BATON ROUGE, La. (May 7, 2016) – FIU senior
Meghan MacLaren closed out her 2015-16 season with an 18
th-place finish in this year's Baton Rouge NCAA Women's Golf Regional from the University Club (Par 72, 6,285 yards) on Saturday.
The native of Cambridge, England shot an even par on the third and final day for an overall two-over for the tournament (72-74-72 218). MacLaren posted two birdies (Nos. 6 and 13) and a pair of bogeys (Nos. 9 and 17) to finish with a day three 72.
This marked MacLaren's third regional appearance and second-straight as an individual selection. Last season, she advanced to the NCAA Championship in Bradenton, Fla., to finish 25th overall in a field of 131 competitors. MacLaren was just the seventh player in FIU history to finish in the top 25 at an NCAA Championship, and the first since Moira Dunn in 1994. Dunn finished 14th that season.
MacLaren finishes her FIU career as one of the program's all-time greats, claiming two conference Player of the Year awards, three individual conference tournament titles, four all-conference honors and eight conference Player of the Week honors.
This past season, MacLaren won the Conference USA Individual Tournament title, shooting a three-under 69, on the final day of this year's C-USA Women's Golf Championships last week to earn her second-straight C-USA Individual title. Entering the final round with an even par, the Cambridge, England native registered five birdies to finish at three-under (73-71-69 213), for her third conference title (2015 C-USA, 2013 Sun Belt). The reigning C-USA Golfer of the Year, MacLaren became just the second golfer in C-USA history to win back-to-back individual titles (Pam Buff – Tulane – 1998 and 1999). Her 54-hole total of 213 is the 10
th-best in school history as MacLaren now owns six of the top 10 totals in program history.
With the title, MacLaren joins Dunn (1991-1993) as the school's only three-time individual conference champions.
The 2015 C-USA Golfer of the Year, has notched six top-10 finishes and four top-five placements during her senior season.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
About FIU:
Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
