RIO VERDE, Ariz. – Junior Grace Henderson shot a season-best two-over 74 to highlight the final day of the 15^th annual Rio Verde Invitational for the Bradley women's golf team as the Braves slipped into a tie for 12^th of 19 in the final team standings Sunday.
 
Henderson was one of three Bradley players to shoot in the 70's in the third and final round at the Rio Verde Country Club's par-72 White Wing Golf Course.  She turned in a season-best two-over 74 to climb into a tie for 37^th in the final individual standings at 229 for her lowest 54-hole total of the 2016-17 season.
 
Sophomore Frankie Saban followed up her career-best two-under 70 from Saturday's second round with a 78 Sunday.  Saban was three shots back of Henderson in a tie with junior Ally Scaccia, who shot a third-round 80, for 49^th at 232. 
 
Freshman Taylor Ledwein tied for 60^th in the field (234), closing out play with an 81, while sophomore Chloe Horton matched Ledwein's 81 and was 72^nd in the individual standings with a three-round total of 236. 
 
Sophomore Brooke Thompson was in the field as an individual and carded her lowest round since September with a five-over 77.  Thompson was one shot back of Horton in a tie for 73^rd (237). 
 
Bradley carded a 313 Sunday and slipped into a tie with Ball State for 12^th (919) in the field as the Braves turned in their lowest 54-hole team score since the MVC Preview in early October.  Eastern Michigan claimed the team title at 889, with Northern Illinois second at 893 and UMKC rounding out the top three (895). 
 
The Braves were six shots back of 10^th-place Missouri State (913) and one behind 11^th-place Akron (918).  Xavier followed Bradley and Ball State in 14^th (920), while I-74 rival Illinois State was 15^th overall at 922.
 
Bradley will have two weeks off before returning to action March 13 & 14 when the Braves host the Bradley Spring Break Invitational at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas, Texas.