Monday, April 7, 2008

                                                   

BELMONT ABBEY LEADS AFTER FIRST ROUND OF McAMIS MEMORIAL

 

                GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Belmont Abbey women’s golf team shot a tournament record 299 after day one action of the 2008 Agnes McAmis Memorial, held this week at the par 72, 5,804-yard Link Hills Country Club.

 

                It was a record-breaking day as Shorter’s Daniela Vargas posted a three-under par 69 to take the lead after the opening round.  Vargas score is the lowest first round tally in the 11-year history of the tournament and matches the 69 posted by Tusculum’s Amanda Bowen at last year’s event.

 

                Belmont Abbey placed four golfers in the top 10, including Carley Warrington, who posted 72 and is tied for third place after the first round.  The Crusaders lead by six shots over second place Pfeiffer (305) and 11 strokes ahead of Wingate (310).  Shorter is fourth with 323, followed by Anderson (325), tournament host Tusculum (326), Catawba (329), Queens University of Charlotte (336), Limestone (338), Lincoln Memorial (343), UNC Pembroke (346), Spartanburg Methodist (348) and Mars Hill (351).

 

                Vargas’ round including five birdies, while shooting three-under par 33 on the inward nine.  She holds a two shot advantage of Pfeiffer’s Brittany Beltran (71) and two strokes ahead of Warrington and Pfeiffer’s Charlene Reid at 72.  Wingate’s Anna Lee Croom fired a 74, including an eagle on the par 5 fifth hole when she holed out from 60 yards away.  Liz Cortez (Belmont Abbey), Hayley Parks (Anderson) and Rita Kim are tied for sixth with 75, while Mary Ann Vizcarrondo (Tusculum), Christina Crovetti (UNC Pembroke), Michele Low (Belmont Abbey) and Emily Edens (Queens) are in a five-way tie for ninth with 77.

 

                One of the highlights of the day came from LMU’s Sarah Oswalt-MacNeill when she scored a hole-in-one on the 16th hole with a seven wood from 147 yards.

 

                The final round will be held on Tuesday beginning at 8 a.m.

 

- TC –

 

      Fin.   School                   Scores 

         1   Belmont Abbey Coll.      299           +11

         2   Pfeiffer University      305           +17

         3   Wingate University       310           +22

         4   Shorter College          323           +35

         5   Anderson Univ. (SC)      325           +37

         6   Tusculum College         326           +38

         7   Catawba College          329           +41

         8   Queens Univ of Charl     336           +48

         9   Limestone College        338           +50

        10   Lincoln Memorial U.      343           +55

        11   N. Car. - Pembroke       346           +58

        12   SpartanburgMethdstCC     348           +60

        13   Mars Hill College        351           +63

 

* Individual           

   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores 

      1   Daniela Vargas         Shorter       36- 33      69   -3

      2   Brittany Beltran       Pfeiffer      33- 38      71   -1

      3   Charlene Reid          Pfeiffer      36- 36      72    E

          Carley Warrington      B. Abbey      37- 35      72    E

      5   Anna Lee Croom         Wingate U.    37- 37      74   +2

      6   Liz Cortez             B. Abbey      42- 33      75   +3

          Hayley Parks           AndersonSC    38- 37      75   +3

          Rita Kim               B. Abbey      39- 36      75   +3

      9   Katie Clayton          Limestone     38- 39      77   +5

          Christina Crovetti     UNC-Pembrk    41- 36      77   +5

          Mary Ann Vizcarrondo   Tusculum      40- 37      77   +5

          Michele Low            B. Abbey      36- 41      77   +5

          Emily Edens            Queens NC     39- 38      77   +5

         *Allie Osberg           Wingate U.    37- 40      77   +5

     15   Ashley Denton          Wingate U.    39- 39      78   +6

          Kelsey Babos           Catawba       37- 41      78   +6

          Shannon Smith          Wingate U.    39- 39      78   +6

          Danielle Freed         Catawba       40- 38      78   +6

     19   Sophie Dembroski       AndersonSC    39- 41      80   +8

          Hilary Armel           Queens NC     38- 42      80   +8

          Sarah O. MacNeill      LMU           43- 37      80   +8

         *Manda Minor            King Coll.    46- 34      80   +8

          Andrea Velasquez       Wingate U.    40- 40      80   +8

         *Amber Ladner           Tusculum      38- 42      80   +8

     25   Mandy Hartsock         Tusculum      41- 40      81   +9

          Jackie McMenimon       Pfeiffer      42- 39      81   +9

          Lina Elmstader         Pfeiffer      40- 41      81   +9

         *Samantha Stuchel       B. Abbey      41- 40      81   +9

     29   Cristy Pak             Shorter       41- 41      82  +10

          Kacie Braxton          Wingate U.    39- 43      82  +10

     31   Samantha Allison       Limestone     38- 45      83  +11

          Jeanette Behrens       Mars Hill     40- 43      83  +11

     33   Alex Valsecchi         SprtbgMeth    42- 42      84  +12

          Emily Palenkas         Tusculum      45- 39      84  +12

          Susanne Sisco          Tusculum      44- 40      84  +12

     36   Kaitlin Payton         UNC-Pembrk    44- 41      85  +13

          Kim Hausman            AndersonSC    43- 42      85  +13

          Molly Tullar           Pfeiffer      42- 43      85  +13

          Lindsay Vallo          AndersonSC    42- 43      85  +13

     40   Johanna Babra          Shorter       39- 47      86  +14

          Ahmereen Humayun       Shorter       43- 43      86  +14

          Megan Kittle           Catawba       46- 40      86  +14

          Alena Hutchenson       B. Abbey      42- 44      86  +14

     44   Kirsten Wolff          LMU           43- 44      87  +15

          Jessica Mullane        Queens NC     45- 42      87  +15

          Ansley Smith           Limestone     44- 43      87  +15

          Elizabeth Smith        Catawba       41- 46      87  +15

          Karen Eite             SprtbgMeth    46- 41      87  +15

         *Brittany Daniel        Shorter       44- 43      87  +15

     50   Rohni Dailkoff         LMU           47- 41      88  +16

          Jessica Gibson         SprtbgMeth    45- 43      88  +16

          Terran Harrison        LMU           44- 44      88  +16

         *Adriana Vizcarrondo    Tusculum      43- 45      88  +16

     54   Dani Gardner           Mars Hill     43- 46      89  +17

          Chelsey Bond           Mars Hill     47- 42      89  +17

          Summer Wall            SprtbgMeth    43- 46      89  +17

          Ashley Trenz           Shorter       43- 46      89  +17

     58  *Sarah Jessee           King Coll.    47- 43      90  +18

          Carrie Huskins         Mars Hill     41- 49      90  +18

          Elizabeth Belanger     AndersonSC    43- 47      90  +18

     61   Miranda Van Arsdale    Limestone     46- 45      91  +19

     62   Megan Ritch            Queens NC     45- 47      92  +20

          Emily Wentley          UNC-Pembrk    48- 44      92  +20

          Eileen Purpur          Catawba       44- 48      92  +20

          Annie Prewitt          UNC-Pembrk    46- 46      92  +20

     66   Samantha Delgado       Mars Hill     45- 48      93  +21

     67  *Paige Reynolds         So. Va.       48- 46      94  +22

     68   Melissa Whitt          UNC-Pembrk    52- 45      97  +25

     69   Haley Johnson          Tusculum      48- 50      98  +26

     70   Brittany Barton        SprtbgMeth    52- 49     101  +29

         *Whitney Barton         SprtbgMeth    55- 46     101  +29

     72  *Jessica Long           King Coll.    55- 54     109  +37

     WD   Martha Autry           Queens NC        

     DQ   Kristen Michela        Limestone        

 

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