EDINA, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's golf team shot the lowest team round in program history for the fourth time this season and surged three spots up the leaderboard to finish fourth on the final day of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships on Sunday at Braemar Golf Course.

After beginning the day in seventh place, St. Olaf posted the first sub-300 round in team history with a 299 (+11) to leapfrog Carleton College, the College of Saint Benedict, and Bethel University on the final day. The fourth-place finish was the highest for the Oles' since their second of back-to-back MIAC titles in 2012-13. St. Olaf had finished seventh in the conference in each of the last four seasons.

The 299 surpassed the previous program-record round of 304 from the St. Kate's Fall Invitational on Sept. 19 by four strokes and was the lowest round for the Oles at the MIAC Championships by 10 strokes. St. Olaf's team score of 936 (+72) was also a 54-hole program record by three shots ahead of the 939 (+75) from the 2011 MIAC Championships.

St. Olaf finished the tournament six strokes ahead of Bethel, eight ahead of Saint Ben's, and nine ahead of Carleton by shooting the second-best team round of the final day. St. Catherine University completed a wire-to-wire team title with a 297 (+9) on Sunday.

First year Aliyah Kleven broke the 54-hole individual program record with a 227 (+11) after shooting a final-round 74 (+2) to finish ninth and earn All-Championship Team and automatic All-MIAC honors in the spring with the top-10 performance. Kleven had an eagle on the par-five 16th to bolster the Oles late in the round and was the lone player in the field to have multiple eagles in the tournament. The first year was second in the field in par-five scoring (-6) over the three rounds.

Junior Anneliese Carlson carded five birdies in a final-round 75 (+3) to finish in a tie for 16th (235, +19) with a five-spot rise on Sunday. Carlson tied for the tournament lead in par-three scoring (+2), including a pair of birdies on par-three holes on the back nine. Carlson's 235 was tied for the fifth-best 54-hole score in recorded program history.

After shooting a 40 on the front nine, first year Amita Crowley put together a one-under 35 on the back, including back-to-back birdies on holes 11 and 12, to complete a 75 (+3). Crowley moved up four spots in the final round to tie for 24th (239, +23) with a top-10 54-hole score in program history.

First year Sarah Dove got going early with three consecutive birdies on holes 4-6 on her way to a one-under 35 on the front. The strong start helped Dove to a three-over 75 after back-to-back rounds of 83 (+11) on Friday and Saturday. Dove tied for 27th overall with a score of 241 (+25). First year Lexi Fertig concluded the tournament in a tie for 33rd (247, +31).

The MIAC Championships were the final event of the fall for St. Olaf. The team's spring schedule will be posted when it is available.