March 12, 2010
Round One Results // Round Two Tee Times
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The fourth-ranked Purdue women's golf team is tied for sixth place after the first round at the Tiger/Wave Golf Classic, firing a team total of 303 on Friday. The Boilermakers were led by freshman Laura Gonzalez Escallon's even-par 72 which placed her in a tie for fourth individually.
After the first 18 holes of the 54-hole event co-hosted by LSU and Tulane, seventh-ranked Alabama holds a slim one shot lead over the field, while LSU's Tessa Teachman and the Crimson Tide's Brooke Pancake share the individual lead with a two-under par 70 score.
The Crimson Tide's 293, a five-over par score, is one stroke better than second-place No. 20 LSU and three shots better than No. 18 Virginia. Twenty-three teams make up the field of the three-day tournament.
Junior Thea Hoffmeister is tied for 16th after opening with a 74 at the par- 72 English Turn Golf and Country Club in New Orleans, La. Sophomore Kishi Sinha fired a 77 and is tied for 47th, while Purdue's top-two golfers juniors Numa Gulyanamitta and Maude-Aimee LeBlanc both carded an 80 in the first round and are tied for 81st.
Freshman Paula Reto is playing as an individual and recorded a 75 to finish round one tied for 26th.
The classic resumes tomorrow at 8:50 a.m. ET off of No. 10 and 9 a.m. off on No. 1. The Boilermakers will play from hole No. 1 beginning at 9:50 a.m. Live scoring is available at golfstat.com and a daily recap will be posted to purduesports.com.
Team Results:
1. Alabama (+5), 2. LSU (+6), 3. Virginia (+8), 4. Ole Miss (+12), 5. North Carolina (+14), T6. Purdue (+15), T6. Vanderbilt (+15), T8. Tulane (+17), T8. Furman (+17). T8. TCU (+17), T8. Tennessee (+17), T8. Auburn (+17), 13. North Carolina State (+18), 14. Georgia (+19), 15. Kentucky (+20), 16. Notre Dame (+22), T17. College of Charleston (+25), T17. Louisville (+25), T19. Wake Forest (+26), T19. Arkansas (T+26), 21. Mississippi State (+32), 22. UCF (+33), 23. North Carolina-Wilmington (+34).
Individual Results (top 10):
T1. Brooke Pancake, Alabama (-2), T1. Tessa Teachman, LSU (-2), 2. Jennifer Kirby, Alabama, (-1), T4. Laura Gonzalez, Purdue (E), T4. Becca Huffer, Notre Dame (E), T4. Louise Kristersson, TCU (E), T4. Camilla Lennarth, Alabama (E), T4. Megan McChrystal, LSU (E), T4. Catherine O'Donnell, North Carolina (E), T4. Lauren Stratton, Vanderbilt (E).