Sept. 29, 2007
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina women's golf stands in third after the first round of play at the Great Smokies Women's Collegiate held at Waynesville Country Club.
WCU WOMEN'S GREAT SMOKIES COLLEGIATE PHOTO GALLERY
Second Round Pairings
First Round Team Stats
First Round Combinded Stats
The Catamounts, with a team score of 297, are three strokes off the leader, Belmont, who ended day one with a team score of 294. Fellow Southern Conference member Elon is one stroke head of Western Carolina with 296.
Sophomore Desiree Karlsson currently leads the Catamount team, entering the clubhouse in fourth place. She shot 71 after the first round, with an even 35 on both nines.
South Alabama's Elin Andersson shot a scorching 67 in the first day of play. Belmon's Lorie Warren and Elon's Fredrique Bruell are one stroke behind with a 69.
Freshman Katja Dammann is the only other Catamount in the top-10, finishing day one with a score of 72 and is tied for sixth place. Kandy Carland hit a 76 and is tied for 18th.
The final round tees off with a shotgun start at 9:30 am on Sunday morning from the Waynesville Country Club. Team and individual awards, as well as an all-tournament team, will be named at the conclusion of tournament play. The event is open to the public and admission is free.
3 Western Carolina U. 297
4 Desiree Karlsson 35- 35 70
T 6 Katja Dammann 37- 35 72
T 18 Kandy Carland 38- 38 76
T 46 Elin Mickelsson 38- 41 79
T 46 Josefine Sundh 38- 41 79
Fin. School Scores
1 Belmont University 294 +6
2 Elon University 296 +8
3 Western Carolina U. 297 +9
4 Tenn.-Chattanooga 299 +11
5 South Alabama, U. of 300 +12
6 Wofford College 306 +18
7 Charleston Southern 308 +20
8 Mercer University 313 +25
9 Longwood University 314 +26
10 Winthrop University 315 +27
Appalachian State U. 315 +27
12 Tennessee Tech U. 316 +28
Murray State Univ. 316 +28
Gardner-Webb Univ. 316 +28
15 Kennesaw St. Univ. 317 +29
16 Western Kentucky U. 318 +30
17 Jacksonville Univ. 319 +31
18 High Point U. 321 +33
19 Austin Peay State U. 324 +36
20 Mobile, U. of 325 +37
21 Lipscomb University 326 +38
22 Youngstown State 330 +42
23 Radford University 333 +45
24 Citadel, The 359 +71