Troy Women's Golf Finishes Sixth at ULM Fred Marx Invitational

Tuesday, September 25

Monroe, La.

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ULM Fred Marx Invitational

Troy Women's Golf Finishes Sixth at ULM Fred Marx Invitational

9/25/2012 3:29:00 PM | Golf (W)

By: Brandon Lee

Team Results
Individual Results
2012 Statistics

MONROE, La. – Senior Sofia Bjorkman (78-69-75-222) carded a third round 75 to lead the Troy women's golf team en route to a team sixth-place finish after shooting a 306 in Tuesday's final round of the ULM Fred Marx Invitational.

The Trojans completed day one on a high-note after shooting a second-round 292 before falling two spots to sixth to complete their second tournament of the 2012 fall season.

Bjorkman balanced out her scores as she carded a 75 in the final round to finish at six-over par tied for seventh, her second top-10 finish of the young season.

Langley Vannoy (74-74-78-226) improved on her Golfweek Program Challenge finish of 26th to complete Tuesday's round tied for 13th at 10-over par.

Taylor McGraw (78-75-76-229) nearly cut her finishing place in half from the Challenge to this week's tournament after carding scores of 78, 75 and 76 to finish tied for 23rd at 13-over par.

Sara Fennvik (80-74-78-232) entered the tournament with a stroke average of 80, but improved on that number by three to finish tied for 33rd at 16-over par.

Brooke Spinks (78-78-77-233) finished just one stroke behind Fennvik to finish tied for 37th at 17-over par.

"We didn't play as well as we wanted to today, but we improved on a lot of good stuff from the last event," head coach Matt Terry said.

Southern Miss (292-301-301-894) held onto the lead throughout the entire tournament to claim the team title after firing a team score of 894, 30-over par, to edge Sam Houston State (299-297-302-898) by just four strokes.

Lamar's Julie Amie fired under-par scores in all three rounds to claim the individual title after finishing with a two-under, 214 performance.

The Trojans will take a brief break from the course before returning on October 15-16 to compete at the Courtyard Classic in Jacksonville, Fla.

"We've got a couple of weeks until we travel to Jacksonville, so hopefully we can figure some things out and improve on wedge play and hit a little straighter off the tee," Terry said.

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Team Standings:
1. Southern Mississippi (292-301-301-894); 2. Sam Houston State (299-297-302-898); 3. McNeese State (297-296-306-899); 4. Lamar (300-300-300-900); 5. ULM (294-307-301-902); 6. Troy (308-292-306-906); 7. South Alabama (312-294-310-916); T8. Stephen F. Austin (308-303-313-924); T8. Houston Baptist (307-309-308-924); 10. McLennan CC (317-297-311-925); 11. Oklahoma City (311-306-311-928); 12. Northeastern State (311-303-319-933); 13. Western Kentucky (316-310-311-937); 14. Centenary College (329-323-341-993); 15. Jackson State (335-322-349-1006); 16. New Orleans (348-363-344-1055)

Individual Standings:
1. Julie Aime (Lamar) 70-73-71-214; 2. Brandi Rodriguez (Southern Miss) 73-71-71-215; T3. McKayla Anderson (McNeese State) 71-73-74-218; T3. Shelby Hardy (Sam Houston State) 72-73-73-218; 5. Katy Kile (Houston Baptist) 73-70-76-219

Troy Individuals:
T7. Sofia Bjorkman (78-69-75-222); T13. Langley Vannoy (74-74-78-226); T23. Taylor McGraw (78-75-76-229); T33. Sara Fennvik (80-74-78-232); T37. Brooke Spinks (78-78-77-233)