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 Sophomore Desiree Karlsson finished tied for fourth at the UNCW Lady Seahawk Invitational. |
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April 9, 2008
UNCW Lady Seahawk Invitational - Final Results 
Wallace, N.C. - Under cloudy skies and cool temperatures, Western Carolina sophomore Desiree Karlsson posted a three-round score of 220 (75-75-70) to post a top five performance, finishing tied for fourth to lead the Catamounts at the UNC Wilmington Lady Seahawk Invitational Tuesday afternoon at the par 72, 6,183-yard River Landing Golf Course.
WCU shot a 54-hole score of 912, firing rounds of 305 and 302 on the afternoon to finished seventh out of 16 teams. The score was the 10th-best, three-round score in program's history.
North Carolina State erased an eight-shot deficit to capture the team championship, while UNC Wilmington's Carmen Perez-Narbon edged UNC Greensboro's Erica Creed on the first playoff hole for individual medalist honors.
UNC Greensboro finished second, just one stroke off the pace at 897, while the host Lady Seahawks were third overall with an even three-round score of 900. First-round leading Campbell (902) finished fourth, with East Tennessee State rounding out the top five, four strokes in arrears at 906.
Karlsson duplicated her opening round 75 in the second 18 holes, following it up with the lowest score of the third round at 70 to shoot 220, which is tied for the eighth-best, 54-hole score in school history. Her 70 was also tied for the second-best round of the tournament, surpassed only by Perez-Narbon's 68 in round two.
Karlsson recorded her second-straight top 10 individual finish, and her second top five of the year.
Sophomore Josefine Sundh posted an even-par 72 in the second round, finishing the tournament at 228 to place tied for 22nd. Freshman Tiffany Schisler again tied her career-low round of 77 on the final 18 holes to post her best-career, 54-hole score of 233. The Nags Head, N.C., native also improved upon her top career finish by placing tied for 41st.
Rounding out Western's finishers were sophomore Elin Mickelsson (t-70th, 239) and freshman Katja Dammann (t-73rd, 240), who bounced back from an opening 84 to post consecutive rounds of six-over, 78.
Western Carolina, the two-time and defending conference champions, will now turn its attention to the Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship, April 20-22 at the Links at Stono Ferry in Charleston, S.C. The winner earns the league's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. WCU has finished no worse than fourth over the past five seasons, winning twice and posting a pair of runner-up finishes.
7 Western Carolina U. 306 304 302 912
T 4 Desiree Karlsson 75 75 70 220
T 22 Josefine Sundh 77 72 79 228
T 41 Tiffany Schisler 77 79 77 233
T 70 Elin Mickelsson 77 85 77 239
T 73 Katja Dammann 84 78 78 240
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