BATAVIA, Ohio -- Junior Lauren Ellerman shot 79 in today's final round of the Cincinnati Fall Classic to finish as the University of Evansville's leader with a 54-hole score of 243.  Ellerman finished 51st in the field of 90 golfers at Elks Run Golf Club.  Tournament champion was Cincinnati's Bambee Dela Paz at 1-over par 217.  Florida International won the 16-team tourney with a team score of 889, 11 strokes ahead of runnerup Toledo.  UE's team score of 325 today was nine strokes better than Monday's second round, and 12 strokes better than the first round.

Coach Jim Hamilton's Aces compete again next Monday and Tuesday at the SIUE Invitational at Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsville, Ill.

FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Florida International 889; 2. Toledo 900; 3. Cincinnati 913; 4. Penn State 915; 5. Memphis 932; 6. Murray State 937; 7. Morehead State 939; 8. Southern Mississippi 944; 9. Ohio U. 947; 10. Akron 950; 11. Austin Peay 957; 12. Texas-Pan American 963; 13. Marshall 973; 14. Evansville 996; 15. Robert Morris 999; 16. Cincinnati 'B' 1013

EVANSVILLE SCORES: T51. Lauren Ellerman 84-80-79=243; T57. Maggie Wood 80-85-82=247; T74. Alyssa Key 85-86-84=255; 79. Sydney Skiles 88-83-86=257; T80. Grace Abitz 88-90-80=258