SunTrust Gator Women's Invitational Tournament Information

Round One Results

Round Two Results

Final Round Results

MIAMI, FLA. (FIUSports.com) – The FIU women's golf team continues its spring schedule this weekend, March 15-17, at the 41st Annual SunTrust Gator Women's Invitational, held at the Mark Bostick Golf Course at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

The 15 schools competing will be playing 54 holes of stroke play over three days on a par-70, 6,074-yard course. In addition to host-school Florida and FIU, the 15-team field also features Alabama, Baylor, Florida State, Kent State, Miami, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, San Diego State, South Florida, UT-Chattanooga and Virginia.

FIU will be represented by five starters, featuring in order from one to five, freshman Meghan MacLaren (Cambridge, U.K.), senior Tania Tare (Auckland, New Zealand), junior Shelby Coyle (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), senior Yolecci Jimenez (Caracas, Venezuela) and freshman Sophie Godley (Nottinghamshire, U.K.).

FIU will be paired with UT-Chattanooga and Mississippi State in Friday's first round, which tees off at 9 a.m. EST. The teams will have a practice round and tournament dinner
in the Gator Room at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Thursday.

The tournament field for the SunTrust Gator Women's Invitational includes the most challenging field in college golf this weekend. All 15 teams are presently rated, using its highest ranking, in the top 89 of the three major golf polls (Golf World/WGCA, Golf Stat and Golf Week). In addition, seven programs are ranked in the top 20.
In order of national ranking: Alabama (No. 2 Golf World/WGCA), Oklahoma (No. 3 Golf Week), North Carolina (No. 4 Golf World/WGCA), Florida (No. 5 Golf Stat), Virginia (No 15 Golf Stat), Baylor (No. 17 Golf World/WGCA), Oklahoma State (No. 19 Golf World/WGCA), FIU (No. 42 Golf Stat), Florida State (No. 42 Golf Week), Miami (No. 54 Golf
Week), Mississippi State (No. 61 Golf Stat), San Diego State (No. 70 Golf Stat), Kent State (No. 81 Golf Week) and South Florida (No. 89 Golf Week).

The SunTrust Gator Women's Golf Invitational has earned a reputation as one of the nation's finest women's collegiate golfing events. The 2013 edition will be the tournament's 41st annual event. Since its beginning in 1973, the Gator Women's Golf Invitational has consistently drawn top quality teams and players to Gainesville. As a result, several prominent golfers appear in the Gator Women's Golf Invitational records, including three players who went on to earn Rolex Player of the Year honors on the LPGA Tour:
Nancy Lopez, Betsy King and former FIU All-American Pat Bradley.

The tournament began as a two-day event and originally drew schools from the state and surrounding areas. In 1975, the Gator Women's Golf Invitational was expanded to a three-day event until it returned to its previous two-day format in 2009. This year's tournament will be a three-day event for the first time since 2009.

Three times an FIU women's golf has emerged victorious in the event, including Bradley (1973), Sara Stuhler (1974) and Nancy Rubin (1978).

Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com and results will be posted on GatorZone.com along with a complete recap after each day's play.

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