BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- UIC completed the Battle at Boulder Creek on Tuesday by shooting 323 over the final 18 holes. The Flames finished in fifth place overall with a 54-hole total of 969.

The start of the second day was delayed slightly as a result of some unfavorable weather overnight that produced a fair amount of frost on the course.

"We got off to a very rough start and had a tough time adapting to some of the conditions with firm and frozen greens," said UIC head coach Mat Blair. "As a team, we were something like 25-over through the first nine holes. We made our adjustments and the girls really bounced back and fought hard to finish their rounds well so we ended up at 10-over over the last nine holes. I'm proud of the way we settled in and played well down the stretch."

Senior Claudia Stampa and sophomore Shivani Majmudar had the top rounds of the day for UIC with each signing for a score of 8-over par 80. For both Flames, it marked the lowest round of the tournament as Stampa topped her second-round mark by one stroke and Majmudar was six shots better than her second-round effort.

Another senior, Meghan Kramp, was the top overall finisher for UIC as she finished in a tie for 21^st place with a three-round score of 242. The Springfield, Ill., native shot 9-over par, 81, Tuesday. Classmate Kelly Sterling was close behind Kramp on the leaderboard as she shot 243 for the tournament, one stroke in front of freshman Stephanie Mroz. Mroz's second-round total of 3-over par 75 was the team's low round during the Battle at Boulder Creek.

UNLV won the tournament with a score of 876. Two Rebels, Elizabeth Prior and Polly Mack, shared individual medalist honors at 216. Mack had the best round of the day Tuesday at 4-under 68.

UIC Scores
5. UIC: 330-316-323-969
T21^st Meghan Kramp: 80-81-81-242
23^rd Kelly Sterling: 76-79-88-243
24^th Stephanie Mroz: 87-75-82-244
29^th Claudia Stampa: 90-81-80-251
T30^th Shivani Majmudar: 87-86-80-253
T32^nd Adrienne Montalone: 85-83-87-255

The Flames will be off from competition until next month. UIC will travel to Texas for the Lamar Cardinal Challenge, March 31 and April 1.

"We're all going to develop plans and continue to work hard over the next six weeks as we really focus on making some noise at the conference championship," said Blair.