Monday, October 20, 2003

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (October 20, 2003) - Senior Kristen Fletcher (Cookeville) fired an opening-round, 3-over-par 75 Monday to finish tied for 9th in the Great Smokies Women's Collegiate at the Waynesville Country Club.

Meanwhile, Fletcher's teammate Robin Downes (Johnson City) - who was competing only as an individual - also fired a 3-over 75 and finished tied with Fletcher on the leaderboard.

As a team, Fletcher and the Lady Bucs are within striking distance of the lead, 14-strokes back of team leading Murray State, which finished with a team score of 6-over 294. Meanwhile, in the individual competition, Western Carolina's Brandy Anderson leads the way at 1-under, with both Fletcher and Downes just four strokes back.

The rest of ETSU's team finished the day with sophomore Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.) tied for 22nd at 5-over, junior Danielle O'Reilly (Vancouver, British Columbia) and sophomore Kailey Brooks (Bracebridge, Ontario) tied in 33rd at 6-over, and sophomore Laura Diaz (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) tied for 69th at 9-over.

Final round play in the Great Smokies Women's Collegiate will wrap up Tuesday.

Great Smokies Women's Colleg.
Waynesville C.C. Waynesville, NC
Dates: 10/20 - 10/21 (Today:10-20-2003)
Par: 72
Yardage: 5867

Team Results
Fin.	School	Scores
1	Murray State Univ.	294
2	Western Carolina U.	300
3	Xavier University	302
4	Elon University	306
5	Eastern Kentucky	307
6	East Tennessee St.	308
7	Appalachian State U.	312
8	Tennessee Tech U.	313
T 9	Dayton, U. of	314
T 9	Belmont University	314
11	Charleston Southern	318
T 12	Gardner-Webb Univ.	320
T 12	Wofford College	320
T 14	Western Kentucky U.	321
T 14	Austin Peay State U.	321
16	Methodist College	323
17	High Point U.	325
T 18	Samford University	327
T 18	South Alabama, U. of	327
20	Lipscomb University	331
21	Evansville, Univ. of	336
22	Loyola University	337
23	Mobile, U. of	338
24	Citadel, The	355
Individual Results
1	Brandy Andersen	38-	33	71
T 2	Lee-Anne Pace	35-	37	72
T 2	Emily Shoplik	36-	36	72
ETSU Results
T 9	Kristen Fletcher	39-	36	75
T 22	Ashley Barton	41-	36	77
T 33	Danielle O'Reilly	38-	40	78
T 33	Kailey Brooks	36-	42	78
T 69	Laura Diaz	40-	41	81