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Pirates Tied For Third At Pinehurst Challenge
 
Three Pirate Golfers In Top-20 After Round One

 
Senior Emelie Lind
 
Senior Emelie Lind
 
 

March 10, 2008

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PINEHURST, N.C. - The nationally-ranked East Carolina women's golf team fired a first-round score of 313 at the Pinehurst Challenge and currently sit in a tie for third place. The tournament is being held at the par-72, 5,968-yard Pinehurst No. 8 in Pinehurst, N.C.

The Pirates (70-14-0) are six strokes behind tournament leader East Tennessee State (307) and two shots from second, which is occupied by UT-Chattanooga (311). Tied with the No. 19 Pirates in third is UNC-Greensboro, while Boise State rounds at the top-five with a score of 314.

Senior Emelie Lind posted a three-over par 75 (36-39) and is in a five-way tie for third place. Fellow Pirate golfers Colleen Estes (38-40) and Ana Maria Puche (38-40) are tied for 20th after first-round scores of 78. Sophomore Abby Bools recorded a 10-over par 82 (40-42) while freshman Amber Littman (41-43=84) was 12-over par.

College of Charleston's Steffi Kirchmayr shot a 73 and is tied for the lead along with Chattanooga's Christine Wolf.

The teams tee off in a shotgun format at 11:30 a.m. Monday for the second round.

TOURNAMENT/ PIRATE NOTES:

  • Emelie Lind ranks second in the field in total pars (13).
  • The Pirates as a team are first in par-4 scoring (4.42; +21), sixth in par-5 scoring (5.25; +5).
  • ECU has recorded five birdies as a team and lead the field in total pars with 50.
  • In the latest national rankings, the Pirates garnered a No. 19 ranking by Golfweek, No. 28 by Golf World and No. 29 by Golfstat.
  • Abby Bools (No. 33) and Amber Littman (No. 35) rank among the top-50 in the Golfstat Cup Rankings.
  • Bools is ranked 51st by Golfweek and Littman is ranked 56th.