DADE CITY, Fla. – Alyssa Mercado fired the best 54-hole score of the season to lead Troy to a third-place finish at the Spring Break Shootout, which wrapped play Tuesday at the Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club. Mercado shot 2-under on the par-71 course, including a pair of rounds in the 60s to close out her stay.
Mercado, a freshman transfer from North Florida, shot a 2-under 69 thanks to a trio of birdies on Tuesday one day after shooting a 3-under 68 in the second round. Mercado's two rounds in the 60s are the first by a Trojan golfer this year, and her 2-under 211 tied ShaeLee Scarberry for the best 54-hole score of the year by a Trojan.