McFadden, Davis Pace Elon to Top of Leaderboard at Sea Trail
SUNSET BEACH, N.C. -- Elon's Tara McFadden and Diana Davis each carded a one-over 73 to sit in a tie for first place, helping lead Elon to a two-stroke advantage with a score of 299 after the first round of play at the Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate.
Appalachian State sits in second place with a score of 301 while Samford and Jacksonville are tied at third (311) and Old Dominion sits in fifth (320).
Elon's Virginia Mayer and Martyna Mierzwa each sit in the top 15 for the Phoenix. Mayer posted a 76 and is tied for ninth while Mierzwa is tied at 12th after shooting a 77. Shannon Prunty sits tied for 24th after recording an 80. As individuals, Meghan Green is tied at 29th with an 81 while Lauren Lebak posted an 84 to sit tied for 38th.
The Mountaineers' top-three finishers - Yue Xu, Rumbidzai Masamvu and Kristina Boo - are all tied for fourth after carding a 75. Keri Dice sits tied for ninth with a score of 76.
Alex Jasper shot a 77 and is tied for 12th to lead the Samford Bulldogs. Kayla Turner, Sarah Butts and Anna Heim each recorded a 78 to sit tied for 16th.
Old Dominion's Samantha Morrell is tied for third place after carding a 74. Yanessa Adarme of Bethune-Cookman and Jacksonville's Morgan Jackson sit tied with Xu, Masamvu and Boo for fourth after posting a 75. Hampton's Kala Williams is tied with Mayer and Dice at the ninth spot with a 76.
The Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate will continue with the second round on Saturday, September 25 beginning at 9:15.
SAMFORD WOMEN'S GOLF: BULLDOGS SIT IN THIRD PLACE AT SEA TRAIL INTERCOLLEGIATE
--- Samford's Jasper paces the team with an opening-round score of 77 ---
SUNSET BEACH, N.C. --- The Samford University women's golf team carded an 18-hole score of 311 on Friday on the opening day of the 2010 Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate being hosted by Elon University. With its performance, Samford sits in third place in the prestigious 10-team tournament.
Elon's Tara McFadden and Diana Davis each carded a one-over 73 to sit in a tie for first place, helping lead Elon to a two-stroke advantage with a score of 299 after the first round of play at the Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate.
Appalachian State sits in second place with a score of 301 while Samford and Jacksonville are tired at third (311) and Old Dominion sits in fifth (320).
Elon's Virginia Mayer and Martyna Mierzwa each sit in the top 15 for the Phoenix. Mayer posted a 76 and is tied for ninth while Mierzwa is tied at 12th after shooting a 77. Shannon Prunty sits tied for 24th after recording an 80. As individuals, Meghan Green is tied at 29th with an 81 while Lauren Lebak posted an 84 to sit tied for 38th.
The Mountaineers' top-three finishers - Yue Xu, Rumbidzai Masamvu and Kristina Boo - are all tied for fourth after carding a 75. Keri Dice sits tied for ninth with a score of 76.
True freshman Alex Jasper shot an opening-round 77 and is tied for 12th place to lead Samford. The Bulldogs' Kayla Turner, Sarah Butts and Anna Heim each recorded scores of 78 to sit tied for 16th.
Old Dominion's Samantha Morrell is tied for third place after carding a 74. Yanessa Adarme of Bethune-Cookman and Jacksonville's Morgan Jackson sit tied with Xu, Masamvu and Boo for fourth after posting a 75. Hampton's Kala Williams is tied with Mayer and Dice at the ninth spot with a 76.
The Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate will continue with the second round on Saturday beginning at 8:15 a.m. (CDT).
Cougars 17th at Mason Rudolph Women's Championship
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Kathryn Miranda (Lexington, S.C.) and Ainhoa Nogales (Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain) were just three-over par with a 75 each as the #46 College of Charleston women's golf team shot a 307 to sit 17th after the first round of the Mason Rudolph Women's Championship being held Sept. 24-26 at the Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. #2 LSU shot a 278 to lead a field that consists of 15 of the nation's top 50 teams and seven of the nation's top 10.
Tied for second are #20 Purdue and #11 California who both shot a 279. In fourth is #6 Duke with a 283 and rounding out the top five are #8 Georgia and #10 UCLA, both of which shot a 284.
Wake Forest's Michelle Shin shot a tournament record 65 in the first round to lead all golfers. LSU's Tessa Teachman, Alabama's Brooke Pancake and Purdue's Maude-Aimee Le Blanc are tied for second with a 67 each.
Miranda and Nogales are tied for 57th for the Cougars with their 75 each. Anna Martin (Easley, S.C.) is tied for 76th with a 77 and tied for 88th is Leigh Whittaker (Beden-Baden, Germany) with an 80 on the day. Vanessa Koechli (Greer, S.C.) closes out the Cougar effort and is 93rd with an 87.
Charleston continues with second round actin beginning at 9:33 a.m. Saturday.
Team Results
1 - #2 LSU, 278 -10
T2 - #20 Purdue, 279 -9
T2 - #11 California, 279 -9
4 - #6 Duke, 283 -5
T5 - #8 Georgia, 284 -4
T5 - #10 UCLA, 284 -4
7 - #1 Alabama, 285 -3
T8 - #22 Florida, 286 -2
T8 - #3 Southern California, 286 -2
T8 - #42 Wake Forest, 286 -2
T11 - #4 North Carolina, 289 +1
T11 - #12 Vanderbilt, 289 +1
13 - Oklahoma State, 293 +5
T14 - #29 Auburn, 294 +6
T14 - #32 Texas, 294 +6
16 - Stanford, 298 +10
17 - #46 College of Charleston, 307 +19
College of Charleston Results
T57 - Kathryn Miranda, 75
T57 - Ainhoa Nogales, 75
T76 - Anna Martin, 77
T88 - Leigh Whittaker, 80
93 - Vanessa Koechli, 87