March 23, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference announced on Thursday (March 22) that Northern Illinois junior Abbie Many (Mount Prospect, Ill.) has been named the MAC Women's Golfer of the Week for the period ending March 21.

Many fired a tournament-low 73 in the final round of the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate to help the Huskies shave off 19 strokes from their first day total and move from fifth-place as a team to second overall. For the tournament, Many shot a 152 (79-73).

Many is averaging a team-best 79.5 in 22 rounds of action this season.

NIU is back in action on April 6, as the Huskies travel to Urbana, Ill., to participate in the Illini Invitational, hosted by the University of Illinois. Action is slated to begin at 8 a.m. [CST].

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