Sept. 13, 2002
LEXINGTON, Ky. -
After one round of play at the Lady Kat Invitational the Terps are tied for ninth place with a combined score of 316. Tied with Arkansas, the team is a collective 28 strokes over par.
Junior Katie Redeker (Pepper Pike, Ohio) leads the Terps with a five-over-par 77 (38-39), leaving her tied for 28th place. Alex Casi (East Palestine, Ohio), the lone freshman on the team, is just one stroke behind with a 78 (37-41) and tied for 30th.
Junior Marie Harper (West Point, Va.) follows Casi by one stroke at 79 (38-41), while junior Kara Gropler (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) and senior captain Erin Clasper (North Patomac, Md.) both shot a 10-over-par 82.
The Terps are six strokes behind eighth-place South Florida and have a three-stroke lead over 11th-place Cal State-Northridge. Tennessee leads the 16-team field with a combined score of 280.
Play continues tomorrow for the second round on the par-72 Big Blue Course at the University Club of Kentucky.
Lady Kat Invitational
University Club of Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.
Par 72, 6,153 yards
Place Team Score
1 Tennessee 290
2 Mississippi St. 301
3 Penn State 303
4 Kentucky Blue 306
5 Louisville 307
Miami 307
7 Illinois State 309
8 So. Florida 310
9 Maryland 316
Arkansas 316
11 Cal St-Northridge 319
12 Mississippi 320
13 Alabama 321
14 Kentucky 325
15 Richmond 330
16 Northern Kentucky 355
Maryland Team Results
Place Player Scores
T28 Katie Redeker 38- 39 77 +5
T30 Alex Casi 37- 41 78 +6
T38 Marie Harper 38- 41 79 +7
T52 Erin Clasper 41- 41 82 +10
T52 Kara Gropler 40- 42 82 +10
