McCurdy leads Lady'Backs on opening day at Lady Razorback Invitational
Day One Overall Team Scores || Individual Agate ROGERS, Ark. – On a windy day, Iowa State was more at home than the host University of Arkansas as the Cyclones posted a 297 to lead after the first round of the Lady Razorback Invitational at Pinnacle Country Club. Led by junior Amanda McCurdy, Arkansas allowed the gusty conditions on the back nine to slow a fast start into a 303. Cyclone senior Lisa Meshke shot a two-under 70 for the first-day lead, followed by her teammate Louise Kenney, McCurdy and Michigan’s Amy Schmucker at 73 each. Play resumes Monday with tee times starting at 9 a.m., and the Lady Razorbacks teeing off between 10:10 and 10:50 a.m. “It’s not a bad way to start the tournament, a little better than average, but I think we can do better tomorrow,” Lady Razorback head coach Kelly Hester said. Illinois State was two strokes behind Arkansas in third place at 305. Michigan was fourth at 306 behind a 74 from Brianna Broderick as Schmucker plays the tournament as an individual for the Wolverines. Missouri’s Denise Knabel also shot a 74 to lead the Tigers in fourth overall at 309. Missouri was fifth at 309 followed by Alabama at 310. Hester was pleased with the way the team got out of the blocks as the host. “Sometimes when you’re playing at home you will start the tournament slow, but today we made the turn at one-over and we just didn’t play the back side as well as we could,” she said. “We made a few minor mistakes that you shouldn’t make at home, I know that we can do better tomorrow. Combined with the wind on the back side, I’m fairly pleased.” McCurdy was an example of those back nine struggles as she saw a solid round get away from her at the close. “The last three holes seem to get to me each year, and I’ve got to go out tomorrow and take them one at a time and not let them bother me,” McCurdy said. The junior three-putted on 16 and 17, but considering her lack of play this week due to illness was pleased with the start. “I haven’t played 18 since the Tennessee tournament, and I felt a little rusty before we started today,” McCurdy said. “But when I birdied the first hole, it really got me going.” Both Iowa State leaders held or bettered on the back nine. Meshke was a consistent one-under front and back while Kenney shaved a stroke off her back nine with a par 36. Arkansas’ Gena Johnson was second for the Lady’Backs with a 75 followed by Lindsey Hindsaw at 77. Freshman Stacy Lewis and junior Courtney Mahon shot 78 each. Lina Axelsson paced the Arkansas individuals with a 75 for the day. Sarah Trew turned in an 84. Three players joined Broderick and Knaebel in a five-way tie for fifth overall at 74. Sally Hinton of Southwest Missouri, Brenda Norris of Texas A&M and Kaila Fuller of Illinois State each cared 74.
Lady Razorback Invitational
Pinnacle C.C. Rogers AR
Dates: 10/17 - 10/19 (Today:10-17-2004)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6015
Fin. School Scores
1 Iowa State Univ. 297 +9
2 Arkansas, U. of 303 +15
3 Illinois State Univ. 305 +17
4 Michigan, U. of 306 +18
5 Missouri, U. of 309 +21
6 Alabama, U. of 310 +22
7 Texas A&M University 311 +23
8 Texas El Paso, U. of 312 +24
9 Notre Dame, U. of 314 +26
10 Kansas, U. of 316 +28
11 Wisconsin, U. of 317 +29
Iowa, U. of 317 +29
13 Nebraska, U. of 323 +35
14 Western Michigan U. 324 +36
15 SW Missouri St. U. 326 +38
16 Mississippi, U. of 328 +40
17 Oral Roberts Univ. 330 +42
18 Augusta State U. 332 +44
19 Southern Mississippi 334 +46
Lady Razorback Invitational
* Individual Pinnacle C.C. Rogers AR
Dates: 10/17 - 10/19 (Today:10-17-2004)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6015
Fin. Name School Scores
1 Lisa Meshke Iowa State 35- 35 70 -2
2 Louise Kenney Iowa State 37- 36 73 +1
Amanda McCurdy Arkansas 35- 38 73 +1
*Amy Schmucker Michigan 38- 35 73 +1
5 Brianna Broderick Michigan 38- 36 74 +2
Sally Hinton SMS 36- 38 74 +2
Denise Knaebel Missouri 37- 37 74 +2
Brenda Norris Texas A&M 38- 36 74 +2
Kaila Fuller IL St. 39- 35 74 +2
10 Liz Bennett Iowa 39- 36 75 +3
Gerina Mendoza UTEP 38- 37 75 +3
Samantha Richdale IL St. 37- 38 75 +3
Gena Johnson Arkansas 37- 38 75 +3
Emily Sykes Alabama 38- 37 75 +3
*Lina Axelsson Arkansas 37- 38 75 +3
16 Nicki Morse Wisconsin 37- 39 76 +4
Christi Athas Iowa State 35- 41 76 +4
18 Audrey Gale Alabama 37- 40 77 +5
Maria Ohlsson Missouri 40- 37 77 +5
Lindsay Davis Michigan 39- 38 77 +5
Amy Young UTEP 40- 37 77 +5
Ali Stinson Michigan 41- 36 77 +5
Jane Lee Notre Dame 38- 39 77 +5
Lindsey Hinshaw Arkansas 36- 41 77 +5
*Ashley Frey Texas A&M 37- 40 77 +5
26 Katie Laehn IL St. 42- 36 78 +6
Christa Spedding Texas A&M 38- 40 78 +6
Stacy Lewis Arkansas 40- 38 78 +6
Caitlan Roschek WMU 38- 40 78 +6
Garrett Phillips Augusta St 39- 39 78 +6
Carina Sorensen Alabama 38- 40 78 +6
Laura Olin Michigan 38- 40 78 +6
Nikki Hadd Ole Miss 38- 40 78 +6
Noriko Nakazaki Notre Dame 39- 39 78 +6
Nicole Melton Texas A&M 38- 40 78 +6
Ashlie Rose IL St. 40- 38 78 +6
Allison Stewart Nebraska 38- 40 78 +6
Sarah Bassett Notre Dame 40- 38 78 +6
Courtney Mahon Arkansas 36- 42 78 +6
Karly Pinder Iowa State 36- 42 78 +6
Jill Womble Kansas 38- 40 78 +6
Maddie Augustsson Missouri 38- 40 78 +6
43 Jill Marcum Iowa 42- 37 79 +7
Annie Giangrosso Kansas 40- 39 79 +7
Lindsay Dunigan WMU 40- 39 79 +7
Amanda Costner Kansas 40- 39 79 +7
Chelsea Gehring Nebraska 41- 38 79 +7
Lindsay McMillan Wisconsin 38- 41 79 +7
Valerie De la Cruz UTEP 36- 43 79 +7
Mayumi Kobayashi Wisconsin 41- 38 79 +7
51 Tiffany Woods Kansas 40- 40 80 +8
Jennifer Keefe So. Miss. 38- 42 80 +8
Candice Satow O. Roberts 43- 37 80 +8
Megan George Alabama 38- 42 80 +8
Amy Riepma Iowa 40- 40 80 +8
Mindy Bullard Missouri 39- 41 80 +8
Kelli Strubinger Missouri 40- 40 80 +8
58 Katie Brophy Notre Dame 37- 44 81 +9
Chrissie McArdle Nebraska 40- 41 81 +9
Malin Fryk UTEP 40- 41 81 +9
Kyla Neal Texas A&M 39- 42 81 +9
62 Katie Davidson Ole Miss 39- 43 82 +10
Megan Hanson SMS 43- 39 82 +10
Amy Middleton Alabama 42- 40 82 +10
Ashlee Johnson IL St. 43- 39 82 +10
66 Pamela Ontiveros O. Roberts 40- 43 83 +11
Isabelle Gendreau Michigan 40- 43 83 +11
Nicole Mackey So. Miss. 41- 42 83 +11
Chelsey Pryor Kansas 38- 45 83 +11
Melissa Martin Wisconsin 41- 42 83 +11
Sharon McAlpine O. Roberts 40- 43 83 +11
Melanie Boyles Iowa 39- 44 83 +11
Jenna Walter WMU 41- 42 83 +11
74 Mia Davidsson So. Miss. 44- 40 84 +12
Katie Elliott Wisconsin 40- 44 84 +12
Missy Linnens SMS 41- 43 84 +12
Toni Pyrum O. Roberts 40- 44 84 +12
Erin Thorne WMU 42- 42 84 +12
Lauren May Augusta St 42- 42 84 +12
Jess Shin Iowa State 40- 44 84 +12
Katherine Jones Ole Miss 41- 43 84 +12
Sarah Kate Cousart Ole Miss 43- 41 84 +12
Lilia Maeda O. Roberts 46- 38 84 +12
Brooke Hixon Augusta St 42- 42 84 +12
*Sarah Trew Arkansas 40- 44 84 +12
*Ashley Medders Arkansas 44- 40 84 +12
87 Merynn Ito Nebraska 44- 41 85 +13
Jullianne Kim UTEP 42- 43 85 +13
Laura Evans Ole Miss 40- 45 85 +13
Maggie Gelber Iowa 45- 40 85 +13
Erica Deschamps WMU 44- 41 85 +13
92 Karen Lotta Notre Dame 45- 41 86 +14
Kristen Bragg Augusta St 40- 46 86 +14
Kelly Whelan SMS 46- 40 86 +14
Kate Meyer Texas A&M 42- 44 86 +14
96 Patti Hogeboom Augusta St 42- 45 87 +15
Ashlea Deener So. Miss. 45- 42 87 +15
Natasha Vincent So. Miss. 41- 46 87 +15
Elli Brown Nebraska 46- 41 87 +15
100 Kristen Kosch SMS 44- 44 88 +16
