Wann leads women's team; Tech 11th at APSU tournament
Freshman Ericka Wann had the low score for Tennessee Tech on the opening day of the F&M Bank Intercollegiate hosted by Austin Peay. The Golden Eagles are in 11th place heading into Tuesday's final round.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Freshman Ericka Wann delivered the team's
low score Monday during the opening round of the F&M Bank
Intercollegiate, and the Golden Eagles are in 11th place with one
round remaining.
Wann made the run with a 43 on the front nine Monday, and sliced
seven shots on the back nine to card a par 36 and finish the day
with a 79, placing her in a tie for 22nd place on the individual
leaderboard. She was the lone Golden Eagle player to crack the Top
50 in the tournament which includes 12 teams and 17 additional
individual golfers for a field of 77 players.
Murray State is in first place with a 298 and a comfortble
eight-shot lead over Western Kentucky (306) after the first tour of
the 5,960-yard, par 72 Clarksville Country Club. Jacksonville
State (311) is third, followed by Troy (313) and Belmont
(314) in the Top Five.
Tech is in 11th place with a 337 team total and has some ground to
make up if the Golden Eagles hope to climb higher in the final
standings. SIU Edwardsville is in 10th place with a 328 and a
nine-shot edge on coach Brandy Stout's squad.
Senior Lindsay Spradlen was Tech's next finisher, tied for 53rd
place at 84. Classmate Carley Rhyne is two shots back in 64th
place, followed on the team scorecard by freshman AMber Shepherd
and sophomore Katherine Bell, who each posted scores of 88.
Competing individually, freshman Katy Beth Glover is in 30th place
with an 80, while Amanda Randolph carded an 84 and is tied for
53rd.
