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 Sophomore Tiffany Schisler carded a career-low round of 78 on Monday for WCU. |
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March 31, 2008
John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Round One Results - Round Two Tee Times 
Stockbridge, Ga. - Western Carolina women's golf stands in third place entering Tuesday's final round of the 15th annual John Kirk / Panther Intercollegiate after carding an opening round of 312 Monday at the par 73, 6,144-yard Eagle's Landing Country Club. Battling cold and dizzily conditions, sophomore Elin Mickelsson posted WCU's best first-round score of three-over, 76, to stand in a five-way tie for eighth place.
The second and final round of the 15-team, 36-hole event will take place on Tuesday with Western's first golfer teeing off on hole number 10 at 9:42 am.
Tournament host, the 35th-ranked Georgia State Panthers lead the event by eight strokes over second-place Jacksonville State, 300-to-308. Western is in third, four strokes in arrears, followed by No. 51 Mississippi State one stroke back at 313 and No. 43 Augusta State in fifth two back at 314.
Individually, Georgia State's Sandra Maier and Miami's Jessica Steward shot a one-under, 72, on Monday to stand atop the leader board.
Mickelsson led the Catamounts with a three-over, 76, to stand just inside the top 10 entering the final round. Freshman Tiffany Schisler, seeing her first team action since playing as an individual last October, fired a career-low round of 78 (40-38) to stand tied for 16th. A native of Nags Head, N.C., Schisler was WCU's best scorer on par 5 holes, averaging two-under, 4.60 to stand tied for second among all tournament participants.
Freshman Josefine Sundh shot a six-over, 79, to stand tied for 22nd with classmate Katja Dammann. Sundh posted the second-most birdies on the first round (4), while Dammann is tied for the lead in par 3 scoring with an average of one-under, 2.75. Sophomore Desiree Karlsson rounded out WCU's scorers tied for 30th (80).
Statistically speaking, Western ranks second only to tournament-leader, Georgia State, in two categories including par 3 scoring (3.10, +2) and birdies (12), while ranking tied with the Panthers for the best par 4 scoring at 4.47, +21.
The final round is set for Tuesday morning with tournament tee times beginning at 8:30 am.
15th Annual John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Team Scores 3 Western Carolina 312
1. #35 Georgia State 300
2. Jacksonville State 308
3. Western Carolina 312
4. #66 Mississippi State 313
5. #43 Augusta State 314
6. #51 East Tennessee 318
7. #70 Campbell 320
8. Coastal Carolina 322
9. #69 Maryland 323
10. Elon 325
11. #68 Miami 326
12. UALR 327
13. Richmond 331
14. Xavier 332
15. Memphis 335
T 8 Elin Mickelsson 39-37 76
T 16 Tiffany Schisler 40-38 78
T 22 Josefine Sundh 39-40 79
T 22 Katja Dammann 39-40 79
T 30 Desiree Karlsson 38-42 80
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