Youthful women's golf team tees up new season Monday
A lineup loaded with youth will hit the links Monday and Tuesday as the Tennessee Tech women's golf team opens the fall portion of the 2010-11 season at the Drake Creek Invitational in Paducah, Ky.
View video of team photo session and comments from
coach Stout
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- A lineup loaded with youth will hit the links
Monday and Tuesday as the Tennessee Tech women's golf team opens
the fall portion of the 2010-11 season at the Drake Creek
Invitational in Paducah, Ky.
Head coach Brandy Stout's five-player lineup will feature one
senior, two sophomores and two freshmen. Tech will also send three
players to compete individually, including one senior and two more
freshmen.
"We're a very young team," Stout said. "We have four freshmen and
two sophomores and it will be fun watching them play. We have two
experienced seniors in Carley Rhyne and Lindsay Spradlen, and
they're veterans with a lot of experience. We're looking forward to
this season."
Amanda Randolph, a sophomore from Cookeville, will play in the No.
1 position for Tech this weekend. She played in nine tournaments
last year and was fourth on the team with an 82.3 average.
Right behind her will be a pair of first-year players as freshmen
Amber Shepherd and Brandy VanEtten fill the No. 2 and No. 3
positions. Sophomore Katherine Bell, who played in six tournaments
as a freshman, is in the No. 4 spot. She posted an 82.7 average
last season.
One of the team's two seniors, Carley Rhyne from Powell, Tenn.,
will play in the fifth spot in Tech's lineup. Rhyne had the low
average last year among the team's returnees, playing in eight
tournaments and posting an 81.5 stroke average.
Entered as individuals will be senior Lindsay Spradlen, a senior
from Powell, and freshmen Erika Wann and Katy Beth Glover.
After a practice round at the course Sunday, the tournament calls
for 36 holes on Monday and the final round on Tuesday.
Photo: Head coach Brandy Stout (center) talks with
seniors Carley Rhyne (left) and Lindsay Spradlen
(right).
