Mississippi State
Bettie Lou Evans Fall Invitational
McDonald Posts Top 25 Performance In First Career Event
October 02, 2011 | Women's Golf
McDonald shined early and maintained her composure to secure her spot on the leaderboard. Her three-round 20-over-par 236 earned her a share of 17th-place, just three strokes out of the Top 10 and six strokes out of the Top 5. She fired a team-best back-to-back 77's in the first two rounds.
The Lady Bulldogs narrowly missed turning in a Top 10 team card after a 973, 12th-place finish. MSU fought through the rough conditions for two days but struggled on day three, posting a 335.
Kentucky won it's own event posting a tournament-best 303 during the final round to secure the title at 924. Wildcat junior Ashleigh Albrecht was tops individually with a 9-over-par 225.
Freshmen Rica Tse and Elena Warren also gained invaluable experience in the event. The duo posted the second- (78, Warren) and third-best (79, Tse) rounds for the Maroon and White in Lexington.
Sophomore Mary Langdon Gallagher, MSU's most experienced player, carded the second lowest tournament score with a 244, while senior Perry Katherine Furr rounded out the MState leaderboard with a 258.
The Lady Bulldogs return to action on Oct. 10 at the Price's Give 'Em Five Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M. In last year's edition of the event, MSU posted the program's second-lowest 52-hole score (883), third-lowest 36-hole score (588), and fourth-lowest round (297).
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Bettie Lou Evans Fall Invitational
Third Round - October 2, 2011
TEAM RESULTS
1. Kentucky (312+309+303=924,
+60); 2. UCF (311+305+316=932, +68); 3. Augusta State (326+307+307=940, +76);
4. Michigan (322+310+312=944, +80); 5. Illinois (318+315+312=945, +81); 6.
Chattanooga (331+310+305=946, +82); 7. Miami (314+310+313=947, +83); 8.
Kennesaw State (322+319+315=956, +92); 9. Middle Tennessee State
(322+315+323=960, +96); 10. Florida Southern (326+314+321=961, +97); 11. Murray
State (330+327+315=972, +108); 12. Mississippi State (320+318+335=973, +109);
13. Jacksonville St. (325+326+325=976, +112); 14. Akron (327+332+319=978, +114);
15. Toledo (334+331+310=985, +121); 16. Marshall (325+342+320=986, +122).
MSU INVIDVIDUAL RESULTS
T17. Ally McDonald 77+77+82=236, +20
T44. Mary Langdon Gallagher 82+80+82=244, +28
T54. Rica Tse 85+79+83=247,
+31
T57. Elena Warren 78+82+88=248,
+32
T79. Perry Katherine Furr 83+87+88=258, +42
