FRESNO, Calif. – The FGCU women's golf team concluded play at the 2016 Fresno State Classic with a 13th place finish. The Eagles produced a team round of 321 Tuesday, Mar. 8 at the San Joaquin Country Club and finished play with a total score of 631.
 
FGCU's plus-55 total of 631 placed the Eagles just two strokes behind 12th place Montana and ahead of Grand Canyon and Idaho. The Eagles shot a 610 in Monday's first round to hold 10th place, but added 11 strokes to their second-round score to drop in the standings among the strong 15-team field.
 
Host Fresno State earned the tournament championship with a two-round score of 577 (286-291), while Boise State, CSU Fullerton, Santa Clara and New Mexico State rounded out the top five, each with a two-round score under 600.  
 
"Overall, we are disappointed with our finish," said head coach Sarah Trew. "We need to work on recovering quicker from minor mistakes with smart, steady play instead of trying to force birdies. We've had a very busy spring schedule so we're looking forward to having more practice time to prepare for our next event."
 
Senior Mei Khuan Yong (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/ S.M.K. Cochrane) led the Eagles in the two-day event. Yong carded a 77 in the first round and cut one stroke off for a 76 in Tuesday's play to finish at 153. The senior was up and down in her first three holes before adding three strokes between 14 and 16. Yong settled in after seven holes and fired 10 even-par scores in her last 11 holes. She finished the round at plus-4 and tied for 41st among the field of over 80 golfers.
 
Sophomore Madison Easterbrook (Burlington, Ontario/Aldershot High School) matched her first-round score with a 79 in the second round Tuesday to finish at 158. Easterbrook carded four bogeys and two birdies on her first nine and went into the second half of her four at plus-2. She ended the round with three bogeys and five par holes before dropping a double on the final hole to finish at plus-7.
 
Freshmen Madeline Marck-Sherk (Ridgeway, Ontario/Ridgeway Crystal Beach High School) and Kelsy Holbert (Lutz, Fla./Steinbrenner High School) carded scores of 84 in the second round and finished with identical scores of 161 (77-84) through two rounds. Megan Blonien (Altus, Okla./Altus High School/Oklahoma State) completed the lineup for the Eagles with a second-round score of 82 and finished the two-day event with a total score of 164.
 
After competing in five events over a five-week span, the Green and Blue will break from competition for a week and a half. The team will travel to Orlando for the Morehead State Spring Invitational Mar. 20-22 and will wrap up the regular season Mar. 27-29 at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate. The 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship is set for Sunday, April 10-Tuesday, April 12 in Kissimmee.
 
TEAM RESULTS

1	Fresno State	286	291	577
2	Boise State	293	292	585
3	CSU Fullerton	300	288	588
4	Santa Clara	295	297	592
5	New Mexico State	298	297	595
6	Nevada	300	298	598
T7	Sacramento State	314	286	600
T7	Georgetown	299	301	600
9	Portland State	302	299	601
10	Seattle	305	300	605
11	Rutgers	313	304	617
12	Montana	314	315	629
13	FGCU	310	321	631
14	Grand Canyon	319	319	638
D	Idaho	D

 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

T41	Mei Khuan Yong	77	76	153
T60	Madison Easterbrook	79	79	158
T69	Madeline Marck-Sherk	77	84	161
T69	Kelsy Holbert	77	84	161
74	Megan Blonien	82	82	164

 
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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.