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Thursday, April 28, 2005

UNITED STATES COLLEGE NEWS

MARIA DUNNE WINS AGAIN WITH
BECKY SECOND AND FIONA THIRD


Ireland international player Maria Dunne from County Dublin has scored another victory on the US women's college circuit.
A golf scholarship student at Bethune-Cookman College, Maria had rounds of 75 and 79 for a winning aggregate of 154 in the Women's Collegiate Championship over the Sugar Creek course at Atlanta, Georgia.
Bethune-Cookman College has a women's golf squad packed with Europeans and Maria's closest rival in this tournament was team-mate Becky Dowell from Thornecombe, England. BGecky had scores of 78 and 77 to be runner-up, a shot behind on 156.
A third Bethune-Cookman College team player, Fiona Brunton from Cornwall, tied for fourth place on 157 with rounds of 76 and 81.
Needless to say, Bethune-Cookman College won the team event by a wide margin. With a total of 630 they finished 12 shots ahead of Jackson State with Southern University (652) third.