SAN ANTONIO, Texas (February 25, 2025) – In what was the second tournament of the Spring season for The University of Texas Permian Basin women's golf team, the Falcons took to the course at the Dominion Country Club for three rounds of golf at the 2025 Rattler Invitational. The tournament was hosted by St. Mary's University on Monday and Tuesday in San Antonio, Texas.

The Falcons were led by Gabriela Maldonado (76-77-77; 230; +14), who shot four-over-par during round one and finished in 19th place out of 85 golfers. It was another strong performance for Maldonado, who has now led UTPB in each of the first two tournaments of the Spring season after finishing in fifth place at the Jack Brown Memorial (Feb. 3-4) last time out.

Lorena Etxeberria (80-87-75; 242; +26) moved up 16 spots throughout the course of the final round and tied for 54th after shooting just three-over on Tuesday.

Ainhoa Gurruchaga (84-81-84; 249; +33) tied for 69th while Ella Veretto (97-95-97; 289; +73) was 85th.

Maldonado led the team in pars (30) and birdies (7) while Gurruchaga netted 29 pars and Etxeberria had 27 pars to go along with six birdies.

UTPB finished at 337-340-333; 1010 (+146).

The No. 11 St. Mary's University women's golf team hosted the 24th annual Rattler Invitational, which consisted of teams from Angelo State, Cameron, Colorado Christian, Lubbock Christian, No. 29 Midwestern State, Odessa, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Southern Arkansas, No. 38 Texas A&M International, Texas A&M-Kingsville, No. 17 UT Tyler, Washburn, No. 12 West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico in addition to the Falcons and the Rattlers. St. Mary's erased a nine-stroke deficit during the third round of the Rattler Invitational to win the tournament by one stroke over Odessa College 882-883.

Head Coach Paul Chavez said, "Obviously it was not our best performance, but with every event, you always have some positives to take away from it. We have a quick turnaround before our next event, so we will have to regroup quickly to get ready for that. I am extremely proud of Gabriela Maldonado with another top-20 performance. We just have to keep working hard and get better every day."

Next up, UTPB will play at Western Texas College in a dual match on Friday, February 28, in Snyder, Texas.

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