HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Peerada Piddon earned a first place finish after shooting the second lowest 54-hole tournament score in school history, helping the Arkansas Tech women's golf team secure its fourth straight GAC Championship at the Hot Springs Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Tech shot a 307 in the third and final round of the GAC Championships, which was tied for the best score of the day. The Golden Suns finished the tournament with a score of 905, 18-strokes ahead of Southwestern Oklahoma State who claimed second place.

Piddon shot the lowest round of the tournament for the third consecutive day, carding a two under-par 70 to finish the tournament with a 213, nine-strokes ahead on the next best-score, which was held by teammate Pia Nunbhakdi. Nunbhakdi carded her best round of the season in the final 18-holes of the GAC Championships with an even-par 72 and finished the tournament in a tie for second with a score of 222. Both Piddon and Nunbhakdi earned All-GAC Tournament team accolades as they finished in the top five. Nunbhakdi has now been named to the All-GAC Tournament team in three straight years.

Holly Standing was the third Golden Sun to earn a top-10 finish as she completed the GAC Championships with a score of 235, which earned her a tie for eighth place.  

Tech was the only team to have three players finish in the top eight and all five players finish in the top 20, as Allie Weiner's finished the tournament with a combined score of 239, which finished in a tie for 17^th while Avery Struck's score of 240 earned her a tie for 20^th.
 
With the win, the Golden Suns will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Central Region Championships being played at the Missouri Bluffs Golf Course in St. Charles, Mo. from May 7-9.
 
FINAL TEAM RESULTS

Pos.	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Arkansas Tech	301	297	307	905
2	Southwestern Okla.	306	310	307	923
3	Henderson State	310	312	312	934
4	Southern Arkansas	317	317	325	959
5	Oklahoma Baptist	318	320	324	962
6	Arkansas-Monticello	318	330	320	968
7	Southern Nazarene	327	316	334	977
8	Harding	332	324	329	985
9	Northwestern Okla.	332	326	345	1003

 
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Pos.	Player	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Peerada Piddon	Arkansas Tech	71	72	70	213 (-3)
T2	Gloria Choi	Southwestern Okla.	73	74	75	222 (+6)
T2	Pia Nunbhakdi	Arkansas Tech	74	76	72	222 (+6)
T4	Helle Leed	Southern Arkansas	73	78	76	227 (+11)
T4	Luisa Gartmann	Henderson State	76	75	76	227 (+11)
6	Elin Wahlin	Southwestern Okla.	76	80	75	231 (+15)
7	Michelle Carr	Oklahoma Baptist	74	79	80	233 (+17)
T8	Holly Standing	Arkansas Tech	78	74	83	235 (+19)
T8	Tracy McGill	Southwestern Okla.	81	77	77	235 (+19)
T8	Kelsi Wilson	Northwestern Okla.	78	76	81	235 (+19)
T17	Allie Weiner	Arkansas Tech	79	78	82	239 (+23)
T20	Avery Struck	Arkansas Tech	78	75	87	240 (+24)