Lady Bulldogs In Second After First Round At Pinehurst Challenge
"Pinehurst is famous for its firm grenns that have a great deal of slope,"said MSU head coach Christi Sanders. "With our effort and patience today,the team was able to post a good score giving us some confidence going intothe final two rounds."
Three Mississippi State players stand in the top-10 after 18 holes.Sophomore Julia Huh is in a tie for fourth after firing a 75 in the firstround. Amanda Mathis and Ashleigh Korzack both shot a 76 and are in a tiefor seventh after Sunday's round. Stephanie Godare is in a tie for 17thafter a round of 77 while Leigh Phillips is in a tie for 68th after shootingan 83.
Mississippi State is only two strokes out of first, after Maryland carded a302 on the first day. Michelle Jarmon of North Carolina-Wilmington leads theindividual competition after shooting an even-par 72 Sunday.
MSU will tee off at 9:52 on Monday to begin their second round action andwill conclude with a shotgun start in the final round on Tuesday.
Fin. School Scores 1 Maryland, U. of 302 2 Mississippi St. U. 304 3 Charleston, Coll. of 309 N. Car.- Greensboro 309 Iowa, U. of 309 6 Washington State U. 311 N. Car. Wilmington 311 8 Winthrop University 315 9 East Carolina Univ. 317 Western Michigan U. 317 11 Coastal Carolina U. 318 Miami, U. of 318 13 Jacksonville St. 319 14 Xavier University 320 15 James Madison Univ. 323 16 Arkansas State Univ. 327 17 Scandinavia Amateur 328 18 Marshall University 339 19 Charleston Southern 346Miss State lndividual scores 2 Mississippi St. U. 304 T 4 Julia Huh 75 T 7 Amanda Mathis 76 T 7 Ashleigh Korzack 76 T 17 Stephanie Godare 77 T 68 Leigh Phillips 83