WCU Women's Golf Tied for Fifth After First Round at Lady Pirate Invitational

Three Catamounts tied for 17th after 18 holes with 36 to play

Senior Bianca Melone was one of three Catamounts to shoot 74 in the opening round of the Lady Pirate Invitational on Friday.

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Oct. 20, 2006

Lady Pirate Invitational Round 1 Standings
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Greenville, N.C. - Three Catamounts stand tied for 17th individually and the squad is tied for fifth after the first of three rounds at the Lady Pirate Invitational at the par 72, 6,232-yard Bradford Creek Golf Course. Western shot 297 on Friday and stands nine-shots off the lead.

Senior Bianca Melone and juniors Malin Fryk and Kandy Carland each carded opening rounds of two-over 74 on Friday to stand tied for 17th. Melone and Carland both shot an even 36 on the front nine before finishing two over on the back nine, while Fryk was the opposite, shooting 38 on the front and 36 on the back. Freshman Desiree Karlsson is one stroke back with 75 over the first 18 holes, tied for 27th, while her classmate, Elin Mickelsson, fired a 79 and is tied for 66th.

Birmingham-Southern carded an opening round 288 to lead second-place Central Florida by three strokes. Elon stands third, six strokes behind the leaders with a 294, with Texas El-Paso (295) in fourth and Maryland and Western tied for fifth (297).

WCU's 297 on Friday ties for the fourth-lowest team round this fall, and ranks tied for 22nd on the all-time single round scoring chart.

Second round action will continue Saturday morning starting at 7:30 am, with the third and final round set for Sunday.

Lady Pirate Invitational First Round Scores 1 Birmingham Southern 288 2 Central Florida 291 3 Elon University 294 4 Texas-El Paso 295 5 Maryland 297 Western Carolina 297 7 UNC Greensboro 299 8 East Carolina 300 9 Augusta State 301 10 East Tennessee State 303 11 Winthrop University 307 Georgetown 307 13 Methodist College 312 14 Old Dominion 313 Gardner-Webb 313 16 Longwood University 315 17 High Point 317 18 UAB 319 19 Appalachian State 322 20 Radford University 327

T 5 Western Carolina 297 T 17 Bianca Melone 36-38 74 T 17 Malin Fryk 38-36 74 T 17 Kandy Carland 36-38 74 T 27 Desiree Karlsson 37-38 75 T 66 Elin Mickelsson 39-40 79