ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY

ATHLETICS 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2008
Contact: Ben Greenberg, SID (479) 968-0645

GOLDEN SUNS TAKE HOME TEAM TITLE AT UAFS LADY LION
WOMEN'S GOLF SPRING CLASSIC

        FORT SMITH, Arkansas Arkansas Tech Women’s Golf opened up its spring schedule here the same way it closed its fall schedule by taking home the team title Tuesday at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Lady Lion Classic held at Hardscrabble Country Club.

The Golden Suns, who closed out its fall schedule by taking home the team title at the Rhodes College Fall Classic held at the Tunica National Golf Club in Tunica, Miss., shot a two-day, 36-hole total of 695 to finish 16 shots in front of second place Southwestern College (711).

Tech opened Monday’s first round by carding a 336 and then followed with a 359 in the final round.

Leading the way for Tech was freshman Ana Morales (Bogata, Columbia), who shot a 36-hole total of 168 to finish in third place. Morales opened the tournament by firing an 81 in the first round and then shot an 87 in Tuesday’s final round.

Southwestern’s Blair Koehn and Dodge City’s Emma Cuttmore each shot a 162 to take home individual medalist honors. Koehn had rounds of 78 and 84, while Cuttmore fired back-to-back 81s.

In addition to Morales, junior Danielle Lewis (Toronto, Ont.) fired a 169 (80, 89) to finish in fourth place, while freshman Kyla McIsaac (Kentville, Nova Scotia) shot a 36-hle total of 176 (82, 94) to finish tied for seventh place. Senior Cassie Bartley (Shirley, Ark.) and freshman Whitney Hicks (Sheridan, Ark.) each shot 187s to finish tied for 18th place. Bartley carded a 93 in the first round and a 94 in the final round, while Hicks shot a 98 in the first round and posted an 89 in the final round.

The Golden Suns will continue its season on March 17-18 when it competes at the TAMU-Commerce Lady Lion Classic at the Tanglewood Resort in Pottsboro, Texas.

           ARKANSAS TECH          336   359 – 695

          3.       Anna Morales                 81      87 – 168

          4.       Danielle Lewis                 80      89 – 169

          T7.     Kyla McIsaac                   82      84 – 176

          T18.   Cassie Bartley                 93      94 – 187

          T18.   Whitney Hicks                 98      89 – 187

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