Monday, April 14, 2008

TUSCULUM WOMEN IN SECOND AT SAC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

HICKORY, N.C. --- The Tusculum women’s golf team has two players in the top five, shooting a 36-hole score of 333-340=673 and is in second place after day one action of the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship.

Sophomore Mary Ann Vizcarrondo posted consecutive rounds of 80 to post 160 and is in fourth place, while freshman Emily Palenkas shot 83-78=161 and is fifth.

Wingate shot 325-321=646 and leads Tusculum by 27 shots. The Pioneers have a 20-stroke advantage over third place Newberry (693). Catawba is fourth with 706, followed by tournament host Lenoir-Rhyne (708), Lincoln Memorial (732) and Mars Hill (757).

Vizcarrondo is seven shots out of the lead, which is held by Newberry’s Franziska Blum, who fired 75-78=153. Blum leads Wingate’s Ashley Denton by a single stroke (76-78=154). Kelsey Babos of Catawba is third with 158, followed by Vizcarrondo and Palenkas.

Tusculum senior Mandy Hartsock is tied for 14^th with 178, while junior Susanne Sisco posted a 183 and is tied for 19^th place. Amber Ladner carded an 84 in the opening round, but withdrew in the second. TC freshman Adriana Vizcarrondo shot 191 as an individual competitor and is in 29^th place.

The final 18 holes will be held on Tuesday on the par 72, 5,856-yard layout.

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Team Results
Pl.	Team	1^st	2^nd	Total
1	Wingate	325	321	646
2	TUSCULUM	333	340	673
3	Newberry	343	350	693
4	Catawba	358	348	706
5	Lenoir-Rhyne	345	363	708
6	Lincoln Memorial	362	370	732
7	Mars Hill	379	378	757
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl.	Player	1^st	2^nd	Total
4	Mary Ann Vizcarrondo	80	80	160
5	Emily Palenkas	83	78	161
T14	Mandy Hartsock	86	92	178
T19	Susanne Sisco	93	90	183
29	*Adriana Vizcarrondo	94	97	191
-	Amber Ladner	84	WD
* individual competitor