ST. GEORGE, Utah – The Omaha women's golf team finished in a three-way tie for ninth place at the Pizza Hut Thunderbird Invitational at Southern Utah on Friday afternoon.

The Mavericks shot a team round of 314, their third-best 18-hole score of the season, to finish with a two-day total of 634, tying them with Weber State and Montana State.  South Dakota State won the event with a score of 609, just one stroke ahead of Oral Roberts in second at 610.  Grand Canyon took third with a score of 611.

Megan Vetrovsky and Sophie Peters each carded team-low scores of 76 in the final round.  Vetrovsky finished first for the Mavericks in scoring and in a tie for 18th overall with a 36-hole total of 155.  That put her three strokes ahead of Peters and Katie Kesti who finished at 158.  Kesti carded a round of 78 on Friday, and both she and Peters finished in a tie for 29th in the field of 87 golfers.

Makenna Kroeker was fourth for the Mavs and in a tie for 53rd overall with a score of 163 that included a final round score of 84.

Alexa Ruwe completed the scoring for the Mavericks with a round of 86 on Friday that left her with a score of 180, good for 84th overall.

The Mavericks are back in action at the Morehead State Invitational at Ocala, Fla. on Sunday and Monday, March 22 and 23.