STATE COLLEGE, PA. – The East Carolina University women's golf team took home a fourth place finish in the Nittany Lion Invitational hosted by Penn State University. The three-round two-day tournament, which included 15 teams, took place at the 72-par Penn State Blue Course.

Penn State took the team crown on Sunday with a final three-round score of 902, finishing nine strokes ahead of the second place finisher Rollins College. East Carolina wrapped up the tournament with a final round score of 305, whaich was the Pirates' best showing in all three rounds. East Carolina completed the tournament with a three-round score of 922.

Freshman Heidi Hellieson had the best finish individually for the Pirates. She came in sixth place with a final score of 227 (74-77-76). The individual title went to Penn State's Katie Futcher.

"I was a bit disappointed in our finish," said Head Coach Kevin Williams. "I really thought we had a chance to come back and win. However, I was very excited about the way our freshman played. We really needed someone to step up for us, and the freshman took on that responsibility in this tournament, which was really big for us. It says a lot about the depth of this program, and I think we can except great things from these athletes in the years to come."

East Carolina will host the Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate on October 14-15. That tournament will take place at the Greenville Country Club.

Top Team Finishes
1. Penn State 295 301 306 902
2. Rollins College 310 296 305 911
James Madison 301 306 304 911
4. East Carolina 311 306 305 922
5.Princeton 310 310 315 935

Top Individual Finishes
1 Katie Futcher, PSU 69 76 75 220
2 Jessica Lewis, JMU 69 76 77 222
Mariana DeBiase, RC 75 75 72 222
4 Jayme Langford, JMU 78 74 71 223
5 Avery Kiser, PRIN 75 78 73 226
6 Heidi Helliesen, ECU 74 77 76 227
7 Carol Green, JMU 76 75 77 228
Meg Nakamura, PRIN 76 78 74 228

Top Pirate Finishes
6. Heidi Helliesen 74 77 76 227
t9. Jamie Quinn 82 76 72 230
t11. Adrienne Millican 79 74 78 231
t26. Margaret Mitchell 77 80 80 237
t29. Jessica Krasny 81 79 79 239
t54. Ashley Leonard 83 84 80 247