KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee women's golf team made it a clean sweep on Sunday at Fox Den Country Club. The Lady Vols captured the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Women's Collegiate Championships team title by 19 strokes and sophomore Nathalie Mansson took home medalist honors by winning a five-hole playoff over Louisville's Laura Anderson.

Tennessee's winning margin was the highest ever in the 13-year history of their home tournament, as they ignored cold, windy and rainy conditions over three days and dominated the 18-team field from the start by building a 13-shot lead after the first round and finished with a 283-291-294=868 (+4) total.

"It feels fantastic to win the Mercedes-Benz Championships," Lady Vol head coach Judi Pavon said. "We had the lead coming into today which was great, but in college golf with four scores counting it can turn very quickly. It wasn't until about three holes left that I felt we had finally separated ourselves and had it wrapped up. I'm really proud of them. It's really hard to play with a lead and for each one of them to stay focused was awesome."

Louisville finished second (887), while South Carolina (889) was third. Kent State (897) and Wake Forest (899) rounding out the top five.

The team victory is Tennessee's first tournament title since the 2006 Mercedes-Benz Championships, and the Orange and White's 19th win overall. UT's team total (868) was its fourth-lowest ever. Mansson and Anderson each shot final day 71s to tie at 2-under 213 for the three-day tourney. On the fifth hole of the playoff, which saw the players alternating play on No. 10 and No. 18, Mansson knocked in her second putt to make par on No. 10 and clinch the first victory of her career. "I'm really proud of Nathalie," Pavon said. "She is a fierce competitor and hates to lose. I'm happy she was able to stay patient in the playoff. It got to the point where somebody was going to have to make a mistake and luckily it wasn't her."

Mansson's 54-hole total (71-71-71=213) is her best score ever in relation to par. She already has six rounds of par or better this season, and carded 14 birdies over the tournament. On Sunday, the Stockholm, Sweden native made birdie on holes 16 and 17 before bogeying No. 18 to force the playoff.

She shook off the bogey to outlast Anderson - and the rest of the 96-person field - by making par on five playoff holes. Mansson's win is UT's 16th individual championship all-time.

"I kept my focus and stayed patient with it being such a long day," Mansson said. "I just focused on one shot at a time. It feels really good - especially because it's my first one. It's great we won as a team too. We have really worked hard for this. We figured we were due to win a tournament sometime soon and decided it might was well be this weekend."

UT placed all four of its scores in the top 15, as senior Ginny Brown turned in career-bests for her finish (third) and score (1-under 215). She finished the tournament with 10 birdies and tied Louisville's Sara Maude-Juneau for best par 4-scoring average (3.97) of the weekend.

Brown's classmate Diana Cantú tied for eighth with a 3-over 219 total. She opened the tournament with a 69 to push Tennessee to the top of the leaderboard and led the tournament with a spectacular 43 pars.

Rounding out UT's lineup were freshmen Sara Monberg and Erica Popson.

Monberg, of Juelsminde, Denmark, fired her best round of the fall (6-over 222) to tie for 13th, while Popson, of Davenport, Fla., tied for 29th at 11-over 227.

Playing individually, junior Lauren Spurlock birdied three of her last four holes to card an even-par 72 to tie for 39th with a 228 (+12) total.

UT's other individuals, junior Rebecca Watson (229) and freshman Leigh Henderson (230), finished just behind their teammate in t46th and t52nd, respectively.

It was a fitting final Mercedes-Benz for Tennessee's only two seniors, and especially sweet for Brown. While Cantú tied for 21st to help the Lady Vols win the 2006 Mercedes-Benz, Brown played as an individual and her score did not count toward the team total. On Sunday, however, the Austin, Texas, native's third-place finish was essential to the Lady Vols' second victory ever at their home tournament.

"This hasn't quite hit me yet, but it feels awesome," Brown said, shortly after the completion of the final round. "We had such a well-prepared team thanks to Judi (Pavon) and (assistant coach) Andrew (Pratt). To win this tournament at home with all of our parents here is really special."

The Lady Vols will look to wrap up the fall with back-to-back wins from Oct. 26-27 at the Alamo Invitational in San Antonio, Texas.