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 Sophomore Malin Fryk won individual honors at the Draper Valley Invitational helping Western win its season-opening tournament for the first-time in the program's history. |
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Sept. 14, 2005
Cullowhee, N.C. - Led by sophomore transfer Malin Fryk's even par performance, the Western Carolina women's golf team won the 2005 Appalachian State/Draper Valley Invitational, edging out a trio of Southern Conference rivals in the process. The Catamounts fired a 591 (293-298) over the two-day event to win the team title, while Fryk secured the individual medalist honors in her first-ever event for Western.
The Catamounts' 36-hole total of 591 ranks as the second-best, all-time score by a WCU women's golf team, some five strokes off the all-time record of 586 set at the Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate back in 2002. The first round of 293 also tied for the third-best individual team round in school history.
Western won the tournament by 13 strokes over Elon (604), with the host Mountaineers placing third with a pair of team 304 scores. Wofford was fourth in at 614, while Belmont rounded out the top five with a team score of 616. The victory for the Catamounts marked the first-time in the program's history that they had won their season-opening tournament.
Fryk, a native of Trollhattan, Sweden, transferred to Western from Texas-El Paso prior to the fall season. She carded even-par on each day of the tournament to edge the hard-charging Samantha Widmer of Elon by one stroke. After firing a 77 on the opening day, Widmer shot 68 on Tuesday to close the gap on the leader.
 The Western Carolina women's golf team claimed the team title at the ASU/Draper Valley Invitational. |
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Western placed all five scored golfers, and one playing as an individual, amidst the top 27 in the 87-golfer field. Fryk was followed by senior Brandy Andersen, who fired 72 and 75 for a two-round total of 147 to finish in a three-way tie for fourth. Classmate Ashley Hovda shot 150 (76-74) to place ninth, tied with one other. Also scoring for the Cats' were junior Bianca Melone tied for 23rd (77-77 - 154) and sophomore Kandy Carland, who shot a career-best 72 on the first 18 holes and finished with 155, tied for 27th.
Playing as an individual, senior Erika Danford shot a career-low 76 on the first day, followed by 77 on the final 18 to shoot 153, tied for 16th, which was her first-ever top 20 finish.
Western Carolina returns to action on Sept. 24-25 at the Elon University / Sea Trails Intercollegiate which will be played in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Catamounts will host the Seventh Annual Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate the following weekend at the Waynesville Country Club, Oct. 1-2.
Draper Valley Intercollegiate Final Results1. WESTERN CAROLINA 293-298 - 591 (+15) 2. Elon 304-300 - 604 (+28) 3. Appalachian State 304-304 - 608 (+32) 4. Wofford 306-308 - 614 (+38) 5. Belmont 302-314 - 616 (+40) 6. High Point 311-307 - 618 (+42) 7. Tennessee Tech 303-316 - 619 (+43) 8. Methodist 310-311 - 621 (+45) T9. Kennesaw State 317-314 - 631 (+55) T9. Radford 316-315 - 631 (+55) 11. The Citadel 321-315 - 636 (+60) 12. Gardner-Webb 318-319 - 637 (+61) 13. Charleston Southern 320-323 - 643 (+67) 14. Old Dominion 328-327 - 655 (+79) 15. Lenoir-Rhyne 331-336 - 667 (+91) 16. Tennessee State 336-356 - 692 (+116)
Western Carolina Individual Results 1. Malin Fryk 72-72 - 144 T4. Brandy Andersen 72-75 - 147 T9. Ashley Hovda 76-74 - 150 T23. Bianca Melone 77-77 - 154 T27. Kandy Carland 73-82 - 155
WCU Individual T16. Erika Danford 76-77 - 153
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