Tuesday, April 22, 2003
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (April 22, 2003) - The East Tennessee State University women's golf team was unable to make up any ground Tuesday in the final round of the Southern Conference Women's Golf Championships, finishing fifth with a three-day total of 944 at the Waynesville Golf and Country Club.
Home-standing Western Carolina outlasted Furman by six strokes with a team score of 30-over-par 894 to win the team title. In addition, Western's Brandy Anderson finished atop the individual leaderboard with a score of 4-under 212, besting Furman's Brandi Jackson by five strokes.
For the Bucs, freshman Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.) led the way by placing in a tie for 12th with scores of 80-73-79=232. Along with Barton, junior Kristen Fletcher (Cookeville) finished tied for 18th with a three-day score of 237, while freshman Kailey Brooks (Bracebridge, Ontario) and sophomore Robin McCarley (Johnson City) both fired scores of 239 and placed in a tie for 23rd. For sophomore Danielle O'Reilly (Vancouver, British Columbia), the event ended with her tied for 29th with a score of 245.
| Team Leaders |
| Fin. |
Top 20 Teams |
Scores |
| 1 |
Western Carolina U. |
298 |
293 |
303 |
894 |
| 2 |
Furman University |
304 |
294 |
302 |
900 |
| 3 |
N. Car.- Greensboro |
314 |
300 |
303 |
917 |
| 4 |
Charleston, Coll. of |
305 |
307 |
309 |
921 |
| 5 |
East Tennessee St. |
320 |
305 |
319 |
944 |
| 6 |
Appalachian State U. |
319 |
318 |
318 |
955 |
| 7 |
Citadel, The |
332 |
313 |
337 |
982 |
| 8 |
Wofford College |
336 |
322 |
334 |
992 |
| Individual Leaders |
| Fin. |
Name |
School |
Scores |
| 1 |
Brandy Andersen |
W Carolina |
71 |
69 |
72 |
212 |
-4 |
| 2 |
Brandi Jackson |
Furman |
74 |
69 |
74 |
217 |
+1 |
| 3 |
Leigh Turner |
Furman |
75 |
72 |
74 |
221 |
+5 |
| 4 |
Sapna Patel |
Charleston |
75 |
74 |
73 |
222 |
+6 |
| 5 |
Line Cordes |
W Carolina |
74 |
75 |
75 |
224 |
+8 |
| |
Jennifer Bridwell |
Charleston |
71 |
77 |
76 |
224 |
+8 |
| 5 |
East Tennessee St. |
320 |
305 |
319 |
944 |
| 12 |
Ashley Barton |
80 |
73 |
79 |
232 |
| T 18 |
Kristen Fletcher |
78 |
78 |
81 |
237 |
| T 23 |
Kailey Brooks |
80 |
77 |
82 |
239 |
| T 23 |
Robin McCarley |
82 |
80 |
77 |
239 |
| T 29 |
Danielle O'Reilly |
85 |
77 |
83 |
245 |
