Tide Women's Golf in Sixth at Tulane Invitational
2/10/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
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NEW ORLEANS - The University of Alabama women's golf team sits in sixth place at the Tulane Invitational following 36 holes of opening round play on Monday.
The Crimson Tide carded a round of 319 in the morning session at the English Turn Golf & Country Club then trimmed 10 strokes from their play shooting a 309 in the afternoon session. UA finished day one competition with a 36-hole total of 628.
"The wind and cold temperatures really challenged us in the morning," said UA head coach Betty Palmer. "When the sun finally came out we played pretty solid. I thought we had a good second round. Hopefully we can build on our play from the afternoon for the final 18 holes."
Sophomore Darby Sligh was the Tide's low scorer for the day firing a 76 in round one and a one-over-par 73 in the second round. Sligh's two round score of 149 has her tied for second in the individual medallist competition.
Other golfers competing for Alabama on Monday included senior Jenny Bouvin with a 155 (76-79), junior Mandy Tedder 162 (84-78) and Anna Strandberg 163 (84-79) and senior Allison Akin at 166 (83-83).
TCU leads the team competition following an opening day performance of 612. Host team Tulane is second at 617 followed by Ole Miss (620), Campbell (622), South Florida (624), Alabama, Mississippi State (643), Central Florida (652) and New Orleans (672).
Brooke Tull of TCU is listed atop the individual medallist rankings after shooting rounds of 76 and 72. Tull leads a trio of linksters including UA's Sligh but just one stroke heading into Tuesday's final 18 holes of play.
Tournament action at the Tulane Invitational concludes with a final round on Tuesday morning.
Tournament Results (Thru 36 holes)
6 Alabama 319-309-628
T2 Darby Sligh 76-73-149
T15 Jenny Bouvin 76-79-155
T27 Mandy Tedder 84-78-162
32 Anna Strandberg 84-79-163
T33 Allison Akin 83-83-166
