FIFTH USA WIN BY JESS SCHIELE AS OK CITY WIN BY 20 SHOTS

FROM THE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
VICTORIA, Texas – Oklahoma City University carded 293-292–585 to win the Claude Jacobs Invitational by 20 strokes Monday at the Club at Colony Creek.
Jessica Schiele fired a round-two 71 and Elia Folch turned in a round-two 69 on the par-72, 5,856-yard course to finish first and second overall respectively.
The Stars, ranked No. 4 in NAIA women's golf, entered the second and final round with an eight shot lead over Cal State San Marcos and a 20-shot advantage over Wayland Baptist (Texas). OCU fired 292 in the second round to extend its lead over Cal State San Marcos to 20 shots.

It was fifth college win in American by Schiele, pictured right, a senior-year student from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
She won three times in the 2011-2012 college season and once in 2009-2010.
“I'm really proud of the way the girls performed,” OCU coach Marty McCauley said. “They have been working very hard and it's great to see such a wonderful result.”
Teams saw temperatures in the high 60s with strong wind during the final round of play.
Schiele rolled in nine birdies and an eagle to finish with 68-71–139. Schiele finished two shots ahead of Folch and nine strokes in front of Brooke Brasseaux of Houston-Victoria (Texas).
Folch, a junior from Barcelona, Spain, carded the lowest score of the second round at 69. Folch tallied five birdies and finished in second place with a total score of 72-69–141.
OCU will return to action in the Texas A and M-Corpus Christi Islander Classic on Feb. 25-26 at Corpus Christi Country Club in Corpus Christi, Texas. Results

SIAN AND ABI MAKE TOP 10 IN TEXAS

 
Sian Evans from Kent, a student at East Tennessee State University, 
and Abi Laker from Oxfordshire, a freshman at Arkansas State University, finished joint 10th in a field of 64 players at the Jim West Challenge women's college tournament over 54 holes at Vaaler Creek, Blanco in Texas.
Sian, pictured right , had improving rounds of 81, 78 and 75 for 234 over a par-72 course of 6,216yd.

Abi, pictured left, shot 80-74-80 to hit the 234 mark, giving her four consecutive top-10 finishes and a top-20 standing in all five competitions for Arkansas State in the 2012-2013 college season.
Sounds as though the weather was against good scoring because the winner, Iman Nordin (Texas State), had an aggregate of 11 over par 227 (74-81-72) in winning by one stroke from Texas State team-mate Krista Puisite (73-80-75) and Rachael Powers (Illinois State) (76-72-80).
Anna Carling from Vale of Glamorgan, another Arkansas State student, finished 30th with rounds of 80-82-84 for 246.
Texas State (930) also won the team event by 19 shots from runners-up East Tennessee State (949) with North Texas (960) fourth in a field of 12 teams.  
Arkansas State (974) finished ninth.