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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Auburn Heads SEC Women's Golf Championship After Day One
4/15/2005 | Women's Golf
April 15, 2005
Complete Day One Results in PDF Format
TUNICA, Miss. - With 18 holes in the books, Auburn holds a healthy eight-stroke lead with a one-over par team total of 291 after day one of the SEC Women's Golf Championship at the Tunica National Golf & Tennis Club. The second of the three tournament rounds will tee off Saturday at 8:30 a.m. CT.
A large group of the conference field is bunched together behind the No. 3 nationally-ranked Tigers, with five strokes separating second from seventh place. Tennessee carded an 11-over par 299 for second place, while Georgia and Arkansas are tied for third at 13-over. Alabama and LSU share the fifth spot with a 303 each.
Individually, Auburn's Nicole Hage heads the pack with a three-under-par 69, while Tennessee's Jessica Shepley sits two strokes behind the leader with a 71. Four players are tied for third at even par including UT junior Violeta Retamoza, who has finished second in her first two SEC Championships. Arkansas' Stacy Lewis, Florida's Whitney Myers and Alabama's Carina Sorensen also fired 72.
Tournament host Ole Miss is 11th after the first round, while Mississippi State is the trailing squad. The Lady Rebels are the host team for the first time since the 1994 tourney was staged in Jackson. This year's SEC Championship, the 25th-annual event, is making its Tunica debut and is taking place in Mississippi for only the third time ever.
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM RESULTS
1 Auburn 291 +32 Tennessee 299 +11T3 Georgia 301 +13T3 Arkansas 301 +13T5 Alabama 303 +15T5 LSU 303 +157 Florida 304 +168 Vanderbilt 308 +209 Kentucky 310 +2210 South Carolina 313 +2511 Ole Miss 321 +3312 Mississippi St. 330 +42
TOP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1 Nicole Hage Auburn 69 -32 Jessica Shepley Tennessee 71 -1T3 Stacy Lewis Arkansas 72 ET3 Whitney Myers Florida 72 ET3 Violeta Retamoza Tennessee 72 ET3 Carina Sorensen Alabama 72 ET7 Kimberly Meck LSU 73 +1T7 Margaret Shirley Auburn 73 +1T9 Jackie Beers Georgia 74 +2T9 Kelly Froelich Georgia 74 +2T9 Maria Martinez Auburn 74 +2T9 Amanda McCurdy Arkansas 74 +2T9 Darby Sligh Alabama 74 +2T14 Erin Faulkner Kentucky 75 +3T14 Natalia Nicholls Georgia 75 +3T14 Diana Ramage Auburn 75 +3T14 Brooke Shelton LSU 75 +3T14 Kristen Svicarovich Vanderbilt 75 +3T19 Chris Brady Vanderbilt 76 +4T19 Katie Davidson Ole Miss 76 +4T19 Sandra Gal Florida 76 +4T19 Jessica Lovell Auburn 76 +4T19 Courtney Mahon Arkansas 76 +4