LIZZI OVER, MELISSA SIVITER MAKE TOP 10 IN US 2011 OPENER

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolview.com
English students Lizzi Over (Barry University, Florida) from Lincolnshire and Melissa Siviter (Belmont Abbey College) from the West Midlands both finished in the top 10 in a field of 85 players at their first US college circuit event of the year - the Tusculum/Kiawah Island Intercollegiate at Cougar Point Golf Club, Kiawah Island.
Lizzi, pictured right, finished joint seventh on 149 with rounds of 73 and 76. She was only two shots behind the three players who tied for first place - Emily Flannigan (Florida Southern) (74-73), Meghan Moore (UNC-Pembroke) (75-72) and Melanie Andette (Florida Southern) (74-73).

Melissa, pictured right, a Staffordshire county team player, finished ninth on 150 with scores of 78 and 72, her second effort being the joint lowest of the second round.

Her performance helped Belmont Abbey College finished third of 17 in the team event with a total of 616 - 11 shots behind winners Florida Southern and 10 behind runners-up Rollins.

Barry University, Florida came fifth on 619.


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