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 Sophomore Brandy Andersen captured medalist honors at the Elon/Sea Trail Intercollegiate with a two-round score of 148 (71-77), leading the Lady Cats to a first place finish with a 610 team score. |
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Sept. 28, 2003
Sunset Beach, N.C. - The Western Carolina women's golf team kept their day one lead to win the Elon/Sea Trail Intercollegiate with a score of 610, which was 12 strokes better than second-place Longwood University's 622. The Cats also had the event's individual winner in sophomore Brandy Andersen, who carded a 148 for the two-rounds.
Andersen, the reigning SoCon Champion, wins her third medalist honor in her short career, while her 148 is the fifth-best two-round score in WCU history. The Orlando, Fla., native fired a 71 on day one and a 77 in the second round. Andersen held off teammate and fellow Orlando product Bianca Melone for the title. Melone and Maria Dunne (Bethune-Cookman) each carded a 149 for the event to finish tied for second. Coming into the final hole, Andersen and Melone both trailed Dunne by one shot. However, Melone birdied the hole to tie for the lead and 10 minutes later, Andersen eagled on the 18th to edge the two by one stroke.
Western Carolina had two other golfers finish among the top 20. Sophomore Ashley Hovda had rounds of 78 and 79 for a 157 and an 11th-place finish, while senior Becca Twiner was 17th with rounds of 75 and 84 (159). Freshman Erika Danford rounded out the Cats' lineup with a 168, good for 57th.
Western Carolina's two-day total of 610 is the fourth-best in school history. Longwood, who had back-to-back rounds of 311 for its total of 622, was followed by Elon (637), Winthrop (638) and Gardner-Webb (641).
After two events, WCU's record is 45-10. The Catamounts will return to action Oct. 3-5 in Lexington, Ky., at the University of Kentucky's Lady Wildcat Intercollegiate.
Elon/Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate Sea Trail Resort - Willard Byrd Course Sunset Beach, N.C. - Hosted by Elon Sept. 27-28, 2003
Team Score 1. Western Carolina 297-313=610 2. Longwood 311-311=622 3. Elon 317-320=637 4. Winthrop 316-322=638 5. Gardner-Webb 321-320=641 6. Radford 320-330=650 7. Jacksonville Univ. 324-329=653 8. Charleston Southern 319-336=655 Methodist 318-337=655 10. Wofford 332-332=664 11. Bethune-Cookman 338-329=667 12. Wingate 331-339=670 13. High Point 339-338=677 14. Columbia 339-339=678 15. The Citadel 347-333=680 16. Old Dominion 343-355=698 17. Tusculum 356-344=700 18. Wagner 352-354=706 19. Pfeiffer 357-358=715 20. Hampton 369-371=740WCU Scores/Place Brandy Andersen 71-77=148 / 1st Bianca Melone 73-76=149 / 2nd-t Ashley Hovda 78-79=157 / 11th-t Becca Twiner 75-84=159 / 17th-t Erika Danford 87-81=168 / 57th-t
