MELISSA SIVITER SCORES BREAKTHROUGH WIN IN AMERICA

Melissa Siviter, from Coseley, West Midlands ... first victory on US college circuit

FROM THE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE

 KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina – Led by England's Melissa Siviter’s final-round 67 and low medalist honor, the Georgia State women’s golf team shot a school-record 5-under, 283, to finish second at the Palmetto Intercollegiate on Tuesday afternoon.Siviter’s win was the first of her career as the Coseley, West Midlands player, finished 2-under and with a two-stroke victory.
The 5-under effort included six birdies and is the third-lowest round in school history.
The Panthers 283 eclipsed the school-record of 285 shot three times before, with one of those rounds coming earlier this year in the third-round of the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational.
Georgia State finished the 54-hole event 15-over par and just three-strokes behind No. 39 Kansas. The Panthers finished ahead of three teams in the top-50 in the latest Golfstat rankings.
“I am so happy for the team right now,” head coach Cathy Mant said. “All of the hard work the team put in is paying off and they now believe that they can shoot some really low numbers.
“As for Melissa, our entire program is happy for her. She got her putter going today and was hitting the ball so well. It is a well deserved victory for her.
“It is a great was for us to finish the fall. I thought we might be able to get past Kansas today, but they played great, so you have to just tip your cap to them. We can use this result as momentum heading into the spring.”
Siviter eclipsed her previous career-best round of 71 set earlier this month at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate.
Senior Maria Palacios shot a final round 3-under, 69, to finish tied for fourth at 1-over par. Palacios made five birdies in the final round to tie her career-low which she has now shot three times.
Kansas earned a three-stroke victory over the Panthers in a close race for the top-two spots. Georgia State finished 20 strokes ahead of third-place ETSU which finished at 35-over. No. 47 GRU Augusta (formerly Augusta State) finished fourth at 37-over, which No. 42 College of Charleston and No. 36 Illinois finishing tied for fifth at 38-over. Siviter finished two-strokes ahead of College of Charleston’s Laura Fuenfstueck and GRU Augusta’s Jessica Haigwood, which each finished at even par. Palacios tied with Kansas’ Pornvipa Sakdee at 1-over.
Other English and Northern Ireland players in the field were:
Heidi Baek (Maryland) T7 on 220 (72-80-68)
Sian Evans (East Tennessee State) T43 on 231 (76-77-78 

Megan Thompson (Mississippi State) T46 76 81 75/

Nicola Haynes (James Madison) T77 on 241 (78-84-79) 

 
99 players in the field.
Georgia State has now played in the Palmetto Intercollegiate six times, winning twice and finishing second once.
Monday’s final day of play concluded the fall season for the Panthers. Georgia State will return to action at the UCF Challenge in Orlando Feb. 9-11.

CHARLOTTE THOMAS JT 5th AT STANFORD
Charlotte Thomas from Surrey via Singapore, a student at Washgton University, finished joint fifth and Curtis Cup player Bronte Law (UCLA) T23 in the Stanford Intercollegiate women's tournament at Stanford University golf course, California. 
Charlotte, pictured right, shot 68-71-70 for four-under 109 over a par-71 course of 6,130yd. ever-improving scores of 75, 71 and 70 for 216 and a T23 finish.Winner with a seven-under-par aggreagate of 206 was #Allison Lee (UCLA) with scores of 69, 67 and 70 to finish one shot clear of the field of 90 players


Southern California (831) won the team title ahead of U~CLA (836) with Washington (851) third, Stanford (855) fourth and Pepperdine (860) fifth in a field of 16 teams.