UNITED STATES WOMEN'S COLLEGE GOLF CIRCUIT UPDATE

OVERNIGHT LEADER STEPHANIE MEADOW

IS CAUGHT DOWN THE HOME STRAIGHT

Curtis Cup team place contender Stephanie Meadow, pictured, lost her overnight and lead and finished joint third in one of the tightest finishes of the US women's college golf season in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate over 54 holes at the par-71, 6233yd course at Long Cove Country Club, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Alabama University final-year student Stephanie, from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, looked set to chalk up her 10th US victory when she led the star-studded field with 18 holes to go.
But Meadow finished with a two-over-par 73, after rounds of 67, and 72, and her one-under-par 212 total was better by Caroline Nistrup (Louisiana State) (71-69-71), a freshman from Denmark, and Duke's Yu Liu (69-72-70).
The Nistrup v Liu play-off lasted one hole with Liu winning it with a birdie.
At the finish only two strokes separated the leading six players.
Tie-ing for third place on 212 were Spaniard Noemi Jimenez (Arizona State) (71-72-69), France's Celine Boutier (Duke) (69-71-72) and Simin Feng (Vanderbilt) (74-69-69) and, of course, Stephanie Meadow.

Former British girls championship beaten finalist Elizabeth Mallett (North Carolina), pictured, from Sutton Coldfield finish seventh of 89 with a 214 total, made up of rounds of 72, 70 and 72. Elizabeth is a second-year student at UNC.
Duke (862) won the team title ahead of Vanderbilt (872) and Louisiana State (885). Alabama (898) finished ninth of 17 teams. 

MEGAN SEVENTH IN ARIZONA
 
Megan Thompson, from Ballyclare, Northern Ireland and a senior student at Missouri State University finished seventh of 12 in the White Wing JV Invitational college tournament at White Wing Golf Club, Rio Verde in Arizona.

Over a par72 course of 6215yd, Megan, pictured, scored 76-80 for 156 - six shots behind the winner by three, Bryce Schroeder (Wichita State) who had rounds of 72-78.