SMU, which opened with a 419 total on Saturday, trimmed 41 strokes off its opening round score Sunday, as the Cardinals shot a second-round 378 in finishing 13th.

Gustavus brought home the team title, recording a 36-hole total of 639 to beat runner-up UW-Eau Claire by eight strokes. St. Olaf (658), Carleton (665) and St. Thomas (685) rounded out the top five. The Gusties' Taylor Drenttel earned medalist honors, shooting rounds of 76-77—153 to win by four shots over Carleton's Hope Kearney.

Brittney Nielsen (Apple Valley, Minn.), playing in her final collegiate match, led the way for the Cardinals, rebounding from an opening-round 101 to shoot a second-day 88 for a 189 total. Dana Kreuser (Maplewood, Minn.) added a 105-94—199, while Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) and Jenna Mrozinski# (North St. Paul, Minn.) rounded out the Cardinal lineup with 106-96—202 and 107-100—207, respectively.

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