Final 18 holes set for Tuesday morning at Drake
Creek Golf Course
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Of the 116 scores marked on the first day of the
Drake Creek Invitational Monday in Paducah, only two came in
below par -- one of those by Tennessee Tech's Diana
Carson.
The Golden Eagle senior opened the 2009-10 season with a 76 in her
first round Monday and came back with a one-under 71 in the second
round to lift her into a tie for second place among the 58 golfers
in the field.
Tech is in sixth place in the team standings. After shooting a 315
team total in the first round for seventh place, Tech jumped one
spot in the standings to sixth with a second-round 312.
Host Murray State leads the tournament with a 36-hole total of 598,
with Eastern Kentucky second at 604. Austin Peay (611) is third,
Belmont (617) fourth and Western Kentucky (620) fifth. Austin
Peay's Catherine Smith shot 72-74 to take the individual lead with
a 146, one shot ahead of Carson and Murray State's Andrea Downer.
Downer opened with a 70 and followed with a 77 for her 147 total.
Only one other golfer, WKU's Emily Wolff, is under 150 with a 148.
Senior Megan Bradford was the next lowest scorer for Tech on
Monday, carding rounds of 79 and 77 for a 156, placing her in a tie
for 21st place. Carley Rhyne (80-81--161) is tied for 33rd,
followed by freshman Amanda Randolph (84-83--167) in 48th place and
Katie Brown (80-89--169) in 51st place.
Team Standings and individuals after 36 holes
Monday
1 Murray State Univ. 295 303 598
T 2 Andrea Downer 70 77 147
T 5 Alex Hinteregger 76 74 150
T 5 Megan McKinney 77 73 150
T 10 Joyce Trus 72 79 151
T 38 Caroline Lagerborg 79 83 162
2 Eastern Kentucky 299 305 604
T 5 Linda Hogberg 73 77 150
T 5 Gabrielle Andersson 74 76 150
T 15 Lisanne Schmidt 74 80 154
T 15 April Emerson 78 76 154
T 27 Lindsey Rankin 81 76 157
3 Austin Peay State U. 306 305 611
1 Catherine Smith 72 74 146
T 13 Chelsea Harris 77 76 153
T 13 Ashley Wathen 78 75 153
T 31 Catie Tucker 80 80 160
T 33 Tabitha Beard 79 82 161
4 Belmont University 309 308 617
T 10 Megan Murphy 78 73 151
T 21 Janet Steen 77 79 156
T 27 Jennifer Newman 78 79 157
T 29 Kelly Maguigan 81 77 158
T 29 Shay Sullivan 76 82 158
5 Western Kentucky U. 314 306 620
4 Emily Wolff 76 72 148
T 19 Amy O'Connell 82 73 155
T 21 Kelsey Burrell 74 82 156
40 Dawn Wientjes 82 81 163
T 41 Kristen Wilkinson 84 80 164
6 Tennessee Tech U. 315 312 627
T 2 Diana Carson 76 71 147
T 21 Megan Bradford 79 77 156
T 33 Carley Rhyne 80 81 161
T 48 Amanda Randolph 84 83 167
51 Katie Brown 80 89 169
7 Evansville, Univ. of 306 322 628
T 5 Emily Johnson 77 73 150
T 15 Lauren Ellerman 76 78 154
T 31 Maggie Wood 78 82 160
T 41 Alyssa Key 75 89 164
57 Chelsea Zusan 93 90 183
8 Austin Peay RED 325 307 632
T 15 Ashley Averitt 77 77 154
T 21 Staci Lynch 78 78 156
T 33 Angie Manzitto 87 74 161
T 33 Beth Ann Burns 83 78 161
56 Holly Batey 90 86 176
9 Lipscomb University 337 320 657
T 19 Katie Pursell 83 72 155
T 41 Mary Leigh Baker 81 83 164
50 Lindsey Beard 87 81 168
52 Allie Pancake 87 84 171
53 Maggie Siddons 86 86 172
INDIVIDUALS
12 Morgan Cross Murray St. 77 75 152
T 21 Claudia Schwan Murray St. 77 79 156
T 21 Katie Wiedmar E Kentucky 75 81 156
T 33 Peyton Ritchie Belmont 80 81 161
T 38 Taylor Church E Kentucky 81 81 162
T 41 Katherine Bell Tenn. Tech 82 82 164
T 45 Patricia Masick Belmont 87 79 166
T 45 Kara Fant E Kentucky 85 81 166
T 45 Alex Schmidt E Kentucky 84 82 166
T 48 Lindsay Spradlen Tenn. Tech 80 87 167
54 Jilian Brake Murray St. 90 84 174
55 Kacy Reese Lipscomb U 88 87 175
58 Laura Dyson Belmont 105 85 190
