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Posted on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:04 p.m.

Michigan golfer Matt Thompson wins Windon Memorial, EMU seventh in team standings

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Michigan senior golfer Matt Thompson birdied three of his last five holes to win the Windon Memorial Classic at Evanston Golf Club in Skokie, Ill.

Thompson shot a 5-under 65 in Monday’s final round to finish with a three-round total of 205, two strokes better than Northwestern’s Eric Chun. The senior from Battle Creek was tied for 12th place after two rounds before rallying for his first collegiate title.

"It feels great to get that proverbial monkey off my back. It just feels good,” Thompson told MGoBlue.com. “I was hoping one of these days everything would fall into place for me and finally it did."

Thompson’s 65 is the second-lowest round in Michigan history. Three players - Bill Rankin (2008), Christian Vozza (2005) and Michael Harris (1998) - have carded a 64.

Michigan shot an 866 to finish in eighth place at the 17-team event. Arkansas (847) won the team title with UCLA and Indiana (851) tying for second place.

Eastern Michigan finished one stroke better than their Washtenaw County neighbors and took seventh place. Sophomore Brian Churchill-Smith was the Eagles’ best individual. He shot a 2-over par 212, good for an eighth-place tie.

The finish was Churchill-Smith's fourth career top-10 finish in just 14 events, according to EMUEagles.com.

MEN’S TENNIS USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships: Michigan junior Evan King lost 6-3, 6-4 to Ohio State’s No. 2-ranked Blaz Rola in the singles final, played at Ohio State’s Varsity Tennis Center. King beat Ohio State’s Chase Buchanan, the two-time Big Ten athlete of the year, in a semifinal. (Details)

WOMEN’S GOLF Hoosier Fall Invitational: Eastern Michigan’s Shannon Warner (73-74--147) is one stroke off the lead and the Eagles are in third place after the first day at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. Notre Dame’s Ashley Armstrong leads and the Fighting Irish top the team standings. Play concludes Tuesday. (Details)