SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – Martina Edberg fired her best round of the tournament, even-par 72, to move up 25 spots and finish tied for 50th at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship on Monday at Rich Harvest Farms.
The senior finished the tournament with a three-round score of 16-over-par 232 as her successful collegiate career at Cal State Fullerton came to a close.
Edberg competed in her first national championship as an individual after participating in three consecutive NCAA Regionals. She advanced out of the Albuquerque Regional this season after tying for second overall and finishing as the top individual participant.
Edberg was one of 12 individuals competing at the national championship, and was the first Titan to reach the final since the program was reinstated for the 2009-10 season. She was one of 132 players competing at the championship.
Arizona State's Monica Vaughn won the individual championship with a three-round score of 217 (+1), while Northwestern, Stanford, ASU, Ohio State, USC, Florida, Baylor and Kent State will move on to match play Tuesday and Wednesday.
Edberg was one of five NCAA Division I women's golf student-athletes named to the 2016-17 PING Women's Golf Coaches Association Player of the Year watch list on Tuesday.
The 2017 Big West Conference individual champion and 2017 Big West Player of the Year, Edberg has a 71.86 scoring average, a new Cal State Fullerton single-season record.
She claimed her sixth individual title of the season after winning her second Big West Women's Golf Championship individual medalist honor on April 25. She fired 1-under 71 in the final round of the championship for a 54-hole score of 6-under 210.
Over the course of the season, she posted top-three finishes in 10 of 12 tournaments and won a conference-record five consecutive Big West Golfer of the Month awards, bumping her career total to seven, which placed her second on the all-time Big West career list.
Edberg's medalist finishes this season came at the WSU Cougar Cup in Pullman, Wash. (Sep. 19-20), the Rose City Collegiate in Aurora, Ore. (Sep. 26-27), the Memphis Women's Intercollegiate in Germantowm, Tenn. (Oct. 17-18), the Fresno State Classic in Fresno, Calif. (Mar. 13-14), the Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Apr. 2-4) and the Big West Women's Golf Championship in Riverside, Calif. (Apr. 23-25).
Edberg has been named to the Big West Conference First Team for four consecutive years (2014-17).
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