March 8, 2007

ST. CLOUD, Fla. - Michelle Puch and Lucy McGovern turned in impressive performances to help Loyola University Chicago to a second-place showing at the Grand Valley Spring Invite at Royal St. Cloud Golf Course today. The Ramblers (633) finished 16 strokes behind tournament champion Detroit (617) in the eight-team field.

Puch was a picture of consistency at the two-day event, firing a 76 in yesterday's opening round before carding a three-over-par 75 today to place second with a 151, a mere four strokes behind medalist Rachel McHenry of Detroit. McGovern bounced back from an opening-round 80 to fire an even-par 72, the second-lowest score by any golfer in the tournament, to tie for third with a 152.

Kaitlin Kearney (86-79) and Jaclyn Zembrodt (80-85) tied for 14th place with identical scores of 165 while Rachael Sinnen rounded out the Ramblers' lineup with a 176 (88-88), which was good for a tie for 34th.

Loyola concludes its spring break trip to Florida by competing against Detroit and Youngstown State, March 9-10 in Orlando.

Final Team Results
1. Detroit - 313-304=617
2. Loyola - 322-311=633
3. Grand Valley State - 314-324=638
4. Southern Indiana - 323-332=655
5. Lewis - 339-335=674
6. South Dakota - 345-330=675
7. Monmouth - 350-337=687
8. Tri-State - 350-350=700