Oct. 14, 2003
Greenville, N.C. - Western Carolina sophomore Brandy Andersen claimed her fourth career individual title and second this year as the Catamount women's golf team finished in third place Tuesday in the 54-hole Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate. Western's team score of 897 ranks as the third-lowest, three-round score in WCU history. The tournament was held at the par-72, 6,093-yard course at Bradford Creek Golf Club in Greenville, N.C.
After completing 36 holes on Monday, the Cats stood in a tie with Purdue for fourth place overall with a 601 (295-306). Andersen slowly moved up the rungs from fifth to fourth for the day, ending the second round with a 74 to total 146 in two rounds. Bianca Melone, who led with East Carolina's Adrienne Millican after round one, shot a 79 in the second half of the day to tie for 16th.
The third round proved to be successful for the Lady Cats as they bounced back to card a 296 for the day. Andersen shot a 69 in the round, which ties for the second-lowest single-round score in WCU history. She took home medalist honors as well as all-tournament honors after completing the event with a one-under par 215, which is a tournament record.
Becca Twiner improved her standings in the field of 92 golfers after shooting a 75 in round three to finish in a tie for 11th with a 224 for the tournament. Melone completed the event with a 229 to tie for 24th along with teammate Ashley Hovda, who improved her score by eight strokes to card a 72 in the final round, also finishing with a 229. Jennifer Palmer tied for 78th overall with a 244.
Nationally ranked Mississippi State (No. 26) took home the team championship after posting a third round 299 to finish with a final score of 894. ECU, the host school, took second place with an 895. The Catamounts finished ahead of Southern Conference contenders College of Charleston (4th, 901), East Tennessee State (8th, 932), Elon (10th, 936) and UNC Greensboro (11th, 937).
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Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate Bradford Creek GC, Greenville NC Dates: 10/13 - 10/14 (Today:10-14-2003)Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Mississippi St. U. 300 295 299 894 2 East Carolina Univ. 296 295 304 895 3 Western Carolina U. 295 306 296 897 4 Charleston, Coll. of 301 295 305 901 5 Purdue University 300 301 302 903 6 Coastal Carolina U. 304 300 304 908 7 Longwood University 308 302 314 924 8 East Tennessee St. 315 299 318 932 9 Augusta State U. 310 304 320 934 10 Elon University 309 308 319 936 11 N. Car.- Greensboro 314 311 312 937 12 Richmond, U. of 310 308 320 938 13 Methodist College 309 314 321 944 14 Gardner-Webb Univ. 323 308 315 946 15 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 311 317 320 948 16 High Point U. 326 307 336 969 17 Old Dominion Univ. 332 321 334 987
3 Western Carolina U. 295 306 296 897 1 Brandy Andersen 72 74 69 215 T11 Rebecca Twiner 76 73 75 224 T24 Bianca Melone 70 79 80 229 T24 Ashley Hovda 77 80 72 229 T78 Jennifer Palmer 80 82 82 244
