Carly Truitt, Virginia	76-76-74--226	+	13
53. Tiffany Chudy, Florida	72-79-76--227	+	14
53. Courtney Harter, Alabama	78-74-75--227	+	14
53. Nathalie Mansson, Swedish Jr.	75-75-77--227	+	14
53. Stephanie Oukeo, Purdue	78-76-73--227	+	14
57. Tia Gannon, SMU	75-76-77--228	+	15
57. Anjelika Hammar, Swedish Jr.	79-76-73--228	+	15
57. Joy Kim, Virginia	77-73-78--228	+	15
57. Amalie Valle, LSU	78-75-75--228	+	15
61. Sydney Crane, UNC	79-76-74--229	+	16
61. Kristen Simpson, Virginia	76-74-79--229	+	16
61. y-Rebecca Watson, Tennessee	77-74-78--229	+	16
61. Jordyn Wells, Mich. St.	80-74-75--229	+	16
65. Kate Ackerson, SMU	79-72-79--230	+	17
65. Stephanie Connelly, UCF	79-76-75--230	+	17
65. Laura Cross, SMU	76-75-79--230	+	17
65. y-Laura Goodwin, Alabama	76-78-76--230	+	17
65. Angela Oh, Tennessee	73-79-78--230	+	17
70. Carling Coffing, Ohio St.	77-76-78--231	+	18
70. Jessica Hauser, Ohio St.	80-73-78--231	+	18
72. Michelle Bowles, Mich. St.	74-79-79--232	+	19
72. Maddi Swaney, Kent St.	77-75-80--232	+	19
72. y-Sarah Thead, Auburn	77-76-79--232	+	19
75. Jacqueline Hedwall, Swedish Jr.	79-75-79--233	+	20
75. Jaclyn Hilea, Furman	79-79-75--233	+	20
75. y-Rachel Ingram, Tennessee	77-78-78--233	+	20
75. Kim Meck, LSU	77-80-76--233	+	20
79. Ashley Baker, Furman	74-79-82--235	+	22
79. y-Margaret Pentrack, UNC	81-74-80--235	+	22
79. Gemma Webster, Ohio St.	74-78-83--235	+	22
82. Camilla Lennarth, Alabama	77-81-79--237	+	24
82. Tiffany Phelps, Arkansas	84-74-79--237	+	24
84. y-Stephanie Hwang, SMU	76-77-85--238	+	25
84. Victoria Tomko, UCF	78-79-81--238	+	25
86. Katie Detlefsen, UCF	77-82-80--239	+	26
86. Paige Martin, SMU	83-77-79--239	+	26
86. Nicole Schachner, Florida	83-76-80--239	+	26
89. Ginny Brown, Tennessee	82-76-82--240	+	27
89. Corrine Carr, Furman	84-78-78--240	+	27
89. Mariana Macias, Auburn	79-81-80--240	+	27
92. Josephine Janson, Swedish Jr.	86-76-80--242	+	29
93. Ann Laney, UNC	82-80-81--243	+	30

Posted: 10/14/2007

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