Friday, March 16, 2012

AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 16, 2012) – The ETSU women’s golf team placed three players in the Top 20 individually and wrapped up first round play at the Insperity Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate tied for seventh on the team leaderboard Friday at the Forest Hills Golf Club.

The Buccaneers, who fired a team score of 306 and are just eight strokes back of team-leading Texas-San Antonio, were led by freshman Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) thanks to a 3-over-par 75 that tied her for 12^th on the individual leaderboard.

Wahl is five strokes back of Purdue’s Kishi Sinha, who holds a two-stroke lead over teammate Laura Gonzalez. Along with Wahl, the Bucs got a pair of 4-over 76s from sophomore Larissa Steinfeldt (Eschweiler, Germany) and senior Mayte Vizcarrondo (Cadiz, Spain).

UTSA leads the team competition by one stroke over Augusta State. However, 10 teams are within 10 strokes of the lead heading into the second round.

Other ETSU results included a tie for 45^th by junior Chloe Garner (Somerset West, South Africa) and a tie for 52^nd by sophomore Sian Evans (Gillingham, England).

The ETSU women will continue with second and third round play on Saturday and Sunday. Fans can follow live scoring from the event by visiting Golfstat.com, while ETSUBucs.com will provide a full wrap up following the day’s action.

For more on ETSU women’s golf throughout the 2012 spring season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women’s golf link.