ESTERO, FL – Toledo concluded its first tournament of the spring with a strong second-place showing at this weekend's FGCU Eagle Invitational. UT was in second place throughout the event, finishing behind No. 55 Mercer by nine strokes.

Seniors Manisa Isavas and Morgan Salm topped the Rockets in today's final round with even-par 72s to help the Midnight Blue and Gold post its best round of the tourney at eight-over par 296. Freshman Natcha Daengpiem carded a two-over par 74, while senior Sathika Ruenreong notched a six-over par 78.

Isavas paced the Rockets over 54 holes at nine-over par 225 (75-78-72) to tie for sixth place for her fifth Top 10 showing in six tournaments this season. Daengpiem tied for ninth place at 10-over par 226 (75-77-74) to notch the second Top 10 finish of her collegiate career.

Salm tied for 11^th place at 11-over par 227 (76-79-72), Ruenreong tied for 20^th place at 13-over par 229 (76-75-78) and freshman Pimchanok Kawil tied for 30^th place at 17-over par 233 (78-75-80).

"We played very well today and had three really good scores from Manisa, Morgan and Natcha," Head Coach Nicole Hollingsworth said. "We hung in there the entire round with a very good Mercer team, and this is a great start to our spring season.

Toledo will return to action in approximately two weeks when it travels to Rio Verde, AZ for the Rio Verde Invitational on Friday-Sunday, Feb. 26-28.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Mercer 301-293-300=894 ( 30); 2. Toledo 302-305-296=903 ( 39); 3. Elon 306-302-306=914 ( 50); 4. Xavier 305-305-306=916 ( 52); 5. Florida Gulf Coast 303-306-309=918 ( 54); 6. Central Arkansas 314-304-302=920 ( 56); T7. Arkansas State 310-302-312=924 ( 60); T7. Southern Illinois 310-304-310=924 ( 60); 9. Ball State 311-313-306=930 ( 66); 10. Stephen F. Austin 318-311-307=936 ( 72); 11. McNeese State 318-316-311=945 ( 81); 12. Florida Atlantic 318-320-311=949 ( 85); 13. Drake 313-330-317=960 ( 96); 14. Western Illinois 333-317-324=974 ( 110); 15. USC Upstate 329-332-323=984 ( 120)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Payton Schanen (Mercer) 70-71-71=212 (-4); 2. Hanna Lee (XU) 74-72-74=220 ( 4); T3. Jaelyn Tindal (Mercer) 74-72-78=224 ( 8); Ind.-T3. Marin Hanna (Mercer) 75-73-76=224 ( 8); T3. Hanna Netisingha (SIU) 75-73-76=224 ( 8)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T6. Manisa Isavas 75-78-72=225 ( 9); T9. Natcha Daengpiem 75-77-74=226 ( 10); T11. Morgan Salm 76-79-72=227 ( 11); T20. Sathika Ruenreong 76-75-78=229 ( 13); T30. Pimchanok Kawil 78-75-80=233 ( 17)