FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – The FGCU women's golf team moved up three positions in the standings during the final round of competition the Amelia Island Collegiate Tuesday, Feb. 23. The Eagles carded a final-round team score of 309 at the Amelia Island Golf Club to finish ninth in the field of 16 teams.
 
With the total 917 score, FGCU finished just five strokes behind the eighth-place finisher and 21 strokes from the top-five. The University of North Florida earned the team championship at 879 (285-294-300), with Cincinnati, Campbell, Kennesaw State and Bradley rounding out the top five. FGCU's team score included rounds of 307, 301 and 309.
 
The Eagles jumped ahead of Memphis, Jacksonville State and Southern Mississippi State during the third round and finished better than Wofford, Georgia State, host Jacksonville and Winthrop.
 
"I'm very proud of Myka and Madeline for their focus and steady play today," said head coach Sarah Trew. "Overall, we had a lot of birdies as a team, but our mistakes were too costly. We have some work to do to dial in our ball striking and short games so all five players bring their best every day and especially at the conference tournament."
 
Senior Mei Khuan Yong (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/S.M.K. Cochrane) led the Green and Blue in the No. 1 position with a seventh-place finish and a total score of 220. Yong carded rounds of 73 and 71 in the first day of play and followed with a 76 in Tuesday's round. The senior fell behind one stroke on her fourth hole and dropped back-to-back holes midway through the round. Yong rebounded with nine even scores on her last 10 holes to finish at plus-4 on the day and among the field's top players.
 
Freshman Madeline Marck-Sherk (Ridgeway, Ontario/Ridgeway Crystal Beach High School) carded a plus-3 score of 75 in Tuesday's round to finish in a tie for 22nd with a three-round score of 225. The rookie started strong with a birdie on her second hole but dropped three strokes on the next five holes to take the turn at plus-4. Marck-Sherk rebounded with a birdie on hole 2 and finished with seven-straight even-par holes for the third-round score of 75.
 
Transfer Megan Blonien (Altus, Okla./Altus High School/Oklahoma State) played an up-and-down round to conclude the Amelia Island event and finished with a third-round score of 75. Blonien took a 38th place finish with a total score of 229 (80-74-75). In Tuesday's play, Blonien went 3-under quickly with birdies on three of her first six holes. However, she carded a triple on 18 to move to even after seven holes. She added another triple on hole 3 to fall to plus-3 and added strokes on hole 4 and 5 to move to plus-5. Blonien finished with two birdies and three even holes to end at plus-3 on the day.
 
Madison Easterbrook (Burlington, Ontario/Aldershot High School) and Sara Detlefsen (Eagan, Minn./Minnesota Virtual Academy) rounded out the Eagle lineup with three-round totals of 244 and 249, respectively. Easterbrook carded an 84 in the final round, with Detlefsen finishing with an 83.
 
The Eagles continue the spring slate in two weeks with a trip to the West Coast. The team travels to Fresno, Calif. for the two-day Fresno State Tournament on Monday, Mar. 7 and Tuesday, Mar. 8. The two-day event at San Joaquin Country Club marks the team's first trip to California since the 2007-08 season.
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

T7.	Mei Khuan Yong	73	71	76	220
T22.	Madeline Marck-Sherk	73	77	75	225
T38.	Megan Blonien	80	74	75	229
T74.	Madison Easterbrook	81	79	84	244
T81.	Sara Detlefsen	81	85	83	249

 
COMPLETE TEAM RESULTS

1	North Florida	285	294	300	879
2	Cincinnati	296	290	298	884
T3	Campbell	295	296	304	895
T3	Kennesaw State	289	305	301	895
5	Bradley	294	290	312	896
6	Tulsa	300	301	297	898
7	Georgia Southern	303	302	297	902
8	Daytona State College	300	296	316	912
9	FGCU	307	301	309	917
10	Memphis	303	302	313	918
11	Jacksonville St.	301	304	314	919
12	Southern Mississippi	303	302	319	924
13	Wofford	302	312	315	929
14	Georgia State	305	311	319	935
15	Jacksonville	311	308	320	939
16	Winthrop	318	311	312	941

 
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Head coach Sarah Trew enters her fifth season at the helm of the FGCU women's golf team. Trew took over in 2011 and has since guided the Eagles to the program's best-ever finish in the Atlantic Sun Tournament and to 20+ top-10 finishes. A year ago, Trew led the team to several records on and off the course. The 2013-14 squad set a new single-season scoring record with a team average of 307.88, while also setting a new benchmark academically. The team earned a team grade point average of 3.8 in the fall semester and set the FGCU team record with a 3.92 during the spring of 2014. The spring of 2015 saw the Eagles again take third place at the A-Sun Championship, and recording their best team score of the season.