CARDIFF'S ANNA CARLING WINS SUN BELT CONFERENCE TITLE

                                  Anna Carling receives the Sun Belt Conference Championship individual trophy.

FROM THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
(with additional words by Colin Farquharson)
MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama: Arkansas State sophomore Anna Carling took home medalist honours at the Sun Belt Conference Women's Golf Championships, winning a sudden death play-off Wednesday afternoon on the Trent Jones Golf Trail with Middle Tennessee's Karisa Akin to give the Red Wolves' their second ever individual champion at the league tournament.
Welsh international team player Carling, from Vale of Glamorgan Golf Cub, Cardiff, named to the All-Sun Belt Conference team for the second consecutive year, turned in the second lowest round of her career Wednesday with a final round of two-under-par 70 and finished with a career-best total of one-under  before winning the play-off on the first hole.
Carling joined Rebecca Sarjeant as the only other player in school history to win the women's Sun Belt Conference Championships individual title.
"It was obviously a really exciting position for me to be in going into the last day," said Anna. "I just played two steady rounds, and it was exciting to be in contention with four good players ahead of me and a packed field behind me. I wanted to put in a nice round today and be in the mix at the end, but it was really a great tournament for the whole team. Coach (Desbiens) did a great job preparing us for not only this tournament, but throughout the year."
Prior to her third-round 70, Carling posted a 71 for the opening 18 holes and followed with a 74 for the next 18 over the par-72, 6,127yd course at The Shoals. It was her second US college career tournament title. She also won the EKU Lady Colonel Classic in 2010.

Ellie Givens (Denver University), pictured left from Darlington, English girls' champion in 2007, finished third with scores of 71, 75 and 72 for 218 - three behind Carling and Akin.

Katie Mundy (Florida International) from Hampshire finished joint 13th on 223 with scores of 73, 73 and 77.

Ireland's Sarah Faller (Denver) shared 28th place on 229 with rounds of 73, 78 and 78.

Ellie Givens, coming to the end of her four years at Denver University, spearheaded the squad to victory in the team event with a total of 875 - five ahead of runners-up Middle Tennessee State with Arkansas-Little Rock (887) third. 
Arkansas State (898) finished sixth of 11 teams.



LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). Yardage 6,127
215 Anna Carling (Arkansas State) 71 74 70, Karisa Akin (Middle Tennessee State) 72 71 71 (Carling won sudden-death play-off at first hole).
218 Ellie Givens (Denver) 71 75 72.
Selected totals
223 Katie Mundy (Florida International) 73 73 77 (T13).
229 Sarah Faller (Denver) 73 78 78 (T28).

LEADING TEAM TOTALS
875 Denver.
880 Middle Tennessee State.
887 Arkansas Little Rock.
Selected total
898 Arkansas State (6th of 11).



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