Feb. 26, 2001

Pinehurst, N.C. – The Notre Dame women’s golf team got off to a slow start at the Carolina’s Collegiate Golf Classic on Monday shooting a 62-over par, 350 for the first 18 holes at Pinehurst #8 golf course.

The Irish head into the second day of the 36-hole tournament 22nd in a field of 22 and are 34 strokes behind tournament co-leaders Georgia State University and North Carolina-Greensboro who checked in with 316 team scores on the 6,046-yard, par 72 course. The College of Charleston (318), Campbell University (318) are tied for third while four teams – Coastal Carolina, University of Kansas, Memphis and Charleston Southern – are tied for fifth with 323.

Notre Dame’s top first round finishers were senior Shane Smith (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and junior Kristin McMurtrie (Calgary, Alb.) who shot 15-over par 87 to tie for 75th.

That put them 12 shots behind co-leaders Patricia Martinson (Georgia Southern) and Meaghan Francella (Memphis) who shot three-over par 75 for the opening round.

Freshman Rebecca Rogers (Alpharetta, Ga.) and sophomore Terri Taibl (Elm Grove, Wisc.) were tied for 88th as each had an 88 and freshman Shannon Byrne (Arlington Heights, Ill.) was tied for 103rd with a 91.

The final 18 holes with be played beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tues., Feb. 25 for the final 18 holes of the tournament.

TEAM RESULTS (18 of 36 holes): 1. Georgia State 316, No. Carolina-Greensboro 316, 3. College of Charleston 318, Campbell University 318, 5. Coastal Carolina 323, Kansas 323, Memphis 323, Charleston Southern 323, 9. No. Carolina-Wilmington 327, 10. Winthrop 328, 11. Radford 329, 12. No. Carolina State 331, 13. Alabama-Birmingham 333, 14. Penn State 334, 15. James Madison 336, 16. Longwood 338, 17. Jacksonville State 341, 18. Elon College 345, 19. Wofford 346, Methodist College, 21. Appalachian State 348, 22. Notre Dame 350.

TOP INDIVIDUALS (of 110): 1. Patricia Martinson (Charleston Southern), 75, Meaghan Francella (Memphis) 75, 3. Anna Molin (Georgia State), 76, Jessica Fought (NC-Greensboro), 76, Briana Vega (NC-Greensboro), 76, 6. Nicole Wagner (Georgia State), 77, Sally Bishop (Georgia State), 77, Tiffany Kruggel (Kansas), 77, 9. Marianne Ruud (Memphis), 78, Stephanie George (Radford), 78, Malin Claesson (NC State), 78, Lori Straub (Charleston), 78, Josefina Vsandizaga (Campbell), 78, Kelly Bailey (UNC-Wilmington), 78.

NOTRE DAME SCORES: t75. Shane Smith, 87, t75. Kristin McMurtrie, 87, t88. Rebecca Rogers, 88, t88. Terri Taibl, 88, t103. Shannon Byrne, 91.