Sophie McGinnis fired a one-over 73 Tuesday in the final round of the Butler Don Benbow Spring Invitational, which gave her a two-shot victory in the 36-hole event.
 
McGinnis entered the day as part of a four-player group that was tied for third after her opening-round, four-over 76. Her Tuesday round included four birdies on the 6,052-yard Ardea Country Club south course in Oldsmar, Fla. McGinnis's 36-hole total of five-over 149 was two shots clear of runner-up Ava Lucas of Merrimack. McGinnis was competing as an individual.
 
The Bulldogs entered the final round third in the team standings and were able to make move into the runner-up spot. Western Michigan held onto the team title at 626 (+50). Butler was able to shave a single shot off Western Michigan's 18-hole lead, but did jump Fairleigh Dickinson Tuesday. Butler finished second at 630 (+54), one shot better than FDU, which entered Tuesday three shots in front of the Bulldogs. Butler shot 315 in both rounds. There were a total of 15 teams in the field.
 
Butler's Katie Steinman started the day in a tie for seventh and was able to move into fourth with her second consecutive five-over 77. Ashley Freitas climbed 17 shots on the leaderboard Tuesday, finishing in a tie seventh after her four-over 76 in the final round.
 
THE BULLDOGS:
1) Sophie McGinnis, playing as an individual, 76-73--149 (+5)
4) Katie Steinman, 77-77--154 (+10)
T7) Ashley Freitas, 80-76--156 (+12)
T21) Kelli Scheck, 80-79--159 (+15)
T25) Yaya Sadamoto, playing as an individual, 82-78--160 (+16)
T45) Cybil Stillson, 78-86--164 (+20)
T48) Treva Dodd, 82-83--165 (+21)
T73) Maddie Diedrich, playing as an individual, 88-83--171 (+27)
 
Butler hosted the tournament, which is named in honor of the late Don Benbow, who was inducted into the Butler Athletics Hall of Fame for his contributions as a standout football student-athlete, golf and football coach, and his time at Butler as an athletics administrator.
 
The Bulldogs return to action March 24-25, traveling down I-65 for The Nashville (Tenn.) Invitational.