JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Western Michigan golf team wrapped up the Bulldog Florida Invitational after taking second place at Windsor Parke Golf Course on Thursday afternoon.

The Broncos actually tied first place Ball State with a two-round total of 631 but lost on a score card playoff with BSU's fifth-best golfer's score being higher than WMU's. Western Michigan finished ahead of Richmond, Butler, Valparaiso, Northern Kentucky, Evansville and IPFW. Freshman Claire Hernandez was the top golfer for Western Michigan during the invitational, finishing tied for second after a two-day total of 151. Hernandez shot a 75 on Thursday, improving upon her 76 from Wednesday.

"We have some work to do and with the weather finally breaking in Kalamazoo we can start to practice outside," said head coach Stacy Snider. "We have three weeks until we go to Georgia State and we will work hard and prepare in the correct way to make sure we play up to our potential in our last few tournaments."

Chloe Lawrie was WMU's second-highest finisher, finishing tied for 12th after shooting 80's on both days and finishing with 160. Julia Champion tied for 16th after finishing the day with an 80, improving upon her first-day score of 82 for 162. Taylor Arenson tied for 18th, while Kaitlyn Watkins tied for 23rd.

The Broncos are back in action beginning on March 27 at the John Kirk Panther hosted by Georgia State.

WESTERN MICHIGAN INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T-2) Claire Hernandez, 76-75--151
T-12) Chloe Lawrie, 80-80--160
T-16) Julia Champion, 82-80--162
T-18) Taylor Arenson, 76-87--163
T-23/) Kaitlyn Watkins, 81-83--164

TEAM SCORES
1) Ball State 313-318--631
2) Western Michigan 313-318--631
3) Richmond 326-308--634
4) Butler 323-318--641
5) Valparaiso 327-331--658
6) Northern Kentucky 343-317--660
7) Evansville 331-335--666
8) IPFW 338-329--667