Couch Leads Bearcats To Sixth At Lady Racer Classic

Couch Leads Bearcats To Sixth At Lady Racer ClassicCouch Leads Bearcats To Sixth At Lady Racer Classic


Couch Leads Bearcats To Sixth At Lady Racer Classic

Contact: Shawn Sell

3/11/2003


Allison Couch finished seventh at the Lady Racer Classic.

MURRAY, Ky.---Led by a seventh place finish by sophomore Allison Couch (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville), the University of Cincinnati women?s golf team finished in a tie for sixth at the Lady Racer Classic, hosted by Murray State University at the Miller Golf Course in Murray, Ky.

Couch carded a final round 82 to finish with a two-day total of 165, just one stroke behind Murray State?s Kelly Wren. Lee-Ann Pace of Murray State took medallist honors with a two-day 147.

In the team competition, the Bearcats finished tied for sixth with Western Kentucky, shooting a 36-hole total of 695. Murray State won the team battle with a 647.

After finishing day one tied for 20th, senior Mandy Puckett (Farmland, Ind./Monroe Central) fired a second round total of 84 to finish tied for 21st.

The Bearcats return to competition on March 24-25 at the Lady Bulldog Intercollegiate in Calera, Ala.

Lady Racer Classic Final Team Scores
1. Murray State 328-319?647
2. Tennessee Tech 337-333?670
3. Murray State (Gold) 333-338?671
4. Eastern Kentucky 342-331?673
5. Southwest Missouri St. 339-336?675
6. CINCINNATI 354-341?695
Western Kentucky 352-343?695
8. Eastern Kentucky (Maroon) 380-367?747
9. Tennessee State 447-432?879

Lady Racer Classic Final Individual Scores
7 Allison Couch 83-82?165
T21 Mandy Puckett 87-84?171
T25 Andrea Williams 87-87?174
T36 Chantille Rees 98-88?186
T39 Lana Oriani 97-90?187