Monday, October 13, 2003

GREENVILLE, N.C. (October 13, 2003) - The East Tennessee State University women's golf team set a program-record with a second-round score of 299 during Monday's play at the Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate. In addition, senior Kristen Fletcher (Cookeville) and sophomore Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.) fired career-best scores for two rounds, with Fletcher posting a 3-over 147 and Barton finishing at 5-over 149.

Fletcher's team-best 147 (75-72) was good enough to place her tied for fifth individually as the Lady Bucs finished in eighth-place after two rounds of play at the Bradford Creek Golf Club.

Fletcher will enter Tuesday's final round play five strokes back of individual leader Jessica Krasny of host school East Carolina. Meanwhile, Krasny's teammates also put together a solid outing as East Carolina sits atop the team leaderboard, 23 strokes ahead of the eighth-place Lady Bucs. East Carolina is four strokes ahead of second-place Mississippi State, and Krasny holds a three-stroke lead over her teammate Adrienne Millican and Mississippi State's Amanda Mathis.

Along with Fletcher and Barton, who placed tied for 16th, the Lady Bucs' Robin Downes (Johnson City) ended the day at 158 (14-over), Laura Diaz (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) posted a 160 (16-over), and freshman Vanessa Breeding (Morristown) ended the day at 174 (30-over).

Team
Fin.	Top 20 Teams	Scores
1	East Carolina Univ.	296	295	591
2	Mississippi St. U.	300	295	595
3	Charleston, Coll. of	301	295	596
4	Purdue University	300	301	601
	Western Carolina U.	295	306	601
6	Coastal Carolina U.	304	300	604
7	Longwood University	308	302	610
8	Augusta State U.	310	304	614
	East Tennessee St.	315	299	614
10	Elon University	309	308	617
11	Richmond, U. of	310	308	618
12	Methodist College	309	314	623
13	N. Car.- Greensboro	314	311	625
14	Wm. & Mary, Coll. of	311	317	628
15	Gardner-Webb Univ.	323	308	631
16	High Point U.	326	307	633
17	Old Dominion Univ.	332	321	653

Individual
Fin.	Name	School	Scores
1	Jessica Krasny	E Carolina	73	69	142	-2
2	Amanda Mathis	Miss. St.	71	74	145	+1
	Adrienne Millican	E Carolina	70	75	145	+1
4	Brandy Andersen	W Carolina	72	74	146	+2
5	Lauren Smith	Augusta St	73	74	147	+3
	O. Sattayabanphot	Purdue	75	72	147	+3
	Kristen Fletcher	E. Tenn St	75	72	147	+3
	Natalie Booth	Miss. St.	73	74	147	+3
	Polly Willett	NC Greensb	74	73	147	+3

ETSU Individuals
T	8	East Tennessee St.	315	299	614
T	5	Kristen Fletcher	75	72	147
T	16	Ashley Barton	73	76	149
	63	Robin Downes	83	75	158
T	69	Laura Diaz	84	76	160
	90	Vanessa Breeding	86	88	174