DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Barry University sophomore women's golfer Nancy Vergara won the NCAA Division II National Championship Saturday, winning the individual title with a four-round 3-over 291. It was the first individual NCAA National Title for the Buccaneers.

Vergara, a sophomore from Caracas, Venezuela, shot 75 in the final round to beat Nova Southeastern's Linnea Johansson by a stroke for the national medalist honor. Johansson shot 77 in the final round. Nova Southeastern's Daniela Ortiz finished third, three strokes behind Vergara, after shooting 77 in the last round.

Vergara had three bogeys and no birdies in the final round, completing a steady 72-hole championship event in which she never wavered out of second place. With her mother, Nancy, watching after making the trip from Venezuela, she sank a four-foot par putt on the 340-yard 18th hole to win it.