UCF's Connelly Wins NorthShore Shootout Playoff To Capture Medalist HonorsUCF's Connelly Wins NorthShore Shootout Playoff To Capture Medalist Honors

UCF's Connelly Wins NorthShore Shootout Playoff To Capture Medalist Honors

Oct. 23, 2007

Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - Junior Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md./The Pendleton School) erased a three-shot deficit in the final round of the NorthShore Shootout and won a two-hole playoff with teammate Liz Alger (Tequesta, Fla./Batt Private School) to capture medalist honors at the three-round event.

Connelly carded a final round 75 (+3) and made par on the second playoff hole to rally for her first individual title as a Knight. Alger, who led the tournament after the first and second rounds, posted a 78 (+6) in the final round as both players finished 54 holes with a three-round score of 223 (+7).

Freshman Katie Detlefsen gave the Knights a trio of the top four finishers as she tied for fourth in the event with Bethune Cookman's Becky Dowell. That duo finished the three-day event at the NorthShore Golf and Country Club with a score of 237 (+21). Dowell's Wildcat teammate Fern Grimshaw took third, posting the second best score of the final round with a 77 (+5).

The UCF women's golf team returns to their fall team schedule on Friday at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate in Tuscaloosa. The three-round event concludes on Sunday.

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Individual Standings1. *Stephanie Connelly (UCF) 77-71-75 = 223 (+7) Liz Alger (UCF) 71-74-78 = 223 (+7)3. Fern Grimshaw (BCU) 72-82-77 = 231 (+15)4. Katie Detlefsen (UCF) 76-81-80 = 237 (+21) Becky Dowell (BCU) 74-78-85 = 237 (+21)6. Brittany Nelson (UF) 81-78-79 = 238 (+22)7. Emma Tayler (BCU) 80-81-81 = 241 (+25)8. Nicole Schachner (UF) 84-78-81 = 243 (+27)9. Annabel Silk (UCF) 79-84-82 = 245 (+29)10. Laura Erzisnisk (UF) 84-82-80 = 246 (+30)* won the event in a two-hole playoff="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="http:> -UCF-