MIAMI, FLA. (FIUSports.com) – FIU heads into Sunday's final round of the 2013 Notre Dame Clover Cup in fifth place among the 16 schools competing in this year's event. The Panthers finished 36 holes on Saturday, 19-over (305-290-595), six strokes behind fourth-place and 11th-ranked Texas Tech (+13). No. 3 Oklahoma leads the event at six-under, followed by No. 34 SMU (+7) and No. 27 Northwestern (+12).

Rain in the Phoenix area on Friday had forced the first round to be played on Saturday morning at the Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz., followed by the second round during the afternoon. Sunday's third-round is scheduled to tee off at 8 a.m. MST (11 a.m. EST). FIU will be paired with Texas Tech and Notre Dame on the final day.

In the second round, FIU rebounded with one of the top team scores on the afternoon (290) helping erase a tough start in the morning, which saw the Panthers finish the first 18 holes sitting in 11th with a team score of 305.  FIU's impressive second-round 290 was only behind SMU (284) and Oklahoma (289).

Host-school and 22nd-ranked Notre Dame sits one stroke behind FIU in sixth-place at 20-over (298-298-596).

FIU freshman Meghan MacLaren (Cambridge, U.K.) leads all Panthers at two-over (72-74-146), good for 13th place. SMU's Jenny Haglund leads the field of 96 competitors at six-under (71-67-318).

Junior Shelby Coyle (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), tied for 21st, scored the second-best finish for FIU at five-over (79-70-149). Senior Yolecci Jimenez (Caracas, Venezuela) is tied for 27th (+6, 77-73-150), followed by senior Tania Tare (Auckland, New Zealand) and Sophie Godley (Nottinghamshire, U.K), both tied for 47th at 10-over. Tare scored a 77 in both rounds to finish with 154 strokes, while Godley started with an 81 in the first round then a 73 in the second to also score 154 strokes. Freshman Jasmine Wade (Oldsmar, Florida), competing as an individual, is tied for 55th at 11-over (80-75-155).

Team Standings

1. Oklahoma, -6, 281-289-570
2. SMU, +7, 299-284-583
3. Northwestern, +12, 285-303-588
4. Texas Tech, +13, 296-293-589
5. FIU, +19, 305-290-595
6. Notre Dame, +20, 298-298-596
7. Tulsa, +22, 303-295-598
8. Minnesota, +24, 296-304-600
9. Colorado, +33, 301-308-609
T10. Michigan, +34, 303-307-610
T10. Mississippi, +34, 303-307-610
12. Kansas, +37, 312-301-613
13. Nebraska, +48, 312-312-624
14. Georgetown, +49, 315-310-625
15. Cincinnati, +56, 322-310-632
16. Illinois, +66, 321-321-642

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Clover Cup scoring and tee times are available at www.golfstat.com. A link can also be found at www.und.com.

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The 16 schools competing will play 54 holes of stroke play on a par-72, 6,209-yard course at the Longbow Golf Club.  In addition to host-school Notre Dame and FIU, the 16-team field for the Clover Cup also features Cincinnati, Colorado, Georgetown, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas Tech and Tulsa.

The tournament field for the 2013 Notre Dame Clover Cup features a challenging line-up, including 12 of the nation's top 80 ranked programs: Oklahoma (No. 3 Golfweek), Texas Tech (No. 11 Golfweek), Notre Dame (No. 22 Golf Stat), Northwestern (No. 27 Golfweek/Golf Stat), SMU (No. 34 Golfweek), Mississippi (No. 40 Golf Stat), FIU (No. 48 Golfweek), Tulsa (No. 63 Golfweek), Minnesota (No. 65 Golf Stat), Kansas (No. 68 Golfweek/Golf Stat), Colorado (No. 77 Golfweek) and Michigan (No. 80 Golf Stat).

Located in North Mesa, Longbow Golf Club is just minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and Old Town Scottsdale. Longbow Golf Club has hosted many prestigious tournaments and is the home of the AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic and has hosted the 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship, the 2010 and 2011 WAC Women's Golf Championship, the Golfweek Junior Series National Qualifying, U.S. Amateur qualifying, Gateway Tour events and many others.

The Ken Kavanaugh-designed course is constantly rated highly by leading golf writers and publications and has received numerous honors including being ranked among the Top 100 Resort Courses in the Country by Golfweek in 2009 and the Top 20 Best Public Access Courses in Arizona by Golfweek in 2010. Golf Magazine called the Longbow Golf Club one of the Top 25 Courses in Arizona and Golf Digest gave it Four Stars for Places to Play in 2009 and 2010.

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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 U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.

About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelors, masters and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls nearly 48,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 140,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.