MIAMI, FLA. (FIUSports.com) – FIU women's golf had an impressive start the 2012-13 season earning team co-champion honors 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 (Cambridge, U.K.) was part of a three-way for medalist honors, 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.

Junior Shelby Coyle (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), a 2012 All-Sun Belt Conference selection, posted a fourth-place finish in the event, pacing just one stroke behind with a 228, 15-over effort. Like MacLaren, Coyle played the entire event near the top of the leaderboard.

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. Senior Yolecci Jimenez (Caracas, Venezuela) finished in 28th, hitting a 28-over 241. Freshman Carla Jane (Santiago, Chile) rounded out the FIU golfers placing in a tie for 46th with a 34-over 247.

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)
1
2 3

Team Scores
1
1 T1
Michigan 308
308 314
930 +78

T2
2 T1
FIU 312
306 312
930 +78

5
4 T3
Xavier 316
311 306
933 +81

4
5 T3
Illinois 314
315 304
933 +81

T2
3 T3
Eastern Michigan  312 311
310 933
+81

T6
6 6
Toledo 326
317 316
959 +107

T6
7 7
North Texas 326 322
325 973
+121

T12
10 8
Grand Valley State  335 328
315 978
+126

T8
8 9
Akron 330
328 323
981 +129

T12
11 10
Georgetown 335 332
316 983
+131

11
9 11
Butler 333
328 325
986 +134

T8
13 12
Delaware 330
342 319
991 +139

10
14 13
Ferris State 332 343
328 1003
+151

14
12 14
Bucknell 340
328 336
1004 +152

2012 Wolverine Invitational Results (Individual Top Five)
Start
Finish Player
Team Scores

1
T1  Meghan MacLaren
FIU  74
74  79
227  +14
3
T1 Alyssa Kwon Eastern Michigan
75 75
77 227
+14
T4 T1
Alicia Weber * Michigan 75
76 76
227 +14
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T4 4
Shelby Coyle FIU 76
75 77
228 +15
T27 T17
Tania Tare FIU 82
79 75
236 +23
T21 T23
Sophie Godley * FIU 81
79 78
238 +25
T17 28
Yolecci Jimenez FIU 80
78 83
241 +28
T40 T46
Carla Jane FIU 82
84 81
247 +34

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