Shane McCafferty fired an even-par 72 in the final round Monday, helping the University of Illinois Springfield finish seventh in the Great Lakes Regional No. 4 at The Purgatory Golf Club.
UIS, which entered the day in 11th place in the 25-team tournament, trimmed six shots off its Sunday score and finished at 620, 13 shots off the pace of tournament winner Tiffin. The Prairie Stars also posted the second-highest finish among the Great Lakes Valley Conference schools (Northern Kentucky finished tied for third) in attendance.
The team was featured in an April 10, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
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