Rapid City, SD- The University of South Carolina Beaufort Lady Sand Sharks moved up one spot to finish 7th at the 2010 NAIA Women's Golf National Championship. The Sand Sharks missed last year's cut for Nationals but one spot, but this year they came out swinging to earn an at-large bid and finish their second season in history in the top ten in the NAIA. 

Led by Sophomores Brittany Cheek and Sophie Henke, the Sand Sharks shot a final round score of 320 with a four day total of 1,279. British Columbia posted 1,224 and edged Oklahoma City by seven shots for the title.

Brittany Cheek and Sophie Henke finished tied for 20th overall. Cheek, Adriana Saavedra and Kaitlin O'Sullivan all shot 79 on Friday, while Henke carded an 83 and Kelli Nakano shot 84. O'Sullivan also finished second in the long-drive contest with a 255-yard drive.

The Lady Sand Sharks 7th place finish matched the USCBs men's golf teams' finish in the 2009 tournament, which was their first appearance. Hopefully the women's golf can continue to follow the success of the men's programs and finish in the top five next season. 

Adrianna Saavedra received honorable mention to the 2010 NAIA Women's Golf All-American Team, while Sophie Henke and Sally Woodhead were both named to the 2010 Daktronics-NAIA Women's Golf Scholar-Athletes. 

NAIA WOMEN'S GOLF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 

Results after Friday's final round at Meadowbrook Municipal Golf Course in Rapid City, S.D.; Yardage: 6,000; Par 72 

Team scores
British Columbia 301-311-311-301--1224
Oklahoma City 308-302-314-307--1231
California Baptist 313-312-309-319--1253
Embry-Riddle 310-320-319-309--1258
Concordia (Ore.) 320-319-319-315--1273
Lindsey Wilson 322-316-318-322--1278
USC Beaufort 318-317-324-320--1279
Lubbock Christian 317-311-324-328--1280
Victoria 325-330-313-319--1287
Northwood (Fla.) 318-324-325-324--1291
Bethel (Ind.) 323-331-326-314--1294
Cal State-San Marcos 332-315-322-327--1296
Rocky Mountain 319-329-324-330--1302
Marian 328-324-325-328--1305
SCAD 330-336-331-317--1314
Southern Nazarene 325-345-330-325--1325
Shorter 333-331-336-340--1340
Northwood (Texas) 330-348-345-332--1355
Dakota Wesleyan 353-350-346-341--1391
Lindenwood University 362-356-337-366--1421
Thomas University 349-369-354-354--1426
Madonna University 355-355-360--1070
Minot State 368-360-364-353--1445
St. Ambrose 363-364-354-373--1454
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 449-435-454-449--1787 

Individual leaders 

Nathalie Silva, California Baptist 74-76-75-76--301
Kylie Barros, British Columbia 78-77-75-73--303
Laura Jones, Oklahoma City 76-74-77-77--304
Angela Gauck, Marian 76-79-77-73--305
Paige Martin, Oklahoma City 79-75-78-73--305
Nikki Stewart, SCAD 80-77-79-71--307
Jada Bennington, William Woods 76-75-79-78--308
Adriana Niclotti, California Baptist 75-77-78-78--308
Grace Jeong, Embry-Riddle 78-80-79-73--310
Megan Woodland, Victoria 79-77-77-77--310
Jocelyn Alford, British Columbia 79-83-75-74--311
Morgan Gay, Oklahoma City 76-76-79-80--311
Vanessa Leon, British Columbia 75-81-80-76--312
Lindsay Manion, British Columbia 75-77-82-78--312
Jessica Smith, Lindsey Wilson 79-76-78-79--312
Taylor Howard, Oklahoma City 77-77-80-79--313
Alyssa Human, British Columbia 73-76-81-85--315
Maegan Rice, Mobile 71-80-82-82--315
Beatriz Serra, Embry-Riddle 79-83-73-80--315
Dani Bellet, Dakota Wesleyan 76-83-79-78--316
Brittany Cheek, USCB 84-75-78-79--316
Sophie Henke, USCB 75-76-82-83--316
Andrea Rojas, Southern Nazarene 78-78-81-79--316
Carrie Rowe, Embry-Riddle 78-77-84-77--316
Erica Schlomer, Rocky Mountain 79-81-79-77--316
Anna Schopp, Lubbock Christian 73-76-84-83--316