KirkwoodGolf: MEGHAN MACLAREN MAKES WINNING START IN US COLLEGE GOLF

Sunday, September 23, 2012

MEGHAN MACLAREN MAKES WINNING START IN US COLLEGE GOLF

         MEGHAN MACLAREN ... WINNING DEBUT IN US COLLEGE GOLF

 FROM THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Florida International University women’s golf had an impressive start the 2012-13 season earning team co-champion honours at the 2012 Wolverine Invitational, hosted by the University of Michigan, at the U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor. It is the second straight championship for the Panthers at the event, after winning the team title in its last appearance in 2010. 
Additionally, freshman Meghan MacLaren from England (Cambridge, U.K.) was part of a three-way for medalist honours, winning an event in her collegiate debut.
MacLaren had a 14-over (227) to equal Eastern Michigan’s Alyssa Kwon and Michigan’s Alicia Weber for the individual title. She remained atop the leaderboard after all the three rounds over the course of the event.
Senior Tania Tare (Auckland, New Zealand) had the third-best total for FIU on the weekend with a 23-over (236) to tie for 17th. Tare had her best performance in Sunday’s final round, scoring a 75 on the par 71 course. 
Tare was followed by freshman Sophie Godley (Whitwell, Nottinghamshire, U.K.), who was competing as an individual, with a 23rd place 25-over (238). Godley improved her score in each round, and finished with a 78 on Sunday. 
Next up for FIU golf is the Johnie Imes Invitational, Oct. 1-2, hosted by the University of Missouri, at the Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo.
2012 Wolverine Invitational Results (Team)
TOP TEN TOTALS
T1 Michigan 308 308 314 930 +78 T1 FIU 312 306 312 930 +78
T3 Xavier 316 311 306 933 +81
T3 Illinois 314 315 304 933 +81
T3 Eastern Michigan 312 311 310 933 +81
6 Toledo 326 317 316 959 +107
7 North Texas 326 322 325 973 +121
8 Grand Valley State 335 328 315 978 +126
9 Akron 330 328 323 981 +1291004 +152

2012 Wolverine Invitational Results (Individual Top Five)
T1 Meghan MacLaren  FIU  74  74  79  227  +14
T1 Alyssa Kwon Eastern Michigan 75 75 77 227 
T4 T1 Alicia Weber * Michigan 75 76 76 227 
4 Shelby Coyle FIU 76 75 77 228 +15
T17 Tania Tare FIU 82 79 75 236 +23
T23 Sophie Godley * FIU 81 79 78 238 +
28 Yolecci Jimenez FIU 80 78 83 241 +28
T46 Carla Jane FIU 82 84 81 247 +34

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