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 Senior Ashley Hovda secured her fourth-consecutive top 6 finish on Tuesday, finishing tied for 6th at the Palmetto Intercollegiate. |
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Nov. 1, 2005
Palmetto Intercollegiate FINAL RESULTS
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Cullowhee, N.C. - Western Carolina was a picture of consistency, carding three-consecutive team rounds of 313 to finish with a three-round total 939 to finish 12th at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate Tuesday afternoon at the Oak Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C. The 54-hole 939 also ranks 12th on the school's all-time, three-round tournament list. Senior Ashley Hovda was the highest finishing Catamount, placing in a five-way tie for sixth place with a score of 225.
The University of Idaho recorded the tournament's second lowest team round of 298 on the final 18 holes to rally from fourth after two rounds to win the team title, edging the host College of Charleston Cougars by one stroke, 912-to-913. The Cougars recorded the tourney's lowest round of 297 on the second 18 to move to the front. Nebraska was third, two strokes off the lead, with Maryland (919) and first-round leading Campbell finishing fifth with a 920.
Idaho's Renee Skidmore won the individual medalist honors, shooting her low round of 71 on Tuesday afternoon. She edged Adrienne White of Louisville by a stroke, 220-to-221, with Gretchen Zoeller of Charleston placing third, two strokes in arrears of the winner.
After shooting 74 and standing in a tie for fourth after the first 18 holes, Hovda struggled in the second round which was split over two days, nine holes on Monday and the final nine on Tuesday morning, shooting 78 to nearly fall outside of the top 10. Yet, the Springfield, Ohio, native rallied to card 73 over the final round to secure her fourth-straight, top six finish of the year. Additionally, her 225 ranks as the 11th-best, 54-hole tournament score in school history. Hovda was tied for the most birdies in the tournament with 11 over the three rounds.
Sophomore Malin Fryk was nearly the exact opposite of her senior teammate as she rebounded from her opening round 79 to card a 73 in the split session before slipping with an 80 in the final round to finish tied for 29th with a 232. Junior Bianca Melone advanced one position from where she ended the first round, finishing tied for 56th with a three-round score of 240. Hovda's classmate, senior Brandy Andersen, dropped into a tie for 65th with rounds of 82 and 81 to accompany her opening 79 for a two-day total of 242. Rounding out Western's representatives was sophomore Kandy Carland in 93rd (266).
Western returns to action next Monday and Tuesday at the America's Choice Mortgage Lady Jaguar Invitational, hosted by Augusta State in Augusta, Ga., at the Forest Hills Golf Club. The two-round, 36-hole tournament begins with a shot gun start on Monday morning. The Catamounts will look to improve upon last year's sixth-place showing.
Fin. School Scores 1 Idaho, University of 309 305 298 912 2 Charleston, Coll. of 312 297 304 913 3 Nebraska, U. of 310 303 301 914 4 Maryland, U. of 310 304 305 919 5 Campbell University 301 306 313 920 6 Louisville, Univ. of 311 315 300 926 7 Kansas State Univ. 316 308 307 931 8 San Francisco, U. of 316 308 310 934 9 East Carolina Univ. 315 307 314 936 Oral Roberts Univ. 315 314 307 936 11 Coastal Carolina U. 303 311 323 937 12 Western Carolina U. 313 313 313 939 13 Illinois, U. of 308 317 315 940 14 Wisconsin, U. of 311 313 320 944 15 East Tennessee State 317 318 312 947 16 Memphis, Univ. of 318 328 311 957 17 Minnesota, U. of 319 313 329 961 18 Appalachian State U. 325 326 324 975 19 Citadel, The 343 370 335 1048
Western Carolina Results T 6 Ashley Hovda 74 78 73 225 T 29 Malin Fryk 79 73 80 232 T 56 Bianca Melone 81 80 79 240 T 65 Brandy Andersen 79 82 81 242 93 Kandy Carland 83 94 89 266
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