 |
 Sophomore Desiree Karlsson led WCU with her third top-10 finish of the year. |
 |
April 1, 2008
John Kirk / Panther Intercollegiate Final Results 
Stockbridge, Ga. - Western Carolina carded the third-lowest score in Tuesday's final round with a 306 as a team to finish third at the 15th-annual John Kirk / Panther Intercollegiate held at the par 73, 6,144-yard Eagle's Landing Country Club. Sophomore Desiree Karlsson trimmed eight strokes of her opening round score to card a one-under, 72, to rally for a top 10 finish to lead the Catamounts.
Western, playing without its two seniors Malin Fryk and Kandy Carland due to injury, posted its best team finish of the season. The two-day total of 618 ranks as the 19th-best, 36-hole tournament score in school history.
Georgia State, which saw its opening-day, eight-strike advantage evaporate on Tuesday, claimed the tournament team title on a one-hole, team playoff over Jacksonville State. The two squads finished tied at 613 after regulation, with the Panthers' top four golfers each recording par on the first playoff hole - the par 4 10th - while Jacksonville State only managed one par.
Individually, Mississippi State's Suzanne Stanley claimed the individual medalist honors with a two-day total of 147, two strokes ahead of Maria Ringdahl from East Tennessee State and Maria Ronderos from Miami who tied for the runner-up position at 149.
Karlsson's one-under on Tuesday was one of just two recorded on the final day and four turned in during the two-day event. The Ljunghusen, Sweden native finished tied for seventh to pace WCU, finishing with a two-day score of . Team first-round leader, sophomore Elin Mickelsson, finished tied with freshman teammate, Josefine Sundh, for 17th with a two-day score of 155. Mickelsson shot 79 on Tuesday, while Sundh improved by three strokes from Monday's score, carding 76 on the final 18 holes.
Rounding out Western's scorers for the tournament were freshman Katja Dammann (t-31st, 158) and sophomore Tiffany Schisler with her career-best, two-round score of 161, tied for 42nd.
All told, Western finished ahead of six women's golf teams that entered the event ranked inside GolfStat's top 70. The only ranked foe not eclipsed by the Catamounts was No. 35 Georgia State.
Western Carolina returns to action on April 7-8 at the River Landing Invitational, hosted by UNC Wilmington at the River Landing Golf Club in Wallace, N.C. The event will be WCU's final tune-up before the Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship April 20-22 at the Stono Ferry Golf Links in Charleston, S.C.
15th Annual John Kirk / Panther Intercollegiate 3 Western Carolina 312 306 618 +34
T 1 #35 Georgia State 300 313 613 +29
T 1 Jacksonville State 308 305 613 +29
3 Western Carolina 312 306 618 +34
4 #51 East Tennessee 318 304 622 +38
5 #66 Mississippi State 313 310 623 +39
6 #43 Augusta State 314 310 624 +40
7 #70 Campbell 320 311 631 +47
8 #69 Maryland 323 313 636 +53
9 Arkansas-Little Rock 327 312 639 +55
10 Elon 325 315 640 +56
11 Coastal Carolina 322 324 646 +62
12 #68 Miami 326 326 646 +62
T13 Richmond 331 324 655 +71
T13 Xavier 332 323 655 +71
15 Memphis 335 322 657 +73
T7 Desiree Karlsson 80 72 152 +6
T17 Elin Mickelsson 76 79 155 +9
T17 Josefine Sundh 79 76 155 +9
T31 Katja Dammann 79 79 158 +12
T42 Tiffany Schisler 78 83 161 +15
|
|
 |
