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 Senior Brandy Andersen led the Catamounts in the final tournament of the fall season, placing sixth at the Lady Jaguar Invitational. |
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Nov. 8, 2005
Lady Jaguar Invitational FINAL RESULTS
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Cullowhee, N.C. - The Western Carolina women's golf team bounced back over the final 18 holes of the America's Choice Mortgage Lady Jaguar Invitational, carding the fourth-lowest round of the final day to rally to fifth-place as a team in the final event of the fall portion of the 2005-06 season. The Catamounts carded a two-day total of 636, which ranks 14th on the all-time, two-round tournament charts.
Leading the way for the Cats was senior Brandy Andersen, who carded back-to-back scores of 77 to finish in a two-way tie for sixth place. It marked Andersen's fourth top 10 finish of the fall, and her first since placing eighth at the Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate in early October. The Orlando, Fla., native ranked second in the tournament on par 5 scoring, shooting one-under as only one of three golfers to break par on the longest holes on the course.
Sophomore Malin Fryk rallied from her position tied in 39th after the first round to finish tied for 14th with a two-day total of 157, carding the lowest single-round by any Catamount at the tournament with a 74 on Tuesday. She concluded the tournament tied for third in birdies, with five. Junior Bianca Melone placed tied for 31st with two-consecutive 81's for a 162, with senior Erika Danford one stroke back at 163 in a three-way tie for 33rd. Rounding out Western's scorers was senior Ashley Hovda, who finished tied for 52nd marking the first time this fall season she has failed to place in the top 10 for the Catamounts.
Playing as an individual for WCU was sophomore Kandy Carland, two positions behind Hovda in 54th.
Led by four players in the top 10, tournament host Augusta State claimed its third-consecutive team title, finishing 16 strokes ahead of second-place, Notre Dame. The Lady Jaguars carded rounds of 302 and 299 to finish the 36-holes with a team score of 601. Former Southern Conference-member, East Tennessee State, finished behind the Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame in third with a score of 626, followed by Arkansas State (633) and Western.
Individually, Augusta State's Lauren Smith took home individual medalist honors, edging Noriko Nakazaki of Notre Dame by a stroke, 146-to-147. The win for the senior Smith was her first of her collegiate career.
Western Carolina concludes a very successful fall season, perhaps the best in school history. Western opened 2005 by claiming individual medalists and team champions in each of the first three tournaments, as well as finishing in the top five in five of the six scheduled tournaments. Two Catamounts claimed the three individual titles, led by Hovda with two and Fryk, who scored the honor in her first event at Western.
WCU's stroke average through the fall is 302.14, which is nearly identical to the fall score from the 2002-03 season of 302.26. The Catamounts won the Southern Conference Championship the following spring.
Western returns to action in the spring with another Lady Jaguar Invitational. The Catamounts will travel to Mobile, Ala., for a tournament hosted by the Univ. of South Alabama March 6-7, 2006. The team will have four tune-up events leading into the 2006 SoCon Championships, which will be held in the Piedmont of North Carolina in Mebane in late April.
1 Augusta State 302 299 601 +25 2 Notre Dame of 310 307 617 +41 3 East Tennessee St. 316 310 626 +50 4 Arkansas State 314 319 633 +57 5 Western Carolina 322 314 636 +60 6 Fla. International 321 321 642 +66 7 Jacksonville St. 326 319 645 +69 8 Birmingham-Southern 323 323 646 +70 9 Florida State 327 336 663 +87 10 Elon 344 320 664 +88 11 Richmond 336 338 674 +98 12 James Madison 347 329 676 +100 13 Wyoming 344 340 684 +1085 Western Carolina 322 314 636 T 6 Brandy Andersen 77 77 154 T14 Malin Fryk 83 74 157 T31 Bianca Melone 81 81 162 T33 Erika Danford 81 82 163 T52 Ashley Hovda 83 85 168 54 Kandy Carland ( I ) 87 82 169
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