CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- With a strong performance in the second-round of the Hartford Invitational on Tuesday, University of Hartford junior Megan Claxton (Calgary, Alberta/Bishop O'Byrne) was named the America East Golf Performer of the Week.

Claxton finished tied for seventh at the Hartford Invitational in West Hartford, Conn., shooting a 164. Her score of 80 on the final day of competition, a three-stroke improvement over her 84 on the first day, helped the Hawks finish fourth as a team. Hartford sat in sixth-place after the first day's round.

Team Notebooks:

The Great Danes shot an opening round 327 to take a one-stroke lead over Sacred Heart after the first day of the Hartford Invitational on Monday, April 14 at the par-72, 5,803-yard Rockledge Golf Course in West Hartford, Conn., but slipped to fifth-place with a final score of 678. Sophomore Amanda McPhee placed fourth in the first round with an 80, but was disqualified during the second round of play. Sophomore Jessica Signorelli and senior Maggie Taylert each carded rounds of 82 to finish tied for seventh place after the first round. Signorelli fired a 39 on the first nine holes, the second-best showing of the day. Freshman Corrin Conroy finished in a three-way tie for ninth with a first-day score of 83 to round out the Great Danes’ top-four scores. Conway closed her round with a 37, the best score of the 33 competitors, on the back-nine.

The Boston University golf team placed third out of five teams at the Mount St. Mary's Spring Thing on Monday afternoon. The squad carded a 707 over the two-day tourney and was led by Allison Hamilton, who finished fourth overall (82-84--166). The Terriers shot a 360 on the first day and improved on day two (347) to finish with a 707. Hamilton was followed by Onike Williams (89-90--179), Hannah Barry (94-87--181), Kaitlyn Mardeusz (97-86--183) and Rachel Oppenheimer (95-93--188). BU will return to action on Friday, April 18 in the Mass College Championship in Hadley, Mass.

The University of Hartford women’s golf team moved up two spots on Tuesday to finish fourth at the Hartford Invitational at Rockledge Golf Course. Senior Juliana Carrillo and junior Megan Claxton each tied for seventh overall at 164 to pace the Hawks. Carrillo shaved two strokes off her first round total to shoot 81 on Tuesday while Claxton carded the lowest round (80) by a Hartford golfer for the tournament. Sophomores Sadie Heald, Kara Sikorski and Paige Gauthier rounded out the scoring for Hartford. Heald shot 84 and tied for 15th at 171. Sikorski shot consecutive rounds of 88 to finish tied for 21st at 176 while Gauthier finished 24th at 177. Classmate Catie Dillman, playing as an individual, placed 27th at 184. Hartford will next compete at the CCSU Invitational on April 19-20 at Stanley Golf Course in New Britain, Conn.