Beck Turns in Another Top Five Showing at the Rio Verde Invite

Complete Results.

RIO VERDE, Ariz. (EMUEagles.com) -- Freshman Thelma Beck (Baden, France-Lycee Sainte Anne) tied for fourth and helped the Eastern Michigan University women's golf team to a fourth-place finish Sunday, March 15, at the Rio Verde Invitational on the par 71, 6,215-yard White Wing Course. Beck, who turned in her second top-five performance of the season, shot a career-low 222 (72-75-75) to equal the best finish of any Mid-American Conference golfer in the tournament .

As a team, the Eagles improved each day on the leader board to climb to fourth with a three-day total of 905 (303-301-301). EMU's final round tally of 301 was the second-best of any of the 18-teams playing, bettered only by a 294 by Northern Arizona on Sunday. Seton Hall won the tournament with a 896 as Toledo and NAU finished four shots back at 900.

Sophomore Kelsey Murphy (Plymouth, Mich.-Plymouth) followed Beck, posting a 227 (75-82-70) for 19th-place. Junior Karyn Lee Ping (Brampton, Ontario, Canada-St. Augustine Secondary School) was third for the Eagles recording a final round 78 giving her a three-round score of 228 (78-72-78). Rounding out the scoring for EMU was Lois Schoof (Amsterdam, Netherlands-Univ. of Amsterdam) and Kylie Raines (Dublin, Ohio-Dublin Coffman) who finished tied for 47th and 68th, respectively.

Alison Kruse and Erin McClure of Seton Hall both finished the event at two-over par to tie for medalist honors. Wichita State's Alejandra Arellano moved up nine spots on Sunday to finish alone in third place at five-over par.

EMU travels next to Williamsburg, Va. for the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate, March 30-31.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.    Player    Scores
t-4.     Thelma Beck    72-75-75=222
t-19.     Kelsey Murphy    75-82-70=227
t-23.     Karyn Lee Ping    78-72-78=228
t-47.     Lois Schoof     82-73-78=233
t-68.     Kylie Raines    78-81-78=237

Team Scores:
Pl.    Team    Scores
1.    Seton Hall    296-298-302=896
t-2.    Toledo    301-295-304=900
t-2.    Northern Arizona    304-302-294=900
4.    Eastern Michigan    303-301-301=905
5.    UMKC    303-301-303=907
6.    Arkansas - Little Rock    305-300-304=909
t-7.    Ohio    299-303-310=912
t-7.    Missouri State    308-294-310=912
9.    Wichita State    302-311-304=917
t-10.    Bowling Green    311-296-311=918
t-10.    Akron    314-300-304=918
12.    Western Michigan    304-305-311=920
13.    Xavier    307-315-306=928
14.    Northern Illinois    301-318-312=931
15.    Illinois State    307-322-311=940
16.    Ball State    318-308-317=943
17.    Bradley    310-319-316=945
18.    Texas A&M-Corpus Christi    330-315-318=963

Beck Turns in Another Top Five Showing at the Rio Verde Invite

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Karyn Lee Ping

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Kylie Raines

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