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Tang Places Second, Flames Finish Third at Butler Don Benbow Spring Invitational

Three Flames golfers finish in the top 11 of the individual standings at the 36-hole event

3/12/2024 4:58:00 PM

OLDSMAR, Fla. (March 12, 2024) – After surging up the leaderboard during the final round of competition, senior Megan Tang (Memphis, Tenn./St. Mary's) placed second in the individual standings, while the Flames golf program finished third in the team standings at the Butler Don Benbow Spring Invitational, held at the Ardea Country Club South Course in Oldsmar, Fla.  
Tang shot even (72) during Tuesday's second round en route to jumping 12 spots in the individual standings to finish as runner-up in the 97-person field. Senior Brooke Beyer (Mesa, Ariz./Desert Ridge) joined Tang in top ten, finishing in ninth, while sophomore Chaewon Jeong (Seoul, South Korea/Laurel Springs School) recorded her highest collegiate finish, tying for 11th in the individual standings.
UIC's finished in third place in three-straight competitions and has placed in the top-three in the team standings in six of its seven competitions this season.

COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ANGELA RAYHILL

"It was a great finish today. I am so proud of our team for their hard work and toughness. The first day of the invitational didn't go as well as we hoped it would be our student-athletes never quite. They fought their way back during today's round for a third-place finish. I'm extremely happy for Megan Tang. Her hard work off the course is showing up during competition. It was awesome to watch her down the stretch and finish in second in the individual standings. We look forward to our next competition as we keep preparing for the Missouri Valley Conference Championship."
 
BUTLER DON BENBOW SPRING INVITATIONAL RECAP
  •  Starting Tuesday's second round in 14th place, Tang's strong performance on the course during Round Two propelled her up the leaderboard for her second top-three finish of the season.
  • Beyer competed consistently for the Flames across both rounds, hitting +5 (77) each day. This is her fourth top ten finish of the season and third in a row.
  • Cutting three strokes off her final score from Round One to Round Two, Jeong rose eight places in the individual standings to finish tied for 11th. She has finished in the top 20 in four events this season.
  • Senior Grace Szklarek (Granger, Ind./Penn) finished tied-48th in the individual standings, shooting +20 (164), while graduate student Dasa Urbankova (Brno, Czech Republic/Menlo College) shot +21 to tie for 55th. Competing as an individual, junior Lia Thomas (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) finished tied-84th at +28 (172).
  • After shooting +29 as a team during Round One, the Flames shot +16 (304) during Round Two, the lowest team round of the day to jump two spots in the team standings to place third.
NEWS AND NOTES
  •  The Flames finished four strokes behind second-place Quinnipiac and 13 strokes behind first-place Western Michigan. UIC jumped two spots in the team standings from Round One to Round Two.
  • Tang's two-day score of 150 is tied for the eighth-lowest round in 36-hole competition in program history. She has shot a 72 or better in five of the 15 rounds she's played this season.
  • Jeong's Round Two score of 76 is the second-lowest round of her collegiate career, while her Round One score of 78 is her third-lowest.  
  • Urbankova jumped 23 spots in the individual standings, the second-largest jump of any competitor after shooting +7 (79) during Round Two Tuesday.
  • The team recorded 14 birdies over the two-day competition. Szklarek lead the Flames with four birdies, recording two each day.
  • UIC's team Round Two team score of 304 was the lowest the second-lowest at the Invitational.
  • UIC was one of four Missouri Valley Conference programs competing at this week's event. The Flames finished the highest among all MVC programs in the team standings.
UP NEXT
  • The UIC golf program is back in competition next week as the Flames travel to Prospect, Ky. for the Nevel Meade Intercollegiate.
  • The two-day event runs from March 18-19 at the Nevel Meade Golf Club.
FOLLOW THE FLAMES
  • For more information on the UIC women's golf program, fans are encouraged to visit UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_WGOLF and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_wgolf and @uicflames).
 
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