Sept. 27, 2003

The Kentucky women’s golf team shot a second-day 316 at the Mason Rudolph Championship Saturday in Franklin, Tenn. The Cats’ two-day total of 629 leaves UK in 15th place out of the 17-team tournament heading into the final round of play, which begins Sunday morning at the Vanderbilt Legends Club.

Erin Faulkner leads the Cats after 36 holes, shooting a 77 for the second consecutive day and ending the day tied for 53rd place. After carding a first round 77, Emily Culbertson shot an 80 on day two, leaving the freshman in a tie for 67th. Senior Eva Gessner improved upon her opening round 84 with a 78 on Saturday.

UCLA leads all teams in the tournament, sitting five shots ahead of Georgia with a 576. Erica Blasberg from Arizona overtook the lead with a three-under 69 on Saturday, while Auburn’s Maria Martinez sits one shot back in a close second.

The tournament will resume action tomorrow with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. EST. Complete results will be available at www.ukathletics.com

Team Scores:
1 UCLA 281 295 576
2 Georgia, U. of 288 293 581
3 Auburn University 294 291 585
4 Vanderbilt Univ. 290 297 587
5 Arizona, U. of 292 296 588
15 Kentucky 313 316 629

Individual Scores:
1 Erica Blasberg Arizona 70 69 139
2 Maria Martinez Auburn 71 69 140
3 Jenny Suh Furman 71 70 141
Hannah Jun UCLA 67 74 141
5 Sarah Johnston Furman 71 71 142

UK Finishers:
T 53 Erin Faulkner 77 77 154
T 67 Emily Culbertson 77 80 157
T 73 Marissa Muir 78 81 159
T 80 Eva Gessner 84 78 162
84 Katie Dixon 81 83 164